Clarisse Agbegnenou qualified for the semi-finals of the Judo Worlds, Alpha Djalo out in the eighth

1/4 final (-63 kg): Clarisse Agbegnenou – Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN)

Agbegnenou received five out of five. For her fifth confrontation with the Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, the seven-time world medalist once again gratified the public of Doha with an ultra-controlled fight against an opponent who has never beaten her. In front of the score after 25 seconds and a waza-ari, the leader of the Blues managed and confirmed her domination throughout the fight despite a fright on the ground one minute from time.

The double Olympic champion ended the debate on ippon fifteen seconds from the end and confirmed her superb morning. She will play an eighth semi-final in as many participations in the world meeting. It will be necessary to get rid of the Austrian Lubjana Piovesana to dream of a sixth crown.

3rd round (-63 kg): Clarisse Agbegnenou – Gili Sharir (ISR)

The rise in power is confirmed for Clarisse Agbegnenou. Opposed to the Israeli Gili Sharir, third in the last edition, the Habs were still reassured in these Judo Worlds. Very comfortable on the seizures, the judokate showed a lot of energy and a big domination on the kumikata.

Still pushed to the golden score by her opponent, it only took her fifteen seconds to register a waza-ari and definitively take the lead to slip into the quarter-finals. Her next opponent is the Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard whom she had eliminated in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics.

2nd round (-63 kg): Clarisse Agbegnenou – Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (CUB)

Patience paid off for the boss. After six minutes of fierce combat, Clarisse Agbegnenou managed to get rid of the trap Maylin Del Toro Carvajal. In a hotly contested duel where the two judokas observed each other for a long time, the Frenchwoman finally knew how to strike at the right time.

After having pushed her opponent to the fault, penalized twice, the native of Rennes almost thought of reproducing her victorious scheme of the first round with an elbow lock, but the latter was not entirely executed. The double Olympic champion finally found the solution on ippon after a sublime hip movement after 1’41” of golden score. She will challenge the Israeli Gili Sharir in the 3rd round, bronze medalist at the 2022 Worlds.

1st round (-63 kg): Clarisse Agbegnenou – Anja Obradovic (SER)

Almost all eyes are on her this Wednesday morning. For her big comeback on one of the biggest stages in the world, Clarisse Agbegnenou did not fail in her task. The Frenchwoman was very serious for her entry into the running against the young Serbian Anja Obradovic.

Very enterprising, aggressive throughout the fight, the five-time world champion had to wait until the last seconds to make her opponent falter on an o-soto-gari. Before going on the ground on a decisive ude-gatame (note, an elbow lock) to qualify for the second round where she will face the Cuban Maylin Del Toro Carvajal.