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France won gold by mixed team against Japan

Published on : 31/07/2021 – 12:24

judo dans ces Jeux olympiques de Tokyo revient à la France. Les Bleus ont réussi l'exploit de dominer les Japonais chez eux en finale, samedi en équipe mixte, catégorie programmée pour la première fois aux JO. Les Français et les Françaises repartent de Tokyo avec huit médailles gagnées en judo : deux en or, trois en argent et trois en bronze.">

The ultimate gold medal in judo in the Tokyo Olympics goes to France. The Blues managed the feat of dominating the Japanese at home in the final on Saturday in a mixed team, a category scheduled for the first time at the Olympics. The French left Tokyo with eight medals won in judo: two in gold, three in silver and three in bronze.

An eighth medal to finish: the French judo delegation ends its Tokyo Olympics in apotheosis with a coronation in a mixed team. On Saturday July 31, at home, the Japanese were beaten for the first time in competition in this specific category.

The French and French women competed in pain against Israel in the quarter-finals. Led 3-1, the Blues found themselves back to the wall. Fortunately, Romane Dicko and Teddy Riner equalized at 3-3, and Margaux Pinot took revenge on Gili Sharir and offered victory to her family in the ultimate bonus fight (4-3).

The Blues disgusted the Japanese

The semi-final was much easier. The Netherlands were no match, especially with the incorporation of Clarisse Agbégnénou in the rotation (4-0). The dream poster for the final, Japan-France, thus materialized. With a clear advantage to the Japanese delegation in terms of individual medals in these Games: four in gold (Chizuru Arai, Akira Sone, Aaron Wolf and Shohei Ono) and one in bronze (Tuskasa Yoshida) among the six judokas making up the team, against one in gold (Clarisse Agbégnénou), one in silver (Sarah-Léonie Cysique) and two in bronze (Romane Dicko and Teddy Riner) on the tricolor side.

Clarisse Agbégnénou (less than 70 kilos) brilliantly won her first fight by beating Chizuru Arai by ippon. Axel Clerget (less than 90 kilos) then presented himself against Shoichiro Mukai. Very mobile, and despite a break to treat a bleeding in the head, the French imposed a tough fight on his opponent and won the golden score by ippon, with an impeccable counter. Romane Dicko (over 78 kilos) succeeded him to face Akira Sone; the Japanese won by ippon and got her team back in the game.

Teddy Riner (over 90 kilos), individual bronze medalist on Friday, took over against Aaron Wolf. Much heavier – around forty kilos more – and more experienced, the ten-time world champion was patient and won the golden score. And Sarah-Léonie Cysique (less than 57 kilos), opposed to Tuskasa Yoshida, finished the job.

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