Audrey Tcheuméo will not add an international medal to her already rich collection. This Sunday in Tbilisi (Georgia), the -78 kg vice-world champion was beaten in the fight for third place by Alina Boehm, reigning European champion but against whom she led 2-1. A defeat in the golden score on an action from below launched by the German and which the Frenchwoman tried to surpass but her right leg did not succeed in hooking that of her rival, who therefore took advantage of this momentum for the counter and mark waza-ari. And thus ensure the gain of third place.
It’s up to Madeleine Malonga to play next Sunday in Antalya
Tcheuméo, excluded from the race for the final after her failure in the quarter-finals against the Ukrainian Lytvynenko (hansoku-make), finished fifth in the Georgian Grand Slam, extremely important because it was decisive for the selection for the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.
The federal selection committee had decided to send Audrey Tcheuméo and Madeleine Malonga back to the Grand Slam in order to decide between them for the final sesame still to be awarded for the next Olympics, the -78 kg therefore. Ticket that Madeleine Malonga is also running for. World champion in 2019 and Olympic vice-champion in 2021 in Tokyo, Malonga will compete in the Grand Slam in Antalya next Sunday. The federal selection committee will meet on April 2 to award the -78 kg ticket for Paris 2024.
“The competition in Tbilisi was of a very, very high level. These are the girls that we will find on the podium at Paris 2024. It’s a crazy category. Being fifth in this Grand Slam is also affirming that I am here,” confided Audrey Tcheuméo afterwards, “I felt good, I learned a lot, recorded. I’m waiting for what’s next, I’m more motivated than ever.”
2024-03-25 11:38:21
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