Special envoy to Tokyo
To discover
The full Olympic program
The Olympic medal table
“I have this gold medal, finally! It's an incredible feeling. I said it and I did it, in Japan too. I don't think I realize yet. I feel light, I have no pain anywhere, my nails are not broken
(laughs)
.
I'm on my cloud and I don't think I'm going to get off it for a while
.
"
The radiant happiness of Clarisse Agbegnenou illuminated the overcast Tokyo Tuesday.
Five years she waited to be able to win the Olympic title, the only one that was still missing from her extraordinary record, alongside her five world crowns and her five Europeans.
In Rio, in 2016, she stumbled in the final against the Slovenian Tina Trstenjak.
The same one she hugged at the end of the under 63 kg final in Tokyo, as part of the majestic Nippon Budokan, the Mecca of world judo.
To read also:
“Destroyed” a year ago, how Clarisse Agbegnenou was able to return to the top
The tastiest revenge for the 28-year-old judokate, who felt
“powerful and untouchable”
on the Tokyo tatami.
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