Building on the momentum of their first French mixed team championships in the amateur first division last May, when they lost only the decisive seventh bout of the final, the Stade Bordelais is determined to make a success of its first steps in Judo Pro. League this season.
"Our Our initial ambition is to win all four of our matches in the qualifiers and emerge as top-ranked as possible in the quarter-finals," explains technical director David. Gonzalezenthusiastic when talking about his group.
"We We're maintaining our initial positioning, which is to move forward with young athletes, and I know that this will be a great opportunity for them to measure themselves against high-performance opponents. It has to be said that many of the teams taking part in this Judo Pro League are competitive, starting with those that the draw has reserved for us".

 

 

A promising blend of youth and experience

JC Chilly-Mazarin Morangis and Auxerre Judo, finalists in the third edition in October, before CA Boulogne-Billancourt, its executioner of Verquinand Normandie Judo to conclude in January...
To accompany Kylian Noël, who has won the European and World Junior Championships for the past three years, and the up-and-coming generation of Lola BerthetMathilde ChabalCalypso Debuire and Desire Zoba CasiAll four medallists at the last Label Excellence tournament in Nantes at the beginning of October, the Gironde team will also be able to call on several major foreign reinforcements.
With four Olympians - Britain's Lucy RenshallDominican Robert FlorentinoBulgarian Mark Hristov and Ivaylo Ivanov - or Spain's Ayumi Leiva Sanchez and its four Grand Slam podium finishes in 2025, this Bordeaux-style blend of youth and experience seems ready for anything.