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The 28-year-old judokate wanted this Olympic title so badly that she couldn't escape her. She, who brooded over her lost Rio final against Slovenian Tina Trstenjak, had done everything to ensure that her neck was adorned with gold in Tokyo. And, as in a dream, fate wanted in the final, the five-time world champion found the same opponent as five years ago, for a revenge that she savored.
“Finding us both in the final, five years later, I could not have imagined better. I could really say later that this Olympic title, in Japan, I would have obtained it in the most beautiful way
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But the standard bearer was not satisfied with this individual title since she guided - in the company of Teddy Riner - the French mixed team towards one of the exploits of these Games: defeating the Japanese armada at home .
And for that, Agbegnenou quite simply beat in the final the Olympic champion of the category above.
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