Romain Valadier-Picard and Cédric Revol, engaged in the under 60 kg category, were both eliminated in the second round of the World Championships on Thursday in Tashkent. 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 lose on my own like shit, like an idiot, it’s stupid“, reacted Romain 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 to himself “frustrated“of his fight against the Israeli Matan Kokolayev, believing he had dominated”a good part of the game“.
“I think the first part of the fight, technically, is for me. I don’t quite understand how it’s reversed. The third penalty remains a bit in my throat“, estimated the 28-year-old judoka.
Big disappointment for Boukli
In the less than 48 kg ladies, we also grimace. Shirine Boukli, world number 1 in her category, took the door in the third round. The Habs lost on waza-ari against the Kazakh Abiba Abuzhakynova, 22nd in the world. The 23-year-old judoka, who had dispatched her opponent when she entered the running in the second round, could really hope for a medal, or even the title, after winning her second European title at the end of April in Bulgaria.
“I’m disgusted, I feel like it’s not real. I didn’t do the ‘taf’, what”, she reacted. “I was very good physically but tactically, it got into my head and I couldn’t deal with it.”
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