Double Olympic champion, Teddy Riner had to settle for the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
The Frenchman, who was taken out to everyone's surprise from the quarter-finals in the +100 kg category, won the repechage final against the Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa in what was the revenge of the Rio 2016 final. is imposed on the golden score (three penalties for his opponent) after a controlled fight.
He brought a 13th medal to the French delegation in Japan just minutes after the bronze obtained by Romane Dicko in the women (+78 kg).
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