VIDEO. Paris 2024 Olympics: When Sarah-Léonie Cysique beats her quarter-final in just 9 seconds
|Sarah Léonie Cysique is in the semi-finals of the -57 kg. MAXPPP – Thierry Larret
Frenchwoman Sarah-Léonie Cysique won her quarter-final in just 9 seconds against Japanese Haruka Funakubo on Monday, July 29.
If you went to get something to eat, you probably missed the judo performance of the day. This fight between Sarah-Léonie Cysique and Haruka Funakubo, announced as extremely close, ultimately lasted only nine short seconds.
UN IPPON AU BOUT DE 9 SECONDES 🤯
Sarah-Léonie Cysique est en feu et se qualifie pour les demies chez les -57 kg ! 🙌
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Both fighters had prepared for a big duel. From the start of the fight, the Japanese was very offensive, but her overconfidence ultimately proved fatal. Cysique managed to counter the Japanese attack, to conclude with a monumental ippon.
Sarah-Léonie Cysique is now heading to the semi-finals, with the gold medal in her sights.