Teddy Riner suffers his first defeat almost a decade later
The French judoka laureate had 154 consecutive victories
The Japanese Kokoro Kageura ended the winning streak of the French judoka Teddy Riner, twice Olympic champion and ten world championship, inflicting him this Sunday, in the third round of the Grand Slam in Paris, the first defeat after 154 fights won.
Riner had been undefeated for ten years. Now, with 30 years, on his return - after seven years of absence - to the Grand Slam in Paris, he has fallen to Kageura by ippon. His last defeat was dated September 13, 2010 against another Japanese, Daiki Kamikawa, in the final of all categories of the Tokyo World Cups.
Before losing in Paris to Kageura, a Japanese 2, Riner had easily defeated Hungarian Richard Sipocz and Austrian Stephan Hegyi. Less than six months after the Tokyo Olympics, this defeat by Riner opens a panorama of uncertainty about his favorite condition to conquer the triple crown.
