Bizarre incident at the Olympics: Before the fight, the German judoka Martyna Trajdos is slapped by her trainer.
The scene in the video.
Tokyo - There are all sorts of forms of motivation - some need a lot of it, others little.
What motivates athletes is completely individual.
At the Olympics in Tokyo *, the audience got to know a new form of motivation.
The German judoka Martyna Trajdos let her trainer double-slap her before her fight against the Hungarian Szofi Özbas - and that was anything but gentle.
Eurosport showed the bizarre scene on live TV.
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The clip was later also posted on Instagram.
First coach Claudiu Pusa shakes the athlete vigorously, then he gives her a resounding slap in the face.
Afterwards, Trajdos was probably wide awake for the fight, but it didn't help: After a long fight with her opponent in the weight class up to 63 kilograms, she had to admit defeat.
For people who have less to do with martial arts - and especially judo * - this motivational method seems rather strange.
But the fighter's reaction shows that she is by no means surprised that her trainer is violent.
Apparently, the two maintain a trusting relationship, as is customary in martial arts between coach and protégé.
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Trajdos comments on the scene herself on her Instagram channel - and takes it with humor. “The way it looks, it wasn't hard enough,” she writes, nipping any concerns in the bud: “I wish I could have made a different headline. As I said before, this is a ritual that I choose myself before fighting. My trainer only does what I ask of him to motivate me. ”
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