In 2021, the judoka from Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche Fanny-Estelle Posvite almost dropped everything. The disappointment was too great. After an almost perfect season, the federation did not select her for the worlds. A terrible injustice for a champion who remained on 12 international medals in 14 appearances since her arrival in the under 78 kilos. “I couldn’t see myself going back to daily work at all. It’s a lot of commitment. I decided to stop physical preparation with Insep“ she explains.
She put her head back to the place at home, in Limousin
At 29, the resident of the Alliance Judo Limoges has distanced herself from the federal authorities and came to recharge with her loved ones in Limousin:”I took a lot of time for myself and to enjoy my family. I felt supported and it’s part of my healing process. I also worked with a psychologist. It was really not easy at all but today, it is much better“. She also returned to Insep with this grand slam in Paris in her sights. But there was no question of taking the lead.
I no longer have to go to competition to wait for selections
This weekend, his key word will be pleasure. The idea is also to test your desire to experience this kind of event again. “I really want to see if I’m hugely happy competing and fighting. The disappointment is still there. I have to use it as a force, or a driving force. There is this lack of trust in the system. My view of things is completely different. I no longer have to go to competition to wait for selections“says Fanny-Estelle Posvite.
Finding the raw happiness of judo
But it’s not easy in the eyes of a champion for whom selections for the France team have always been a goal. Now she wants focus only on pleasure to be there. “I try to think only of the present moment. On the day of the competition, have fun without thinking about all the pressures around. Trying to do beautiful judo and fall in front of the French public. I have to go there to have a lot of fun and be happy. And then we’ll see. I don’t have to expect much to avoid disappointment.”