The Red Star Club of Champigny-sur-Marne is not the only club in Ile-de-France to celebrate the gold medal of Clarisse Agbégnénou. Just seconds after the victory of the judokate, the Argenteuillais sent their congratulations, via social networks, to the one who was made redundant at the judo Club Escales for seven years.
“Too happy for our @Gnougnou25 who becomes Olympic champion !! A beautiful revenge on the Slovenian who had beaten her in Rio in 2016. So many paths traveled since Judo Club Escales! », Wrote Fatima Amarir, ex-elected from Argenteuil. ” She did it !!! Our congratulations to @Gnougnou25 Olympic judo champion !!! An immense pride, in particular for the Escales club, of which she was a member, ”continues the departmental majority.
“Bravo Clarisse and thank you”
“I was doing judo in the same club in Argenteuil. I was 7 years younger than her. She trained at the same time as the little ones until her real training… sometimes she was alone to train… The job pays off. Bravo Clarisse and thank you, ”testifies another tweeter. “A thought to his first coaches among them the Goudgil brothers of the judo club Escales”, adds another.
These two, Ahcène and Nordine Goudjil, got up at dawn on Tuesday to follow the exploits of Clarisse. Former president of Judo Club Escales, Nordine was able to utter a sigh of relief before feeling immense joy in the middle of the morning. ” Finally ! She won her title as Olympic champion in the best possible way, against the one who had beaten her five years ago. She has suffered so much since Rio. “
“We left with our parents for Rio and it ended in tears”
At that time, she was made redundant in Argenteuil. “We left with our parents for Rio and it ended in tears. Clarisse is a winning machine, ”says Nordine, who welcomed the sportswoman to the club in September 2009.“ She was 16 years old and had just been champion of France for juniors. She wanted to change clubs and had a friend with us, Lucie Perrot, trained by my brother Ahcène. It was a diamond in the rough. Ahcène polished her, gave her a whole bunch of tools on sleep eating … He brought her a certain rigor. She wanted to give herself all the means to succeed. “
Without forgetting the others. “While she was European champion, she spent a whole day with our cadets for the French Championships and that day we were champions, remembers Nordine. Clarisse is a generous, caring woman. She has always been there for the little ones. It is not for nothing that she was chosen flag bearer: she symbolizes the link between all, continues the athlete. What is certain is that we are going to have a little party. Are we going to see her, after when? I can not tell you. She’s been looking for the holy grail for five years, she’s going to need a vacation. “
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