We saw him kick off the match between L1 PSG – Angers at the Parc des Princes on October 15 a few minutes after having made a lap of honor in the company of all the footballers, handball players and judokas of the club of the medalist capital at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. This weekend, Teddy Riner is back on the tatami mats with the PSG tunic during interclub. Since obtaining his third gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics during the team competition, a few days after winning a bronze medal in individual, the greatest judoka in history has given himself a well-deserved vacation . He traveled and didn’t train much. The French D1 club team championship this weekend in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) therefore marks the resumption of the ten-time world champion.
During a demonstration at the Trocadero last August to celebrate the Olympic medalists, Teddy Riner had made this confidence about his future. “You need time to rest because it leaves traces. Then we will take the course of Paris 2024. Paris 2024 in itself is not a problem, it is a problem of time because with all that we have lived in recent times, the Covid-19, all that … Keeping in shape as long as possible is hard. Now we have to heal the wounds, heal the pain we have when we come out of big competitions like that. Then we will gently take the path of the tatami mats. “Among his incredible record, the colossus has 2 victories in the French team championship. He will therefore try to snatch an additional one this weekend.
