Frenchman Luka Mkheidze in silver, second medal for the Blues

Seeded number 3, the French judoka lost in the final against Yeldos Smetov on Saturday, despite a crowd totally behind his cause.

Second medal in less than an hour for French judo. After Shirine Boukli’s bronze medal and in front of a crowd totally committed to his cause, Luka Mkheidze won the silver medal on Saturday July 27 at the Arena Champ-de-Mars. In Tokyo in 2021, the French judoka had offered the first medal to the Blues (in bronze). This time, he is adorned with silver after his defeat in the final against the Kazakhstani Yeldos Smetov.