As is the case for women, recent announcements of selection for the Olympic Games have also determined the choices concerning the European Championships and the World Championships. The holder of the Games, Luka Mkheidze, leaves the field open at the continental level to his dynamic runner-up, recent third in the Grand Slam of Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Romain Valadier-Picard. Remember that Luka Mkheidze is the defending champion in -60kg in Montpellier last June, while Romain Valadier-Picard was third. In -66kg, the Montpellier medalist Walide Khyar will be preserved for the Games, and it is the Parisian Daikii Bouba who wins the battle for number two ahead of Romaric Bouda, thanks to two good rankings at the Tokyo Grand Slams (5th) and from Baku (2nd). In -73kg, the Olympic selection Joan-Benjamin Gaba will seek experience and points everywhere before the summer meeting. A great achievement and offered to the thirty-seven year old “veteran” Axel Clerget in -90kg. His last medal, in silver, dates from the Warsaw session in 2017. He will be accompanied by the other big “disappointed” in this highly competitive category, Alexis Mathieu. Finally, it is the same observation in -100kg as in the -100kg category, Aurélien Diesse will be in all the major outings in championships between now and the Paris Games where he obtained his selection.
The European Championships will take place this year from April 25 to 28 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Male selection
-60kg : Romain VALADIER-PICARD (ACBB Judo)
-66kg : Daiki Bouba (FRA – AJA Paris XX)
-73kg : Joan-Benjamin GABA (JC Chilly-Mazarin Morangis)
-90kg : Axel CLERGET (FRA – Sucy Judo)
-90kg : Alexis MATHIEU (PSG Judo)
-100kg : Aurélien DIESSE (FRA – Sports star Blanc Mesnil Judo)
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2024-03-06 18:51:30
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