It was much more predictable than the gold medal (surprise) of Romain Cannone, but it is just as fun.
Tuesday, in Tokyo, Clarisse Agbegnenou, the tricolor flag bearer, became Olympic champion in judo in the -63kg category, beating by waza-ari in the golden score the Slovenian Tina Trstenjak, who had dominated her in the final of the Rio Olympics.
With this success, the Frenchwoman erases the terrible disappointment of 2016, when she felt that her silver medal was "not the right one".
Since that date, she had been waiting for the possibility of taking her revenge and had particularly badly experienced the postponement of the Tokyo Games decided last year.
The fact that she won her Olympic title against Trstenjak, who also deprived her of the gold medal at the 2015 Worlds, gives a special flavor to her success.
We will salute the fair play of the Slovenian, who seemed just as happy to see her number 1 competitor crowned Olympic champion.
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La Rennaise on a mission
“I was on a mission.
Going for this gold medal, it was not easy, I do not have the words.
It's incredible, taking my revenge five years later, I could not have asked for better.
It has been a long and hard road, I am so happy to bring back this gold medal ”, she declared, in tears, on France Tv just after her victory.
French judo has now won four medals since the start of these Games, bronze on Saturday for Luka Mkheidze in the -60 kg category, silver on Sunday for Amandine Buchard in -52 kg, the same metal on Monday for Sarah-LĂ©onie Cysique in - 57 kg, and the gold of Agbegnenou.
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