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They will surely feel very alone. Already qualified for the Paris Olympic Games, Koumba Larroque (women’s wrestling) and Mamadassa Sylla (Greco-Roman) did not see any friends from the French team join them during the final world TQO in Istanbul (Turkey) this weekend.
At the opening of the competition on Thursday, Léo Tudezca (-60 kg) and Johnny Bur (-77 kg) gave in as soon as they entered the Greco-Roman competition. Friday, women’s wrestling represented a great chance of qualification, with a homogeneous and very ambitious group.
Lecarpentier advances to a qualifying bout
Pauline Lecarpentier was the closest to the goal, losing in the decisive fight against the Mongolian Davaanasan Enkh Amar (4-7). Julie Sabatié (-50 kg), Tatiana Debien (-53 kg), Mathilde Rivière (-57 kg) and Ameline Douarre (-62 kg) gave in to the previous rounds, with a passage in the repechage for Sabatié and Douarre, without success .
As in Tokyo, French freestyle wrestling will not be represented at the Games. Ilman Mukhtarov (-57 kg), Khamzat Arsamerzouev (-65 kg), Zelimkhan Khadjiev (-74 kg), Rakhim Magamadov (-86 kg) and Adlan Viskhanov (-97 kg) were unable to win a valuable Olympic sesame Saturday and Sunday, despite a passage in the repechage for Khadjiev.