After Paris, Tashkent… One month after winning the Grand Slam played in the capital, Clarisse Agbégnénou, 31, won on Saturday in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). The -63 kg Olympic champion, who will aim for a second coronation next summer, made the difference thanks to two arm locks, in the semi-final then in the final, against the Japanese Nami Nabekura and Momo Tatsukawa.
Very disappointed following her disappointing 7th place at the European Championships last November, the six-time world champion is ready for battle.
The mother of little Athena, who learned this week that she could sleep with her daughter in the hotel during the Games thanks to the system put in place for French athlete-parents, once again distinguished herself in long fights with overtime in quarter, half and final! Before celebrating his success by miming a cradle with his arms then an “A” with his fingers…
This victory will allow him to move up the Olympic ranking with a view to arriving among the eight seeds at the Olympic Games. She was in 12th place before this weekend.
Clarisse Agbégnénou will soon be leaving for an internship in Japan. We will at least see her again on the tatamis before the big meeting of the summer (July 27-August 2 for judo), at the World Championships in Abu Dhabi (May 19 to 24), where she will put her title back on the line. .
