Under the clamor of the Bercy Arena, the 31-year-old six-time world champion beat the 21-year-old Croatian Katarina Kristo in the final to offer herself a seventh coronation in Paris. She thus becomes the co-record(wo)man for victories at the Paris Grand Slam with her compatriots Lucie Décosse and Teddy Riner, who could win an eighth coronation on Sunday.
After a first fight easily won against the German Agatha Schmidt, the Frenchwoman had her most complicated fight of the day against the Japanese Megumi Horikawa, 2022 world champion, dominated after a fight of more than 12 minutes, including eight in overtime .
The clocks are on time
In the quarter, she provided the essential against the Cuban Maylin del Toro Carvajal, before facing in the semi-final against the Dutch Joanne van Lieshout, double junior world champion and senior bronze medalist last year. Agbégnénou once again drew on his reserves to, after almost eight minutes, sweep his opponent by ippon.
In the final against Kristo, she came close to losing before winning in overtime.
Since returning from maternity leave after the birth of her daughter in June 2022, the one who also has a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Games has offered herself a sixth world title.
Bronze medalist at the Masters in Budapest in 2023, she however ended the year 2023 with a disappointment at the European Championships in Montpellier in November, without a medal.
2024-02-03 17:32:43
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