“How is the Russian Madina Taimazova, who beat you in the round of 16 in -70 kg (waza-ari), painful?
We never took each other. I know she is strong, an Olympic medalist anyway (3rd at the 2021 Olympics). I took a step away, I already came across it, the only chance she had, she put it on me. There you go… She’s nonchalant but it’s physical, she’s still a Russian. She had me once in the kumi-kata (guard hold), she was opportunistic, her movements weren’t super finished but I moved to the wrong side, that’s what I feel right away. There was less than a minute left, when you’re marked waza-ari, which you have to pick up at the end of the fight, it’s complicated.
You will therefore not have a medal, Marie-Ève Gahié, your competitor for the selection for Paris 2024 in -70 kg, is launched like a plane, qualified for the semi-finals. How do you experience this?
We’re going to say that things are off to a bad start for my selection. I’m going to be quite frank, at least with myself. I worked for these Championships, the coming season, for the moment it is not bearing concrete fruit. I hope at some point it comes out, otherwise it will stay like this.
The selection for the Olympics might not happen straight away, you could be relaunched for another tournament…
We’ll see. If it passes in the next few days or in 3-4 months, I don’t know but for me, today it stopped a little early. But if Marie-Ève (Gahié) wins today, it will be complicated for me. I am quite clear-sighted on this. We’ll see. »
2023-11-04 14:05:03
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