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Tokyo Olympics: Althéa Laurin bronze medalist in Taekwondo

2021-07-27T11:55:28.385Z


The 19-year-old Frenchwoman won a beautiful taekwondo bronze medal in +67 kg. The European champion beat the Ivorian Aminata-Cha


And one more medal in the purse of the French delegation to the Games, the 7th, and it is in bronze.

In taekwondo (+67 kg), Althéa Laurin won the fight for 3rd place against the Ivorian Aminata-Charlène Traoré, to win her first Olympic medal at 19.

The licensee of the Asnières-sur-Seine club had been stopped by the Serbian, seeded number 3, Milica Mandic in the semifinals.

But she recovered well in this small final for the bronze.

Althéa Laurin had started the meeting badly, touched from the start by the Ivorian and led by points.

But she reacted magnificently in the next two rounds, repeatedly touching her opponent, exhausted at the end of the fight.

The French seeded number 10 could legitimately claim this medal after a remarkable start to the tournament.

In the quarterfinals, the French had already been impressive against the Chinese Shuyin Zheng, yet the reigning Olympic champion.

A calm and precise victory (14-6) as the Frenchwoman played her very first Olympic Games.

At almost 20 years old, next September, the tricolor will look for a beautiful bronze medal and already takes a date for Paris 2024.

Source: leparis

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