Teddy Riner won his eleventh world title in Doha (Qatar) this Saturday, May 13, six years after his last title. An ideal preparation 439 days before the opening ceremony of Paris 2024.
At 34, Teddy Riner embraced his eleventh world gold medal, Saturday May 13, in Doha (Qatar). The Frenchman, who had not participated in the Worlds since his last coronation in 2017, was not one of the top seeds. Despite everything, Riner defeated in quick succession the reigning vice-world champion, the world number one, then in the final the 2021 European champion, Inal Tasoev, the 25-year-old Russian who was able to participate in the competition under the banner neutral.
“It bodes well for the 2024 Games”
439 days from the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, Teddy Riner takes a date, therefore. “It bodes well for the 2024 Games”rejoiced the Guadeloupean. “Paris, it’s going to happen very quickly, fifteen months is not much. But you have to use these fifteen months to prepare as well as possible and be the best possible.” The French delegation could even have done a double blow on Saturday with Julia Tolofua, but the judoka lost in the final over 78kg against the Japanese Akira Sone, reigning Olympic champion.
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