Teddy Riner successfully operated on his elbow

Operation successful. This Friday, Teddy Riner took to the pool table to treat his right elbow. “The operation went well. We regain our strength before heading back into battle!», Commented immediately the double gold medalist in Paris and five-time French Olympic judo champion, without indicating the duration of his convalescence. This surgical intervention was necessary for the last bearer of the 2024 Olympic flame, who had already undergone an operation on his right elbow in 2015 before the Rio Games.

“I’ve had to have this elbow operated on for seven years”

«I've had to have this elbow operated on for seven years. I pulled on it and there it was, I can't anymore, it hurts too much, Riner indicated last December following his return to competition and his victory in the Champions League with his club PSG. Each time, I had a physiotherapist or an osteologist who put it back in place for me during each training session or after each competition, or we tried to find techniques to strap it so that it wouldn't come out. So that’s it, today, we have to take the bull by the horns, we have to go, that’s all.”

Now in recovery, the 35-year-old Guadeloupean has already withdrawn from the Judo Grand Slam scheduled for February at the Accor Arena in Bercy. Objective 2028. “Paris, I don't. I had thought that (I could participate), but the medical staff reminded me, he had indicated. I have to head to the operating room to fix my elbow which has been injured for far too long now. We're going to stop pulling on the rope if I want to make it to the Los Angeles Olympics (in 2028).»