Franco-French fight between Marie-Ève Gahié (left) and Margaux Pinot in the -70 kg category, during the Judo Grand Slam, February 5, in Paris. LAURENT LAIRYS/DPPI via AFP
DECRYPTION – A decisive step in qualifying for the next Olympic Games, the European Championships take place from November 3 to 5 in Montpellier. In a climate of high tension.
End of October, at the Insep dojo. As the women finish their training and the men prepare to succeed them on the tatami, Benjamin Axus launches, in the direction of both the press officer of the French Federation and the numerous media present: “Don’t worry, I won’t come and comment on my non-selection for the European Championships.”
Even said with a smile, this little dig from the judoka, ranked 30 in the world in the under 73 kg category – six ranks above Joan-Benjamin Gabaselected, him, for the continental event in Montpellier (November 3-5) -, says a lot about the tension that reigns in the ranks of the French men’s team. And even more so in its female counterpart, a “true war machine”, as he liked to describe it Larbi Benboudaoud, the former director of high performance for French judoresigned from his post last December due to strategic disagreement with his leaders.
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