2023-11-05 01:50:54
Disillusionment for Clarisse Agbégnénou. Crowned world champion in 2023, and a few months before the start of the Paris Olympic Games, the Frenchwoman did not last long at the European Championships, which are currently taking place in Montpellier (from November 3 to 5). While it took her almost 9 minutes to take out the Finnish Emilia Kanerv in the second round, the five-time European champion (2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2020) lost in the quarter-finals of the under 63kgs against the number 1 seed, Kosovar Laura Fazliu.
In the golden score, the Habs thought they would win by making a waza-ari on the Kosovar but their catch was canceled. She finally lost to a waza-ari from Fazliu a few seconds later. A real disillusionment for the Frenchwoman, favorite for gold, who certainly wanted to reassure herself before defending her Olympic title next July.
And this day was difficult until the end for Clarisse Agbégnénou. During her repechage fight, which would have allowed her to advance to the fight for the bronze medal, the 31-year-old judokate also lost against the Hungarian Szofi Özbas once again in the golden score.
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