During the team’s team test, the French team was eliminated on a particularly cruel payment point.
We found one of the major players in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. We want to talk about the famous Judo roulette, the one that designates what category will be chosen for the decisive fight during the team test.
In Paris, chance had done things well by sending Teddy Riner to get a gold medal for France. This time, at the Budapest Worlds, the Blues were on the wrong side of history.
The incident occurred during the quarter -final between France and South Korea, where the two nations were back to back after six fights. For “sudden death”, roulette (the same as at the Olympic Games) appointed the category of +90kg. Problem, the French fighter Angel Gustan had injured himself in his previous confrontation, and had to be evacuated on a stretcher. There was therefore no one to challenge Lee Seung-Yeob, and the Blues lost on Green Tatami, in a way.
David Douillet angry
“Great anything”Heard David Douillet this Saturday on RMC. “The spirit of combat and competition are completely annihilated. It’s completely absurd “regretted the double Olympic champion, which offers an alternative: “You roll the roulette again or you eliminate the category in which there was an injured. »»
The French team did not even have the right to send a replacement (Tieman Diaby competed in the next round) or a fighter from another category like Maxime-Gaël Ngayap-Hambou (-90kg). The latter would no doubt have struggled against Lee, but at least the Blues would have had a chance.
