JUDO – The harvest continues in Antalya with the bronze medal won by Walide Khyar (-66 kg).
Walide Khyar (-66 kg) beat Tengo Zirakashvili (waza-ari). He then won on hansoku-make against Strahinja Buncic then Obid Dzhebov on the golden score. In the semi-final, he faced the reference of the category: Hifumi Abe, world number 1, Olympic champion and double reigning world champion (4 in total). At the start of the fight, the Frenchman did not let the Japanese control the rounds. But he won’t end up bowing to ippon. His first victory against the Japanese (3 fights) will wait. At the Olympic games ?
In the fight for bronze, he faced David Garcia is back, the world number 6 and number 2 seed in Turkey. It happened pretty quickly. Annoyed by the waza-ari received, Walide Khyar immediately responded with an ippon. To win a bronze medal and a first podium of the year.
2024-03-29 17:01:53
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