Sarah-Léonie Cysique is Olympic vice-champion.
The native of Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) offers a second silver medal to French judo and to the French delegation as a whole.
From the top of her 23 years, she lost this Monday at noon in Tokyo against the Kosovar Nora Gjakova in the final of the tournament of less than 57 kg after a controversial arbitration decision.
Jurors ruled that she had committed a dangerous fault.
So far, Cysique had not done better than a third place at the 2020 and 2021 European Championships. The Frenchwoman started her tournament with a victory by waza-ari against the young South Korean Jisu Kim, recent vice-president. Asian champion.
She then came out of a poorly embarked quarter-final against Georgian Eteri Liparteliani before defeating world number one and reigning world champion Jessica Klimklait.
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