In the spotlight: the tears of victory
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The gold medal of French judokate Clarisse Agbégnénou at the Tokyo Olympics is on the front page of Le Figaro, de l'Equipe and de Liberation, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. © Montage RFI
By: Sébastien Duhamel Follow
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Coming from Tokyo to Paris, tears flood our kiosks this morning, but those we love to see: tears of joy. Those of Clarisse Agbégnénou, on the front page of
Liberation
as well as on the front page of
L '
Equipe
obviously.
Le Figaro
prefers to show us the smile that followed, and the medal. “
Agbégnénou, finally on Olympus
”, for its part, shows
L'Humanité
. “
What class Clarisse!
"Exclaims
Le Parisien," she was waiting for this Olympic title so much
, "the newspaper tells us. And this Tuesday, July 27, the 28-year-old French judokate "
got her revenge brilliantly, against the Slovenian judokate who had deprived her of gold in Rio.
", five years ago.
She therefore becomes the new Olympic champion in the -63kg, the last medal missing from her record, underlines
L'Équipe
.
A personal message from
L'Équipe
“
Between Clarisse Agbégnénou and L'Équipe, there has always been a lot of love, but it was sometimes a little cowardly,
” the editorial quips straight away. The sports daily tells us that the judokate was angry with the editorial staff for not having devoted a front page to her fifth world title, won last month in Budapest. "
What more do I have to do to get one of my wins to be on the front page of your newspaper?"
», The sportswoman annoyed. Well, “
the answer was simple,
”
L'Équipe
told him today
.
What had to be done is
"
that
": "
To triumph on D-Day, as a judo, to complete an already dazzling prize list, to go from the greatest judoka in history to a legend of French sport
”. Here is the response of
L'Équipe
, not so simple in the end, but as for the results, it is not David Douillet who will say the opposite. Asked by
Le Parisien
, the former judoka, also a legend, affirms that Clarisse is "
today the Marianne of France
". “
She did not please only her friends and relatives, she pleased an entire country,
” he says.
An anecdote, which will surely please many of our listeners as well.
Do you know what motivates the champion before her fights?
We saw her yesterday, "
headphones on her ears next to the tatami mats
", so
Liberation
asked her the question.
She listens to Afro trap, answers Clarisse Agbégnénou.
We know that the champion is of Togolese origin, so the Afro trap is obviously her key to success.
And maybe a few hours of training in the process.
Gender parity finally respected
More broadly, this victory for judokate is also an opportunity to note that the Olympics finally give a real place to women.
“
Women in Olympic form
”.
To read in
Liberation
again: "
They were 22 in Paris in 1900. They are 5,176 in Tokyo
" this year, "
almost half of the total contingent of athletes
".
Yes, these games are "
the first to welcome almost as many women as men
", observes
Libé
, and "
the new disciplines all include a female program
".
Controversy over the sexualization of outfits
But there is still work to be done,
Libé
sees it as well as
Le Monde
: sexist controversies remain, especially on gendered outfits. The outfit of sportswomen, is it “
a tissue of sexism?
», Asks
Le Monde
. The newspaper relays the fight of the German gymnasts who chose to perform "
in a full suit rather than the traditional leotard
". And with them,
Le Monde
tells us
, “more and more sportswomen are thus mobilizing against the sexualization of their bodies
”.
Sexualization reinforced by "
the rise of sports-entertainment
", explains the newspaper with a telling example to support: "
A study on the way of filming beach volleyball at the 2004 Olympics had estimated at 37% the share of the shots. centered on the chest or buttocks
”. That's more than one in 3 plan! And if you try to escape sexy outfits, it can sometimes lead to a fine imposed by the federations. No, that's enough, exclaims the German gymnast Elisabeth Seitz, still in
Le Monde "
every woman, every person should decide what she wears
". This year the German gymnasts failed to qualify for the final of the Olympic competition, let's hope that in the future she wins at least this fight.
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