Of the four Frenchmen qualified for the finals, only Shirine Boukli was crowned military world champion on Saturday in Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne) in -48 kg. Sunday, the Olympic champion Margaux Pinot (-70 kg) will have a taste of the tatami mats. It’s a first world title. A gold medal obtained in -48 kg by the sailor Shirine Boukli, who signed a contract with the French Navy in January 2021. At 22 years old, the young woman is the only one of the four Frenchmen qualified for the first finals of the Military Worlds from this Saturday, organized in Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne). Julie Weill Dit Morey failed against Uzbek Diyora Keldiyorova (-52 kg), Jolan Florimont and Benjamin Axus were respectively defeated by Uzbek Dilshodbek Baratov (-60 kg) and Austrian Lukas Reiter (-73kg). read also Military Worlds with Boukli and Pinot Shirine Boukli, military world champion. “I’m very happy, it’s a title that shouldn’t be overlooked. I knew there would be strong girls. A final against Dolgova, that’s what I wanted. »Boukli, she ended up dominating in the golden score a real client, the Russian Irina Dolgova, four-time European medalist in -48 kg, crowned on the continent in 2018 … Like the Gardoise Boukli in 2020. “I’m very happy, it’s a title that shouldn’t be overlooked. I knew there would be strong girls. A final against Dolgova, that’s what I wanted, she said, realizing the value of success against a fighter with that pedigree. The last few times we got involved, she gave me problems. I had won once and then lost twice at the Masters and in Kazan. I felt like I didn’t have much of a solution. I work on this kind of profiles. It was the occasion. “ Despite the fatigue, Boukli therefore applied himself, especially on the hands, and found the solution. For her next outings, after bronze in the Paris tournament, she will compete in the French team championships before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (November 26-28). read also The 2021-2022 season calendar Margaux Pinot in search of redemption Still hurt by his loss in the first round of the Tokyo Olympics in -70 kg, Margaux Pinot agrees to consider military Worlds as a nice opportunity to relaunch. “It’s a little early but it’s a duty, and I’m happy to resume competition with these Worlds”, says the one who paraded in her infantry soldier costume, endorsed since March 2020. At 27, she will compete on Sunday against a few identified opponents. In particular the first, the Uzbèke Gulnoza Matniyazova, who points to the 11th place in the world when the Frenchwoman slipped to the 10th after having been notably n ° 2. “It will be good to take benchmarks, without putting pressure on yourself, to find pleasure after a missed Games. “ Margaux Pinot, who comes into the running this Sunday. “Coming back with this label of Olympic team champion, it softens the individual defeat. “Pinot, like Shirine Boukli moreover, was swept away in her first round of the Tokyo Games. But then she was sacred Olympic team champion with the Blues. “I am rather in the negative, uncompromising with myself. I had trouble digesting it but I try to get out the positive, the experience, the mental aspect, axes of technical work … Coming back with this label of Olympic team champion, it softens the individual defeat. Compared to Shirine for whom it was really hard (also eliminated in the first round but who did not play the team final because of her weight category), cis a beautiful title that balances the heart. “ After cutting two months, winning a world medal in the military on Sunday would be another way of looking to the future, in particular the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024. read also All judo news
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