This “big dispute” between Teddy Riner and the Georgian Guram Tushishvili | EUROtoday
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Lhe judo competitors had grow to be very tense through the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games. On Friday, August 2, Teddy Riner and Guram Tushishvili confronted off for a spot within the semi-finals within the over 100 kg class. The most adorned Frenchman within the historical past of the Olympic Games defeated the Georgian with an ippon, placing an finish to the competitors for his opponent. A defeat that Guram Tushishvili clearly couldn’t bear, as he violently pushed Teddy Riner away earlier than difficult him very aggressively.
“For the record, he and I have a little dispute, a big dispute,” revealed the double gold medalist on the set of the present. What Games! on France 2, on Saturday August 3. Teddy Riner thus recounted two unlucky gestures by the Georgian, through the Champions League: “He attacked me from behind after the matte [pause dans le combat]he swept me, normally it's a disqualification. And before that, he did a technique where he could do the cross to the knee and they put the victory for him.
Georgian 'disqualified'
Finally, Guram Tushishvili was disqualified after a video refereeing. Just like in Paris, where the Georgian judoka was banned from fighting in the team events. Other sanctions could fall on the athlete after the end of the competition.
” Me [pendant l’incident] “I think about the gold medal, I know I won,” provides the champion from Pointe-à-Pitre, who specifies that he might have been disqualified if he had responded to those provocations. “Sport teaches us to stay calm… This episode tarnishes judo a little bit,” he lastly regrets.
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