Disaster.
Thunderclap.
Huge disillusionment.
Teddy Riner was beaten this Friday at the Olympics by Russian Tamerlan Bashaev in the golden score on waza-ari, in the quarterfinals of the + 100kg category.
The French will not be a triple Olympic champion but can still be a medalist.
He will play the repechage (10h00) with as objective: the bronze medal.
The Frenchman was surprised by the Russian and will play in the repechage to try to console himself with the bronze medal.
To discover
The full Olympic program
The Olympic medal table