After a bronze medal won at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, Luka Mkheidze returns to Petit-Couronne, in the Jean Boudehen gymnasium where he trained for three years as part of his training at the Normandy hopefuls pole.
Luka Mkheidze stayed all day with the children of the commune – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
Luka Mkheidze: “Judo is above all about sharing.” – (Photo PND)
“It was too great. » White belt around the waist, this little CP can’t believe he is facing Luka Mkheidze. the bronze medalist in judo at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 was back on Friday June 24, 2022 at the Jean-Boudehen gymnasium in Petit-Couronne, where it all started for him. The French international participated all day in workshops and fights with children from the town, visibly amazed. “I’m still a normal person, it’s not because I win my medal that you should look at me differently. I just came here to have a good time, discuss, exchange, do a nice little course to please young people. And try to transmit the values of judo because it is above all, sharing. » Successful mission for the 26-year-old judoka who ended the day with autographs and photos.
Back to basics
A native of Georgia, Luka Mkheidze was forced to leave his native country with his family because of the second war in South Ossetia in 2008. He therefore went to Poland and then eight months after France, at the age of 12. as a political refugee. After a period in the Paris region, the hopeful pole of Normandy spots him and he puts his suitcases in the boarding school of the establishment located in Rouen.
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He was then training in the Jean-Boudehen gymnasium in Petit-Couronne and it was in the “changing room 4” that he recalls his Norman memories: “Dominique, the judo teacher who leads the workshops today, I have known her for a long time because we trained next to her when I was at the hopefuls pole. When she asked me to come back, I was immediately ready because I had wanted to do it for years but I didn’t really have the time with the competitions, the training sessions… Just now I’m went to boarding school, I saw the former supervisors, the weight room… We are in the locker room where I changed for three years, in the place where I was sitting because we had our assigned places. It’s funny to see all this again. »
The following ? European champion, team gold and individual bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. With his sights set on victory at the world championships and the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
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