Faraj Benlahoucine, Media365, published on Sunday April 14, 2024 at 7:02 p.m.
Madeleine Malonga, selected for Paris 2024 unlike Audrey Tcheuméo, spoke of the special relationship she has with her rival.
Plenty is no plague. France can boast of having immense judo champions in its ranks, so much so that selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in certain categories has proven to be extremely complicated. In the +78kg, Romane Dicko received the committee’s preferences to the detriment of Julia Tolofua, recently titled at the Antalya Grand Slam. A level lower, in -78kg, the choice was also particularly delicate. Also crowned in Türkiye on March 31, Madeleine Malonga will represent the blue-white-red banner at the Olympic Games. Much to the chagrin of Audrey Tcheuméo. “I’m more angry than sad. It’s more anger. A lot of things have happened. There’s a lot of frustration and anger” reacted the double Olympic medalist following her non-selection.
A disappointment logically contrasting with the joy of her rival. Regarding her relationship with Audrey Tcheuméo, Madeleine Malonga admitted on the airwaves of RMC that a certain distance has established between the two women. Today, it’s true that we are clearly adversaries or at least competitors, afterwards, I want to say that it is not easy to accept this competition and above all each person manages it as they see fit. can. There are people who will manage competition very well and who will be able to be friends with their competitor and then others not. Sometimes, when it’s not our choice we have to respect the choice of our competitor” she said, suggesting that her counterpart is at the origin of this coldness between them. “It’s true that we’re not friends but there’s still, I think, respect deep down in each of us” however, she tried to notice.
At the Tokyo Games, Madeleine Malonga won silver, beaten in the final by the Japanese Shori Hamada. During the previous Olympics in Rio, Audrey Tcheuméo suffered the same fate during the fight for the gold medal against the American Kayla Harrison.
2024-04-14 17:10:10
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