Shock at Paris Olympics: Heroic judoka pulls his little opponent by the neck
Andrey Shitikhin August 3, 2024, 16:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The enormous Teddy Riner knocked out an opponent who outweighed him by 50 kg in 90 seconds.
The big and strong offended the small and weak. This usually happens behind the school or in an unequal fight. But it also happens at the Olympic Games. In Paris, during the team judo tournament, the Korean team’s coaching staff faced in the quarter-final match the super heavyweight giant Teddy Riner, who competed in the individual tournament in the up to 81 kg category. Do you know how it all ended?
Riner, who became a four-time Olympic champion on August 2 by defeating Korean Kim Min Jong in the final, simply led his compatriot around the tatami. And what could you expect from a fight where the difference in weight between the opponents was 50 kg? And the difference in height was more than 20 cm? Well, they just threw Oka under the tank. There are no miracles.
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The Frenchman simply mocked his opponent, even grabbed him by the neck and eventually pinned him down. Of course, Riner won easily. The agile Korean, who won the bronze medal in his category in the individual tournament, did his best against the giant. He is a great guy only because he came out on the mat. It is unlikely that anyone else expected him to lose.
Riner did what he had to do, not paying attention to the fact that the Korean team’s coaches disrespected him by eliminating a convicted judoka. Of course, it is very difficult to expect a draw against the Frenchman in terms of physical parameters. The teddy bear is 205 cm tall and weighs 135 kg.
So it’s great that the best in history have been beaten by the Russians at the two biggest tournaments. Tamerlan Bashaev did it at the 2020 Olympics and Inal Tasoev at the 2023 Worlds. Without ours, Riner puts everyone in line.
Teddy Riner became the greatest in history:
A French judoka almost got into a fight at the Olympics, and an hour later he became the best in history!
