France's Clarisse Agbégnénou captured her sixth women’s under-63
kilogram title as she celebrated a memorable triumph with her
one-and-a-half-year-old daughter at the World Judo Championships here.
Three-time Olympic champion Teddy Riner is set to make his first
appearance at a World Judo Championships in six years but is not
expected to represent France in the mixed teams competition here.
Double Olympic judo champion Clarisse Agbégnénou has agreed to wear
the official judogi made by French team sponsor Adidas in the build-up
to Paris 2024, rather than clothing from her own backer Mizuno.
If constancy were a country, this would be Japan and if it had friends, they would be France and Georgia. The podium of medals by nations shows an encouraging balance for the traditionalists, with an overwhelming Japan and some princes faithful to their reputation. The favourites have not disappointed in this 2022 that is ending, but to think that the result is easy to obtain would be to make a mistake.
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