Paris (AFP)
Teddy Riner, insufficiently recovered from a plexus problem, will not fight at the tournament in Perth (Australia) Monday, said his entourage Thursday.
The two-time Olympic champion in heavyweight and ten-time world champion (eight times in +100 kg, two in all categories) had already resigned to participate in the tournament in Abu Dhabi last weekend, being "not to 100% "because of a" plexus discomfort ", was then explained the same source.
"It's better but it's still too short for a competition," said his entourage at AFP Thursday.
Perth was originally the last of Riner's three deadlines between early October and early November.
What will be his calendar now in the coming months? The decision will be made following an internship in Japan in late November. Among the possible options, the Masters in Qingdao, China, mid-December, or the tournament in Paris in February, evokes the same source.
The 30-year-old judoka remains on a win at the Brasilia Grand Slam in early October, for his second outing since his comeback - victorious already - on the mats in early July in Montreal, after twenty months without a fight.
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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