2024-07-27 15:38:36
Shirine Boukli (-48 kg) won the Olympic bronze medal this Saturday, March 27 at the Arena Champ-de-Mars, after winning against the Spaniard Laura Martinez Abelenda, who was beaten in the final by the Mongolian Baasankhuu Bavuudorj. Shirine Boukli is the first French child at these home Olympics.
Published on: 07/27/2024 – 5:38 pm.Modified on: 07/27/2024 – 6:19 pm
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The 25-year-old athlete, who was eliminated in the first round of the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, defeated Spain’s Laura Martinez in overtime in the race for one of the two bronze medals.
Shirine Boukli wants ” Mark the story »
Reaching the quarter-finals, Shirine Boukli was beaten by ippon by the Japanese favorite Tatsumi Tsunoda, world champion three times (2021, 2022, 2023) and has not won since 2021. But this defeat gave her the right to fight Repeat, against world number one Scutto, also beat in the quarterfinals. Then it was necessary to eliminate the Spaniard Laura Martinez to get this bronze medal. In the continuation of the bitter fight, Shirine Boukli took the decisive advantage following a video referee decision.
Shirine Boukli wants ” Mark the story » with the first French medal of these Games. The dream has come true, even if he has to settle for bronze in the absence of the much-desired Olympic gold. 2020 European champion, he repeated in 2022 and 2023 and won silver at the 2023 Worlds.
After his victory, he burst out with joy and tears. Your smile and your rhinestones on your teeth shine. The public is taken over. He ran to his loved ones to hug them. The Champ-de-Mars Arena was hit with it.
« It is the fruit of long work, at home we need a medal. The audience pushed me, it was awesome “, commented the Frenchwoman on France 2. She, who lives in a family passionate about judo, shows the way to all her colleagues who are involved in these JO 2024.
The elder sister of three brothers, Shirine Boukli is “ a different effect » among the Blues, is one of the youngest. Your unit that is not in the mixed team competition next Saturday, will now be ” first supporter » from his friends from Bleus du judo. And forever Olympic medalist.
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