Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Monday May 13, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.
Already victorious at the Paris Grand Slam then the Baku Grand Slam in 2024, Frenchwoman Romane Dicko confirmed her excellent form by winning the Astana Grand Slam.
Frankly, there is really reason to be optimistic in view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11). Individual bronze medalist and mixed team gold medalist during the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, Romane Dicko will aim for gold next summer. Because the Frenchwoman is sharp and happens to be in very good shape, you know. Already a gold medalist at the Paris Grand Slam then the Baku Grand Slam in 2024, the 24-year-old won again on Sunday during the Astana Grand Slam. Dicko literally flew over his table in the +78 kg category.
4 easy victories for Dicko in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, Romane Dicko reigned on the tatamis and will thus constitute a great chance of a gold medal in the French capital in more than two months. The 2022 world champion in her category dominated her four opponents of the day without trembling. Dicko first beat the Brazilian Giovanna Santos then the Mongolian Nominzul Dambadarjaa. In the semi-finals, the native of Clamart clearly got the best (osaekomi) over the Japanese Akira Stone, reigning Olympic and world champion.
Dicko: “World number 1, that wasn’t necessarily my goal”
Then, in the final, Romane Dicko overthrew her opponent, the Chinese Su Yin, in less than a minute. She flipped her opponent to the ground then performed an armlock (juji gatame). An ideal last outing before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for the world number 1. “An arm lock, who would have thought it! I think I shocked more than one person, including myself! It’s obviously super positive! It shows that I know how to do different things, and that the work put in in training is gradually starting to come into competition. That’s what we’re looking for! », Reacted the young French athlete to RMC Sport. She now risks being seeded No. 1 this summer. “World number 1, that wasn’t necessarily my goal,” she confided. Let’s say that on paper it’s necessarily satisfactory, but that wasn’t the objective. The goal was to perform well on all my outings! And that was the case, so the objective has been achieved! There is no pressure regarding this “status”, really none. »
2024-05-13 19:25:00
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