Judo 2023 Discussion Thread

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[phelps 7,703]

in the past few weeks, rumors about  Clarisse Agbegnenou switching to  have got stronger and stronger.

 

the reason behind this is, as often happens, about economical aspects.

 

Agbegnenou, in fact, has a personal technical sponsor (Mizuno), meanwhile the French National team is of course under contract with Adidas.

 

now the French Federation wanted Agbegnenou wear Adidas judogi in her comeback appearance after her maternity leave after Tokyo 2020, but the double Olympic champion refused to do it, saying that she hasn't trained enough with that judogi to wear it also in competition.

 

but the French Federation left her without any coach on mat side in Tel Aviv (and she lost 2 of the 4 bouts for the first time since 2017) and threatened to leave her out of the team for the next World Championships and above all, out of the Olympic team.

 

therefore, the great Clarisse, despite her will, has to think about a plan B, which leads to switching to the African Nation her family is from.

 

personally, I think everything will be fixed quite soon and nothing strange is gonna happen, but if it happens...

Edited February 27, 2023 by phelps

[Josh 10,624]

On 2/27/2023 at 12:24 PM, phelps said:

in the past few weeks, rumors about  Clarisse Agbegnenou switching to  have got stronger and stronger.

 

the reason behind this is, as often happens, about economical aspects.

 

Agbegnenou, in fact, has a personal technical sponsor (Mizuno), meanwhile the French National team is of course under contract with Adidas.

 

now the French Federation wanted Agbegnenou wear Adidas judogi in her comeback appearance after her maternity leave after Tokyo 2020, but the double Olympic champion refused to do it, saying that she hasn't trained enough with that judogi to wear it also in competition.

 

but the French Federation left her without any coach on mat side in Tel Aviv (and she lost 2 of the 4 bouts for the first time since 2017) and threatened to leave her out of the team for the next World Championships and above all, out of the Olympic team.

 

therefore, the great Clarisse, despite her will, has to think about a plan B, which leads to switching to the African Nation her family is from.

 

personally, I think everything will be fixed quite soon and nothing strange is gonna happen, but if it happens...

Clarisse Agbegnenou has now agreed to wear Adidas judogi at the 2024 Olympics, but she has admitted she “no longer has confidence in the French Judo Federation”

[phelps 7,703]

7 hours ago, Josh said:

Clarisse Agbegnenou has now agreed to wear Adidas judogi at the 2024 Olympics, but she has admitted she “no longer has confidence in the French Judo Federation”

I don't think she had any other option.

 

switching Nationality right now would have meant a long pause...and basically no chance to compete in Paris without the French authorization.

[owenp_23 564]

wins 32/56 available medals at Varadero Pan American Open.

 

gets three bronze medals.

[hckošice 14,875]

Patrícia Tománková extended her winning streak to 27 consecutive matches by Ippon this year. Winning yesterday another EC Cadet tournament, this time in Gyor

This girl is really a slowly growing well hided gem of our sport. Silently waiting for her turn in a couple of years.

 

 

and a small mention about Márius Fízeľ battle for the Slovak Olympic Judo return. Added yesterday another very valuable points by winning the Australian GP in Perth, The level of competition was obviously very mediocre, but who care ? The most important are the points for the Olympics ranking, and our judokas missed the Five Rings Tatamis since London 2012 ffs !

 

[phelps 7,703]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

Patrícia Tománková extended her winning streak to 27 consecutive matches by Ippon this year. Winning yesterday another EC Cadet tournament, this time in Gyor

This girl is really a slowly growing well hided gem of our sport. Silently waiting for her turn in a couple of years.

 

 

and a small mention about Márius Fízeľ battle for the Slovak Olympic Judo return. Added yesterday another very valuable points by winning the Australian GP in Perth, The level of competition was obviously very mediocre, but who care ? The most important are the points for the Olympics ranking, and our judokas missed the Five Rings Tatamis since London 2012 ffs !

 

not so bad, though

the  open is compared to the European Continental events, so it's a good 700 points in the OQR for Fizel

not a bad trip for him (and those who flew to )

[Josh 10,624]

2024 IJF Judo World Championships will take place from May 19-24 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates!

 

https://www.ijf.org/news/show/the-2024-world-championships-to-be-hosted-in-abu-dhabi#:~:text=The International Judo Federation is,Abu Dhabi in May 2024.

[prso1000 667]

14 minutes ago, Josh said:

2024 IJF Judo World Championships will take place from May 19-24 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates!

 

https://www.ijf.org/news/show/the-2024-world-championships-to-be-hosted-in-abu-dhabi#:~:text=The International Judo Federation is,Abu Dhabi in May 2024.

And will count towards Olympic qualification I guess? 

[Josh 10,624]

Just now, prso1000 said:

And will count towards Olympic qualification I guess? 

“This event will be the last major stop on the tour to qualify for the Paris Olympics“