Currently on an internship in Marrakech, Teddy Riner was not injured during the terrible earthquake which hit Morocco this Friday. His trainer Franck Chambily spoke at length about what he felt during this earthquake.
Teddy Riner has nothing. This is the message that his trainer Franck Chambily wanted to convey a few hours after the terrible earthquake which hit Morocco late this Friday and which caused hundreds of victims. Indeed, the judoka with eleven world champion titles traveled to Marrakech for an internship following a long physical preparation in Guadeloupe, completed by a return to France last weekend.
“We are in good health, so everything is fine,” said Franck Chambily in a voice message transmitted daily The team. Teddy Riner should leave Morocco in the middle of next week to return to France, he who will not take part in the European Championships, scheduled for next November in Montpellier to favor the quest for points necessary to have a better ranking in view of Paris 2024.
Chambily: “We felt that people were very afraid”
Teddy Riner and his entourage thus experienced the earthquake which hit Morocco hard while they were “at the hotel in the city center of Marrakech”. A shock which “lasted a good minute” according to the coach of the French judoka. “We heard the siren to evacuate the hotel. We were able to come back at two in the morning, added Franck Chambily after being contacted by telephone by the daily The team. What was most impressive was the panic, people running into the street to avoid the debris. We felt that people were very afraid. » Accustomed to earthquakes during training courses and competitions organized in Japan, the technician assures that “there it was not the walls that shook but the ground”. “It was a seven on the shaking scale, it feels a little weird,” he concluded.
2023-09-09 19:30:55
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