With eight podiums at the Tokyo 2021 Games, judo had been the most medalled discipline for France. An objective that is not at all illusory considering the twelve awards – six gold, one silver, five bronze – won at the Accor Arena from Friday to Sunday. The day of the triple Olympic champion could have […]
On the road to a third Olympic title in an unprecedented individual heavyweight category this summer in Paris, Teddy Riner had the opportunity on Sunday to gain confidence by winning a record eighth victory at the Paris Grand Slam. As the defending champion in the capital, he defeated South Korean Kim Min-jong in the final […]
This is a famous quote from Corneille: “To conquer without peril is to triumph without glory.” Everyone knows it. Some people are tempted to apply it to Teddy Riner to explain why, at almost 35 years old (he will be on April 7th), the French judoka continues to dominate his heavyweight category even though he […]
