STORY – After Steven Da Costa’s Olympic title, the Japanese martial art is fighting to continue to exist in Paris 2024.
A little tour and then go. For the first time in its history, karate was included in the Olympic program of the Tokyo Olympics. Knowing that it would also be the last, since the Japanese martial art had not been authorized, in February 2019, to extend its lease for the Paris Games, in 2024. A decision which is at the heart of a real controversy after the gold medal won by the French Steven Da Costa in Japan (- 67 kg).
Karateka, originally from Mont-Saint-Martin (Meurthe-et-Moselle), has since embarked on a – legitimate – media battle to defend the presence of his sport at the Olympics in Paris. “I trained like hell. I assumed my role of favorite. I brought the gold back to France. I carried the flag high (during the closing ceremony, editor’s note). I was on cloud nine. Waking up hurts. In 2024, with your support, I want to defend my Olympic title in Paris ”, he posted on Twitter, annoyed.
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