On a preparatory course in Alicante (Spain), the French women's judo delegation is forced to withdraw from the Budapest Grand Slam organized this weekend (July 8 to 10).
In a press release, the French Judo Federation specifies: “Several cases of Covid have been detected among the athletes and the staff.
In agreement with the doctor of the French teams, and all the high-level stakeholders, France Judo withdraws its women selected from the Grand Slam of Budapest”.
Official press release 📣
Following the French women's team internship in Alicante, several cases of COVID have been detected among athletes and staff.
The women's selection is thus forced to forfeit the Budapest GS.
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- France Judo (@francejudo_) July 6, 2022
The competition was to allow the French women to accumulate points for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The ten French women selected for Hungary were also part of the French selection for the Worlds in Uzbekistan in October.
Olympic medalists Romane Dicko, Amandine Buchard, Madeleine Malonga and Sarah-Léonie Cysique in particular will miss this international judo meeting.
The men's team remains in the competition, despite the presence of Teddy Riner at the training camp in Spain.
In Hungary, the athlete who extended to PSG in June, will return to international competition a year after the Tokyo Olympics.
