End of a mind-blowing series. French judoka Teddy Riner, who launched his Olympic year at the prestigious Paris tournament on Sunday, fell to the third round of the Paris tournament.
The one who will be seeking a new third coronation in heavyweights at the Olympic Games in less than six months, had not lost a single fight since September 2010.
The enclosure of Bercy had not seen the double Olympic champion in title and tenfold world champion (eight times in +100 kg, twice in all categories) on its mats for seven years. Since his comeback on tatami mats last summer after twenty months without competition, he had won the Montreal Grand Prix in early July, then three months later at the Grand Slam in Brasilia, to bring his winning streak to 152 fights. consecutive, started more than nine years ago.
But the rest of his fall was disrupted by a broken rib in training after the Brazilian tournament.