Judo Worlds: black day for the French, who won no medals this Thursday

The same scenario happened for the two judokas, sanctioned with a third penalty during the Golden score. “I’m disappointed, it’s normal. I trained and I lost on my own like shit, like an idiot, it’s stupid”, reacted Valadier-Picard, 20, who participated in his first Senior Worlds. The Parisian, who went for bronze at the World Junior Championships in August, attributed his loss to Dutchman Tornike Tsjakadoea to rushing and a lack of confidence.

For his part, Cédric Revol, who had won the bronze medal at the European Championships at the end of April, said he was “frustrated” with his fight against the Israeli Matan Kokolayev, believing he had dominated “a good part of the match” . “I think the first part of the fight, technically, it’s for me. I don’t really understand how it reverses. The third penalty sticks in my throat a bit,” added the 28-year-old judoka.

The French Shirine Boukli was the last chance for a medal for the French team this Wednesday. But after a first round dispatched in 51 seconds, she lost in the third round against the Kazakh Abiba Abuzhakynova, on a waza-ari. Reigning European champion, at less than 48kg, it is a huge disappointment for the Habs. “I’m disgusted, I feel like it’s not real. I didn’t do the ‘taf'”, she reacted. “I was very good physically but tactically, it got into my head and I couldn’t deal with it.”