Five weeks after his victory in Antalya (Turkey), Teddy Riner will continue his Olympic preparation by participating in the Dushanbe Grand Slam in Tajikistan on Sunday, the French Judo Federation announced Wednesday evening.
Dushanbe could be Teddy Riner’s last tournament before the Paris Games in three months, unless he competes at the World Championships in Abu Dhabi at the end of May. The Guadeloupean remains on a victory at the Antalya Grand Slam, where despite his success, he expressed a certain weariness.
Dushanbe Grand Slam (May 3 to 5) 🇹🇯
Discover the French judokas who will participate in the Grand Slam of Dushanbe from May 3 to 5 (Tajikistan). ⤵️🇨🇵
Our triple Olympic champion and 1️⃣1️⃣ time world champion, Teddy Riner (+100kg), will be on the trip! ✈️👊
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The 35-year-old judoka, who is aiming for a third individual Olympic title in the +100 kg category in Paris, said to himself:fatigue” et “without desire“. Undefeated since his defeat against Russian Tamerlan Bashaev in the quarter-final of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Riner has since won the Grand Slams in Budapest in 2022, Paris in 2023 and 2024 and therefore Antalya. Without forgetting the title world championship, the eleventh of his career, won in Doha a year ago.
A good result in Tajikistan would allow him to gain valuable points in the Olympic rankings to approach the Games as top seed, a status which normally allows him to avoid a preliminary round and have a clearer picture for his first fights. . For now, Teddy Riner is fourth in the world rankings, but ninth in the Olympic rankings – the top eight are seeded at the games. The Guadeloupean is only fourteen points from this eighth place, and a Grand Slam victory earns 1000 points.
Two other French Olympic selections, Walide Khyar (-66 kg) and Guadeloupean Sarah-Léonie Cysique (-57 kg) will be traveling to Tajikistan.
2024-05-01 15:04:52
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