The French judoka will have surgery and will be absent for two to three months. He therefore renounces the international tournament organized in Paris on February 1 and 2. “I have to stop pulling the string if I want to go to Los Angeles,” Teddy Riner said.
Published on 21/12/2024 20:15
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Teddy Riner, who won the Champions League on Saturday December 21 with Paris Saint-Germain, announced that he was going to have an operation on his right elbow at the Sports department of Radio France alongside the judoka. Teddy Riner therefore renounces the Grand Slam, the international tournament organized in Paris on February 1 and 2.
The 35-year-old judoka will be unavailable for two or even three months. Teddy Riner had already undergone an operation on the same elbow in January 2015. “I had to have surgery after the Games”explains Teddy Riner to Radio France.
“It’s been seven years since I had to have an operation, now I couldn’t do it anymore, it hurts too much”declared Teddy Riner after his participation in the Champions League final. “I had a physiotherapist or an osteologist who put it back in place for me during each training session or after each competition. We tried to find techniques to hit it so it wouldn't come out. Today, we have to take the bull by the horns “ and have surgery.
The PSG judo member competed in his only fight this Saturday in Montpellier, after two gold medals won at the Paris Olympic Games this summer – a third individual Olympic title in the heavyweight category (+100 kg) and a second team gold.
“We have to stop pulling on the rope if I want to go to Los Angeles”added Teddy Riner. The judoka, after Paris 2024, had already expressed his desire to continue his career until the next Olympics which will take place in California in 2028.
