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Riner: 3rd straight gold at world championships
by Barbora Misakova

This young man is only 20-year-old and he is already a triple winner of world judo championship. Teddy Riner, nicknamed “Teddy Bear” by his female fans, took the sport of judo by storm in 2007, when he won the world and European over-100 kg titles. From that time on he holds tight to the victory status. The Guadeloupe-born Riner who stands 2.04 meters tall and weighs 129 kg, became an instant celebrity in France, where judo is one of the most popular sports. Before he started with judo, he tried his hand at swimming, tennis, football and even modern jazz dance. Also coaches from basketball and boxing tried to convince this exceptional athlete to have a go at the! ir sports, but he finally decided for judo. His victory in 2007 gave France their first heavyweight world title since Douillet’s triumph 10 years ago and so Riner won praise from France and his fans. At 2010’s world judo championships in Tokyo, by defeating Andreas Toelzer from Germany he became world champion again! Riner who eliminated judokas from South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil and Japan on his way to the final, threw Toelzer in two minutes and 11 seconds. Riner, who lives in Paris with his parents and studies micro-computing, also hopes to retain the unlimited open-class title on the final day on Monday. If he aims this, he will become the first man to win five gold medals. As once his coach said about him: “The strongest thing about him is his mind.” So let’s keep our fingers crossed for him.

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