2023-05-11 16:41:23
5th in the world, the Frenchwoman will not win a medal at the world championships after her defeat in the repechages.
The French Marie-Eve Gahié was eliminated in the repechages of the -70 kg category, Thursday at the World Judo Championships in Tashkent. Gahié, 5th in the world, could hope for a podium after finishing in silver at the Masters then at the Grand Slam in Paris. “I wanted to go get that medal, no matter the color. On the work of the hands, I try to do the + taf + but it does not pass“, she regretted.
The day had however started very well for the 2019 world champion, convincing against the Ecuadorian Celinda Corozo then expeditious against the Uzbek Shokhista Nazarova, dismissed in less than 30 seconds.
She then faced the Japanese Saki Niizoe, who had beaten her in the round of 16 at the last Worlds but who she had managed to overthrow at the Jerusalem Masters in November.
This time, she gave in after eight minutes of a tough and committed fight, before losing in the repechage final against the Briton Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown, victim of an ippon after 1 min 40 of fight.
«It’s a shame it didn’t go through because it was a medal chance for the women’s team today“, Estimated his trainer Christophe Massina. “We will refocus for tomorrow (Friday) and try to glean a second title on this edition with Audrey Tcheuméo (-78 kg).»
After five days of competition, the Blues have four medals, including one in gold, won by Clarisse Agbégnénou in -63 kg on Wednesday.
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