This Tuesday, during the Judo Worlds in Budapest, Margaux Pinot (-70 kg) and Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou (-90 kg) failed to obtain a medal. It is therefore a new day without a charm for the Blues.
New complicated day for French judo in Budapest (Hungary). Indeed, as Monday, the Blues failed to win a medal during the 5th day of the Worlds. World champion last year in Abu Dhabi, Margaux Pinot this time failed to keep her title with the -70 kg. Beaten during the quarterfinals by the Croatian and world number 1 Lara Cjjetko on an action which risks making a lot of talk, the Frenchwoman was then dominated by the Dutch Sanne Van Dijke during the drafts and therefore finished 7th.
“It’s frustrating but I may not have been in the right disposition this year and it is not an excuse. I missed automatisms because I repeated this season less this season. I am not used to not doing a lot of judo, ”reacted Pinot, about his competition, in comments collected by RMC Sport.
Big disappointment for Ngayap-Hambou
At the same time, among the -90 kg, if Alexis Mathieu was eliminated from the entrance by the Kazakhstanese Meiirlan Maxim, another Frenchman was in the running in this category. Unfortunately for him, Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou is also fell during the quarter-finals. Opposed to the Japanese Sanshiro Murao, the bronze medalist last year at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games failed to finally beat the world number 1, against whom he never won. Behind, in a draft, the Habs failed to recover against the Estonian Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid. Like Pinot, Ngayap Hambou therefore finished 7th, a big disappointment that which had come for something else.
“There is a lot of disappointment. I must not lose on this guy. I was not at the level today. I lacked rhythm, violence as usual. I paid for it, ”admitted the main interested party. Wednesday, Fanny-Estelle Posvite (-78 kg) will be the only chance of medal in the French delegation.
