The current Olympic champion Clarisse Agbégnénou (-63 kg) will participate in the World Judo Championships in Abu Dhabi (from the 19th to 24 May), two months before the Paris Olympic Games, the French Judo Federation announced on Tuesday.
Agbégnénou, a six-time world champion, 31, is among the first French judokas selected for this World Cup organized in the emirate.
Just before the 2021 Tokyo Games, the Frenchwoman had already chosen to participate in the World Cup. A winning choice since she won world gold in Budapest before winning Olympic gold in Japan.
In early February, Agbégnénou won the Paris tournament, setting a record after November’s European Championships in Montpellier, which ended without a medal.
Victorious in Paris, then recently in the Baku Grand Slam and selected for the Olympic Games like Agbégnénou, the 2022 world champion, Romane Dicko (78 kg), decided to skip this World Cup in Abu Dhabi, as well as the European Championships. Zagreb at the end of April. .
2024-02-28 01:56:07
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