Paris (AFP)
Teddy Riner, "not 100%" because of a "plexus embarrassment", will not participate in the tournament in Abu Dhabi this weekend but still plans to line up in Perth (Australia) in early November, said his surrounding Wednesday.
The two-time Olympic champion in heavyweight and ten times world champion (eight times in +100 kg, two in all categories) receives "care every day" while continuing to train, says it also source to AFP.
Riner (30) remains on a win at the Brasilia tournament in early October, for his second outing since his comeback - victorious already - on the carpet in early July after twenty months without a fight in Montreal. He is still "planning to participate" in the tournament Perth (Grand Prix level) on November 4, according to his entourage.
Riner, who is aiming for a third historic Olympic heavyweight crown at the Tokyo Games next summer (July 24-August 9), is unbeaten since September 2010 and has a run of 152 fights.
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