Beaten individually (- 90 kg) by the Dutchman Noël van ‘t End, Axel Clerget took a dazzling revenge and brilliantly contributed to the qualification of France for the final of the mixed team event against Japan, this Saturday, at the Tokyo Olympics. Axel Clerget (qualified with France for the final of the Tokyo Olympic mixed team team) : “I took my revenge, it’s pretty good and frustrating at the same time. If I had made this match in ” indiv ” (in -90 kg), another day would have passed. But I needed this individual match to be able to do this today (this Saturday). Things were missing, I added them, and it’s okay. Now there’s a final to go for (against Japan, this Saturday, around 10:30 am). The most beautiful of fights, the most beautiful of medals. “This medal must be gold”
We’re going to do it, we’re a tight-knit team. It was very hard not to start with an individual medal. There, it’s done. Now it has to be gold. There is a big urge. It breathes all alone, there is a beautiful osmosis, a beautiful atmosphere, it mixes, it laughs. On my scale, Guillaume (Chain, in -73 kg), Margaux (Pinot, in -70 kg), me, we would have left with nothing, very frustrated. With this team event, we have the chance to catch up. We must seize it. »Read also The program and results of judo at the Tokyo Olympics read also All the news of the Tokyo Olympics
