The boss is in place! Determined and diligent Teddy Riner won the Grand Slam in Budapest on Sunday, where he made his return to individual competition a year after his individual bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Coming to Hungary to gauge himself on the road to the Paris-2024 Olympics where he will aim for a third individual Olympic title, the 33-year-old Frenchman, encouraged by the “Teddy! Teddy! ” of his relatives (his children Eden and Isis, his partner Luthna and his father Moïse in the lead), dominated for the title the Dutchman Jelle Snippe, ten years his junior, who had risen to the final to surprise general. He beat his opponent, who moved up from the under 100 kg category a year ago, after a quick fight, concluded by ippon after less than 40 seconds.
“It was hard to get back into it, to come back to a Grand Slam after a year of training and preparation,” he admitted. I managed to get to the end of the day, I still didn’t express myself badly, I’m happy. It shows that I have a good level, that I am not too bad and that I can believe in these Olympic Games-2024”.
