It was one of the striking scenes of JO of Paris 2024: The confrontation between the two colossi Teddy Riner and Guram Tashishvili, in the quarter -finals of the more than 100kg. With the end of the fight won over Ippon by the French the bad gesture of the Georgian and the disqualification of the latter, suspended six months moreover for having thus lost his nerves.
The litigation between the two men dates back to 2022 and a fight between the spearhead of PSG judo and its counterpart of the Tbilisi club. At the time, Teddy Riner obtained the disqualification of his opponent after a deposited reserve. An appeal that the Georgian has been ruminating since then. And the Olympic events in Paris have obviously arranged anything.
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Proof that Guram Tashishvili has the tenacious resentment, the two giants met this Thursday on the sidelines of the Judo World Championships organized in Budapest. Present on the scene as a single amateur, Teddy Riner was asked to put the medals to the most valiant judokas in his weight category. Beaten in the final by the Russian Inal Tasoev, Guram Tashishvili then refused to shake hands with his executioner of the 2024 games.
Riner is already thinking about 2028
“” There was no exchange with Tashishvili? There will not be manyDixit Teddy Riner, hot, thus relayed by RMC. It has always been a little bit like that, we must not forget that it is a combat sport. And then it shows that even when I’m not here, it doesn’t win. (…) I don’t have a lot to say about him, today the best has won. We only remember the first. My coaches have often repeated this sentence to me. “”
The spike will probably not escape Guram Tashishvili, who aims to take revenge at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Inal Tasoev and Teddy Riner will be in the game too if all is well. And the five -time French Olympic champion would find Russian in his last challenge. “” She is magnificent her victory. I told him I was happy for him, congratulations, it is deserved. He invited me to come back to the stage, I said to him, “Give me time to train, everything in his time”. “”
