Back from the Tokyo Olympics, Teddy Riner was present Monday in the Trocadero fan zone in Paris.
At the microphone of Europe 1 he praised the achievements of the French judo team, whose gold medal in the mixed event is a good omen before the Paris Games in 2024.
With 23 medals, including six gold, France remains in seventh place in the general classification of the Tokyo Olympic Games, just behind Great Britain. On Monday afternoon, the supporters were able to celebrate some of their champions in the Trocadéro fan zone: the Olympic medalists of the first week of the Olympics went there, having landed the same morning at Roissy airport, the baggage filled with gold, silver and bronze. Among them: the judoka Teddy Riner, himself holder of bronze, and gold as a team.
"It's nice to see an audience like that, to see so many people encourage us, congratulate us, share this moment of celebration", he commented at the microphone of Europe 1. "I have known a lot of good times like that, but for those who have never known them before in their career, they stick with it for life. "
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"Go get a good harvest of medals in 2024!"
"We are all together, we did it all together and we brought it all together," he said about the gold medal won by France in the mixed team event against Japan . "We lived an extraordinary day. Days like that, we want to live it every day. It is a very great pride. Everyone leaves with a medal," he notes. "We are on our own. French judo is doing well and we are going to prepare everything we need to get a good harvest of medals in 2024!"