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Lamya Matoub will enter the running on Saturday August 7, 2021 for the first round of Olympic Games on karate in the +61 kg category.
A consecration for the resident of theAASS Sarcelles karate in the Val d’Oise, whose qualification for the Games was complicated.
Some will see it as a sign. Sunday June 13, Lamya Matoub thought she had missed her last chance to go to the Tokyo Olympics, losing in the 2nd round of the Paris Qualifying Tournament in + 61 kg. Forty-eight hours later, the member of AASS Karaté Sarcelles was officially… selected!
Quota continental
“Everyone had forgotten that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) still awarded 12 tickets (2 per category) for continental representation. I would have thought he would award it to the Egyptian Shymaa Abouel Yazed (2014 world champion in + 68 kg). But the committee took into account all the results over a long period, ”explained Daniel de Barros’ protégé.
“Upon learning of my qualification through a message from my teammate Marvin Garin, I fell to the ground and cried with joy. I shared this moment with my students at my workplace, at the Albert-Camus school in Sarcelles. “
“My selection makes AASS Karaté Sarcelles the most represented Valdois club at these Games. I will also remain the only Algerian to have competed in the Olympics in karate (the discipline coming out of the Olympic program in 2024) ”, specifies the one who has completed her entire sporting career in Val-d’Oise. From the age of 7, alongside his brother Ghilès.
La Sarcelloise was first university world champion and vice-champion of Espoir espoir in 2012 under the colors of France.
Splendid course
Then, the holder of dual nationality (French and Algerian) chose to represent Algeria from 2014 to fulfill the dream of her mother, from Tigounatine.
Winner of the World Games (2017), the African Games (2015) and the African Championships (2018) and 3rd at the Madrid Worlds (2018) in – 68 kg, Lamya will seek the Olympic podium.
The only accessit missing from his kumite (combat) record. The big-hearted karatekat (godmother of the fight against breast cancer in 2019 and karate teacher for Fight for Dignity since 2020) will be engaged on Saturday August 7 at the Nippon Budokan.
She will be one of the 10 entered in + 61 kg, alongside world champions Iryna Zaretska (- 68 kg) and Ayumi Uekusa (+ 68 kg).
Terliuga-Zaretska, duo d’or
Best club in the world in combat with more than 20 world and 30 European titles, the AAS Sarcelles Karate has acquired a reputation which ensures it a wide influence and allows it to welcome foreign champions. In 2017, the arrivals of the Ukrainian Anzhelika Terliuga (- 55 kg) and the Azeri Iryna Zaretska (- 68 kg) created a buzz.
“Their coach Denys Morozov was looking for a club capable of offering them intensity and competition in training, within a dense high level group. At Sarcelles, he found what he was missing, ”explains Sarcelles technical director Daniel de Barros. Since then, the golden duo has progressed.
Each ensured its qualification for the Olympic Games in February 2020, finishing in the top 4 in its category in the Olympic ranking. In the space of 16 months, Anzhelika Terliuga won 14 medals (including 10 gold) in 19 international tournaments and won 93 of her 103 fights.
The queen of ura-mawashi-geri, followed by 87,000 fans on Instagram, thus received the title of Grand Winner of the year 2020 in – 55 kg. Iryna Zaretska became world (2018) and European (2020) champion in – 68 kg thanks to her exceptional physical qualities and her wide range of attacks.
Ambitious, Anzhelika Terliuga (29 years old) will be in contention on Thursday August 5 in – 55 kg and Iryna Zaretska (25 years old) on Saturday August 7 in + 61 kg.
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Julien BIGORNE
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