French Junior Championships, in Paris, Saturday and Sunday
Lyse Versmisse will have a single objective, Sunday, at the French junior championships: the title in -78 kg. ” I want to win ! », insists the young judokate from Yffiniac. The Costarmoricaine, who joined the Pôle France de Bordeaux in September, knows however that she is not the only contender. ” It’s going to be complicated. At the Pôle France alone, there are four of us who train together all the time, we know each other by heart. There is not one that is stronger than the others. It will be played on the mind, with wear. »
Goal 2028 Olympics
Maybe also from experience? From the height of her 19 years, Lyse Versmisse could then take advantage of that acquired during the French senior D1 championships, in November 2021. She was then able to measure herself, in the quarter-finals, against what is done best in France in her category, with Madeleine Malonga: the double Olympic medalist Audrey Tcheuméo. Logically beaten, she was then able to measure what still separated her from the highest level. “It was impressive but also exciting because Audrey Tcheuméo is the elite of judo. I believed it, I told myself that she could also make a mistake, but she beat me. I said to myself that I had work, it told me what I had to work on to become like that. »
“Becoming like that”: this is the objective of the one who is still a high school student in her final year. “The 2028 Olympic Games is what I’m aiming for,” she concludes in a voice full of determination.
