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Paris 2024 – Judo: Teddy Riner: “Yesterday I realized my dream, today we realized our dream”
The French judo team reacts to its victory against Japan in the final of the Olympic tournament, Saturday August 3 at the Arena Champ-de-Mars.
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Shared happiness for the French judokas, Olympic team champions, after having been mistreated for a long time by the formidable Japanese team.
French judo ended its week in style. Crowned Olympic champion for the second consecutive time, the French judo team set the Arena Champ-de-Mars alight on Saturday, August 3. Trailing 2-0, then 3-1 by Japan, who had beaten them at the last world championships (2024), the French finally won. “O“We are at home, we are at home, we could not let this title slip away, it gave me a lot of strength,” he said. explained Joan-Benjamin Gaba, after his victory in the golden score facing Hifumi Abe, true king of -66 kg with four world titles (2017, 2018, 2022, 2023).
Also a major contributor to this victory, Teddy Riner, twice victorious against Tatsuru Saito, savoured this new collective triumph. “Yesterday I made my dream come true, today we made our dream come true. We all came back together,” he rejoiced.