Teddy Riner and the whole of the French judo team, crowned Olympic champions in the team event, met the French public this Monday afternoon at the Trocadéro on their return from the Tokyo Olympics.
A walkabout in blue, white, red while dancing and in a good mood.
A celebration in unison with private supporters traveling to Japan.
It was on the occasion of this happy afternoon in front of a thousand people that Teddy Riner slipped a few words about his participation in the next Olympic Games which will take place in three years in Paris: "You need time to rest because that it leaves traces. Then we will take the course of Paris 2024. Paris 2024 in itself is not a problem, it is a problem of time because with all that we have lived in recent times, the Covid-19, all that ... Keeping in shape as long as possible is hard. Now we have to heal the wounds, heal the pain we have when we come out of big competitions like that. Then we will gently take the path of the tatami mats. "
History to rediscover a taste for effort and competition with a view to participating in the Paris Olympics when he will be 35 years old in 2024: “We fought too hard to get this Paris-2024 candidacy.
We have the Games and I fully intend to take advantage of them and live these Games to the full and do everything possible to be present.
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#LesJeuxEnsemble 🙌
After a happy celebration of judokas @francejudo_ back from @ Tokyo2020fr place for the women's team of #Rugby at 7 @FranceRugby on the #LivedesJeux stage at 5.30 p.m. 🥳 pic.twitter.com/TMyGRohZoz
- FranceOlympique (@FranceOlympique) August 2, 2021
The French judoka therefore needs a rest, but he knows that when he resumes he will have the unconditional support of the French public, "people hope to see us in Paris 2024, they are already telling us
we will be there!"
All these messages are heartwarming and give us the energy to set out again
”.
Set out again to expand its collection of distinctions which already has 5 Olympic medals, including three in gold.
