Al-Tamimi: We will prepare 3 or 4 judo players for the 2024 Paris Olympics
Nasser Al-Tamimi: “Judo allows seven weights, and the more players there are, the greater the chance to win.”
From facing Skrtov to Swede Macias.
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The Secretary-General of the Emirates Wrestling and Judo Federation, Nasser Al-Tamimi, said that the judo player, Victor Skritov, who bid farewell to the Tokyo Olympics in the 32nd round in the under-73 kg weight category against the Swede Tommy Makias, paid the price for losing focus in the last seconds, while revealing in return that there is a program and plan to prepare three Or four players to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
He confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the conditions did not serve them in the current Olympics, awaiting the results of Romanco's participation today in the under 100 kg weight, pledging that judo will return stronger.
He added, "Victor is like other athletes who prepared themselves in the best way to reach the Olympics to win medals, but the circumstances were not in his favor."
Al-Tamimi said that the lesson from Tokyo will be used to prepare more strongly for the upcoming events.
He revealed that "the Emirates Wrestling and Judo Federation has set a program for the coming August and September, and the new phase will begin with new players to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics, and we seek to qualify three or four players, because the judo competition allows seven weights, and the more players there are, the greater the chance to be crowned."
It is noteworthy that the Federation of Wrestling and Judo provided good preparation for the players Victor and his colleague Ivan Romanko, and the last stage of preparation was through a training camp in Moldova, where hopes were high to achieve a new medal, after the bronze of Toma in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
• Skrtof paid the price for losing focus in the last seconds in front of Swede Tommy Machias.
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