Part of the selection for the World Championships in Doha (May 7-14) was unveiled on Tuesday. On the women’s side, Shirine Boukli (-48 kg), Amandine Buchard (-52 kg), Sarah-Léonie Cysique (-57 kg), Clarisse Agbegnenou (-63 kg), Marie-Eve Gahié (-70 kg), Audrey Tcheuméo ( -78 kg), Romane Dicko (+78 kg) and Julia Tolofua (+78 kg) were selected. The last place will be awarded after the Tel Aviv Grand Slam.
« We were very consistent on this selection taking into account the results as well as the level of the opponents of all the competitions that took place this year, the ranking list, the current state of form, the involvement, and the competitiveness.explained Frédérique Jossinet, president of the selection committee. We have thus positioned a duplicate in the +78 kg, with Romane Dicko, our reigning world champion, and Julia Tolofua, third at the last World Championships who has scored 100% success in all the competitions in which she has participated. Our Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou, meanwhile, will make her return to the World Championships. »
Among men, Luka Mkheidze (-60 kg), Daikii Bouba (-66 kg), Alpha Djalo (-81 kg), Maxime-Gaël Ngayap-Hambou (-90 kg) and Teddy Riner (+100 kg) in search of an 11th world title in Qatar have been selected. There are still four places left for all categories (including potential duplicates).