AM Saint-Gratien / US Orléans Loiret JJ: 5-3

 

Buoyed by their victory over Dojo at the beginning of the month Beglais (7-2), the Gratiennois were in confident mood when they took on the defending champions from Orléans, who were trapped in Boulogne-Billancourt three weeks ago (0-5). With the Loirétain team lacking in firepower, the first point fell to Lyse. Versmisseand the second, by David Ali K. (-90kg), who scorait two yuko against Amaury Cerisier. Mathilde Chevalier (-52kg) even came close to adding to her tally against Anaïs, the French 2024 champion in the -48kg category. Perrotbut had to make do with the hikiwakejust like Mailys Rozan (-57kg) against Clara Wentzler. In the meantime, Enzo Jean (-66kg), selected for the last European championships in the -60kg category, had unlocked the US Orléans counter, with a lovely shoulder movement credited with a waza-ari against Sevak Bagdasarovnational junior medalist in 2024.

Decisive reinforcements

If his companions Arnaud Aregba (-81kg) and Max Laborde (-90kg), both vice champions of France 2024, also secured their points by tackling their opponents to the ground, it was Saint-Gratien's foreign reinforcements who made the difference in this contest. meetingSwiss John Waizenegger (-73kg) defeated Mathias Moreau on ippon-seoi-nage on the right, while the Dutch Kamile Nalbat (-63kg) and Margit From Voogd (-70kg) went for their ippon, the first making Lili Nguyen give up on an elbow wrench, while the second, on the podium at the last Grand Slam in Paris, confiscated the round. by Ilona Depri to the return of the time-out to place a sode-tsuri-komi-goshi perfectly coiled, so much so that he was awarded the prize for the most beautiful ippon at the official ceremony.

 

Normandy Judo/ FLAM 91 : 3-5

 

Two wins in a row was also the target set by the Essonniens de FLAM 91 on the move in Val-de-Rueil to take on Normandie Judo, a team eager to redeem themselves after their first home defeat to Sainte-Geneviève Sports (1-7). Deprived of Perrine Saint-Étienne, who had saved their honour against the Génovéfains, the home team got off to the best possible start, thanks to Nolwenn Hebert (-70kg), French wrestling champion in 2024, who strangled the very young Laura Duchaussoy. It was the same scenario in the next bout, with victory this time for Essonne captain Ibrahim. Keita (-90kg) at the expense of Yohann Zouhri. After a win by forfeit in the +70kg class and a draw for Francis Damier (+90kg), who was caught on the line by a snatch from Florent Gaudy while leading waza-ari on a small inner mow, FLAM 91 took the lead at the break following a victory by Fina Pamédie Katendi Nzuzi (-52kg), applied herself to impose her sankaku-jime to Manon Gouel.

Cruel outcome for the Normans

After the break, Romaric Bouda (-66kg), medallist at the last three French senior championships, thrilled the Normandy crowd with his uprooting, both hands on the belt, Seima Louettewho could still believe it when Jade Desbuis (-57kg), bronze medallist at two Label A tournaments this month, contained Chloé Devictor for the second hikiwake of the evening. However, things got even more complicated for the hosts in the eighth duel, pitting Louis Lecoq Mickaël Dubois, a member of the Rennes U23 coaching staff, who scored twice. yuko before evolving around its sankaku-jime and finalize in kuzure-kami-shiho-gatame. From the very first sequence, Lou Lemire (-63kg), runner-up at the 2023 French Championships, put herself in the spotlight with an underhand shoulder movement on the high-school student Kaylia Gomba-Louis-Jeanwho won the European Cadet Cup in Berlin last April, before doing it again halfway through the bout. Despite Alexandre's success Féréol a waza-ari to Kais GuettariEuropean Cadet runner-up in 2022, Normandie Judo once again missed out on victory ahead of two fateful away matches that will determine their survival in the Judo Pro division. League.

 

AC Boulogne-Billancourt / Dojo Nantes: 8-1

 

The final match of the week did not have the same suspense between CA Boulogne-Billancourt and the Dojo Nantais, who came to the Hauts-de-Seine with eight fighters. Two victories assured even before kick-off for the Boulonnais, who were determined to wrap things up quickly in front of a public once again equal to the quality displayed on the combat area. Volunteer, European university medalist Chloé Deversain (-57kg) would pick up the first point for the orange clan of a waza-ari listed on sodebefore his classmate Lilian Cabaret (-73kg) was caught off guard on the kata-guruma "to the Gaba"by Titouan Le Mentec.

One-way finish

The Nantes line-up was to remain stuck on this single victorious bout, for if there was no winner in the -81kg class between Sébastien Isarno and Yann LecorreAll other duels went to the Francilians' advantage. Double Olympic medallist Sarah-Léonie Cysticin the -63kg category on Thursday evening, easily defeated Lina Fachatebefore Ivan Chernyshenko (-90kg) passes the entire field to the unfortunate Marin Le Mentec. Despite the physical deficit, the elegant Yoann Benezra (+90kg) then sent Gaylord Jolly from a master tai-otoshi (most beautiful ippon of the evening), when Léonie Gonzalez (-52kg) imposed his juji-gatame à Lalie Pousse. The final word went to the -60kg world vice champion Romain Valadier-Picardtoo strong for Titouan Roche-Gatin which he sent on the back of a limpid seoi-otoshi. With this new demonstration, CA Boulogne-Billancourt are the week's best performers, taking the provisional lead, level on points with Stade Bordelais, who will host them in early December, and the week's other two winners.