Teddy Riner scored the decisive point for reigning Olympic champion France on Saturday, sending them to the semi-finals of the mixed team tournament at the Paris Olympics, in an unusual fight.
For the 5th fight of the Blues, against South Korea, Teddy Riner faced Joon-hwan Lee in the +90 kg category. The French Olympic champion of +100 kg easily overcame the South Korean who was almost half the weight of the Guadeloupean.
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For an unspecified reason, Korea had not selected its heavyweight Kim Min-jong, the Olympic runner-up on Friday who was defeated in the final by Riner, for this match. Riner’s opponent, Joonhwan Lee, weighed in at just 83 kilos, compared to 141.5 for the Frenchman on Thursday, on the eve of his third individual title. Riner won by ippon before the end of the four regulation minutes.
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France won 4 wins to 1 against South Korea, thanks to victories by Joan-Benjamin Gaba (-73 kg), Maxime-Gaël Ngayap (-90), Romane Dicko (+70 kg) and therefore Terry Riner, who won the heavyweight title the day before. Only Marie-Eve Gahié (-70 kg) lost her fight.
