The Tokyo Olympics are due to start in exactly 100 days.

In Guadeloupe, Teddy Riner continues his preparation with one goal in mind: to win his third Olympic title.

More motivated than ever to be titled in Japan this summer, the judoka, guest of Europe 1 Wednesday morning, is also not closing the door to the 2024 Olympics, which will be held in Paris.

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Home straight for athletes for the Tokyo Olympics (23 July-8 August).

If some are still running after their qualification, Teddy Riner is fully immersed in his preparation.

"Everything is scheduled for D-Day. With this delay, it's been a while that we've been trying to hold, to keep in shape, weight, physical condition and our best judo. It's a bigger race against the clock. , but the finality is so beautiful that we are ready to do anything to get this beautiful medal ", he confided Wednesday morning on Europe 1.

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Be ready on the big day, "neither too early nor too late"

The Olympic champion is therefore bound by a precise program: 30-minute cardio session in the morning, breakfast, training with his physical trainer, lunch break, second training, strengthening and finally physical preparation.

"Then I can breathe," he smiles.

Careful preparation to be ready on D-Day, "neither too early nor too late".

At 100 days before the Games, Teddy Riner has shed 26 kilos and now weighs 140. “On D-Day, it's essential in individual sports because you only have one chance. 'is not ready at the top, it's over, we have to wait four years, "he insists.

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"To end my career in Paris, that would be the apotheosis"

Despite his 32 years and the postponement of the Olympic Games for a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Teddy Riner swears that his motivation is not damaged, on the contrary: "I'm hungry. I'm going to be vulgar: I have the slab! It's been a long time since I had so much the slab. The change, the experience, the training, the renewal, it feels good ", he tells Europe 1. In the country in judo, the Frenchman will be aiming for a third Olympic gold medal this summer.

Will it then continue until the Paris Olympics in 2024?

"Tokyo is for the history of my sport, it's a great adventure. To bring back the medal, that would be extraordinary for me. And then, to end my career as a top athlete in Paris, that would be the apotheosis . But everything in good time, "he smiles.

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"Earn gold and take it home"

Teddy Riner also spoke about the specific conditions of these Olympics.

Japanese authorities have already announced that foreign spectators will not be allowed, due to Covid-19.

No big deal, answers the judoka.

“To have the chance to go to the Olympic Games is already extraordinary. With or without family present, we will have to achieve this objective and the objective is very clear: to win gold, bring it home and then, only then to enjoy. This is my fourth Olympic Games, I already know the spirit of the Games, it is something to experience no matter what. Even if it is different, there will still be a great atmosphere in the Olympic village and great stories. We will have time later, when everything is calm again, to be able to celebrate the medals as it should, "he concludes.