Audrey Tcheuméo, a European champion in tears
The emotion ofAudrey Tcheumeo marked the women’s -78 kg final.
In tears in the arms of his trainer after a fierce fight against Anna Maria Wagnerthe Frenchwoman won a title that she had not won since 2017.
Despite a complicated start to the fight and a waza-ari awarded to the German by the referee 30 seconds from time, the double Olympic medalist didn’t give up. Video refereeing reset the counters to zero because Tchoumi had avoided the impact thanks to his elbows. This decision was the starting point of an incredible rise in power which allowed him to score ippon on a superb backward sequence in the golden score to win the continental title.
A little earlier in the competition, she had already impressed. The PSG licensee had imposed herself in a very authoritarian manner in the face of Nadezhda Tatarchenko already marking ippon on a hip movement. She then followed up with a victory of a waza-ari against Alina Boehmthe reigning European champion.
Such a performance spoke volumes about his state of form. His fight in the semi-final confirmed it with a new hip movement counted ippon against Inbar Lanirreigning world champion and world number 1.
Less than a month after learning that Madeleine Malonga had been preferred to represent France in this category at the Paris 2024 OlympicsAudrey Tcheuméo demonstrated exceptional reaction capacity to become five-time European champion.
