Less than two years from the Paris Olympic Games, the announcement of Teddy Riner’s package for the next world championships in Uzbekistan has cast a chill over the world of tricolor judo. But there is one who, without welcoming the injury of the triple Olympic champion, will find an opportunity to stand out.
Jospeh Terhec, judoka from Radon near Alençon in Ornewas indeed chosen to replace the icon of the French tatami in the category + of 100 kilos.
It’s not a surprise in the sense that Joseph Terhec has been Teddy Riner’s challenger for several years. He had even beaten him in the final at the last team world championships, in Brest, in 2020.
Previously, Joseph Terhec was senior French champion in 2015, at home almost since it was at the Kindarena in Rouen. But since then, it is necessarily difficult for him to make a name for himself, the category of over 100 kilos being truly embodied in France for fifteen years by Teddy Riner.