Without Agbegnenou but with ambitious Blues at the Worlds

If these gentlemen will wait for the outcome of the next Budapest Grand Slam, in a month, to be fixed, the French women’s team was announced on Monday, three and a half months before the World Championships in Tashkent (Uzbekistan ), from October 6 to 13, and will have “ time to prepare with peace of mind “, according to Frédérique Jossinet, the vice-president of the Federation in charge of the high level.

In the absence of Clarisse Abgbegnenou, on maternity break after her gold double at the World Championships-Olympic Games last year, France will count on all its other individual medalists from Tokyo, silver Amandine Buchard (-52kg), Sarah- Leonie Cysique (-57) and Madeleine Malonga (-78) as well as bronze medalist Romane Dicko (+78). Shirine Boukli (-48), Manon Deketer (-63, Agbegnenou’s category), Margaux Pinot and Marie-Eve Gahié (-70) and Julia Tolofua (+78) complete the selection.

« There are categories on which we had some discussions but the selection criteria were clear and they were all respectedspecifies Jossinet in its press release. We can only be delighted with the level of performance of the women and the discussions that this can generate. We have a lot of ambition with this team, namely many titles in October in Tashkent. »

These Worlds will also launch the race for points in the Olympic Ranking List in view of the Paris 2024 Olympics.