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Paris 2024 – Judo: Amandine Buchard wins the bronze medal
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Beaten in the semi-final by the Uzbek Diyora Keldiyorova, the Frenchwoman was able to remobilize on Sunday to overcome the Hungarian Réka Pupp.
A long battle. After seven minutes of combat, including three of sudden death, Amandine Buchard finally cracked Reka Pupp, Sunday July 28, to win the Olympic bronze in under 52 kg. Already a silver medalist in this category in Tokyo in 2021, the PSG member completes her collection.
A bronze that she did not have in her sights, but which she managed to snatch, putting aside her disappointment at having failed in the semi-final against the Uzbek Diyora Keldiyorova. “It was really hard for me to recover from it, and I had trouble finding the resources for the bronze.”she confided after a one-sided fight. Dominant, the Frenchwoman provoked two penalties against her opponent, before achieving a waza-ari which is worth a medal. The sixth of the French team.