Since Wednesday, August 28, 2024, France Télévisions has been broadcasting the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to the delight of the French and sports fans who only want one thing: to rediscover the fervor of the Olympic Games, broadcast from Friday, July 26 to Sunday, August 11, 2024. 18 days of a particularly intense competition that gave rise to great moments of emotion such as Léon Marchand’s five medals, including four gold, with a historic double. But the 22-year-old swimmer from Toulouse was not the only athlete expected during these Games. Many hopes rested on Teddy Riner, the judo legend. Indeed, thanks to his victory at the Paris Olympics, he won his third gold medal and became the most successful judoka in history individually since he also won gold in the team. A first place that was not easy to get. Indeed, during his quarter-final, he was greatly manhandled by the Georgian, Guram Tushishvili. After his victory on August 2, 2024, Teddy Riner began to celebrate it on the tatami but that was without counting on the athlete who began to provoke him, making him stumble and threatening him.
An attitude that earned Guram Tushishvili a disqualification. Thus, he could not claim the bronze medal, nor the team victory. But clearly, this is not the only sanction he received. Monday, September 2, 2024, Teddy Riner was invited onto the set of Quotidien and facing Yann Barthès, (…)
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