Tony Estanguet in the Steven da Costa Room after the medal announcement

Olympic Games – An announcement full of humor and bitterness. After the official presentation of the medals of the Olympic Games this Thursday, February 8, the French karate champion, Steven da Costa, did not fail to tease the President of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (COJO), Tony Estanguet.

After posting a photo of the precious sesame on his social networks, Tony Estanguet provoked numerous reactions, including three-time karate world champion Steven da Costa. After he was excluded from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games – the result of Tony Estanguet’s decision to replace karate with breakdancing – the 27-year-old athlete did not hesitate to take a dig at the latter. “She would have had a bad time in my living room”

He commented on X (formerly Twitter).

As a reminder, Tony Estanguet justified the decision to exclude karate from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by citing the necessary rejuvenation of the Olympic discipline. “By exploring urban sports like breakdancing and skateboarding, we will find sports that are popular on social networks and that young people watch a lot”He said during an interview for France Info in August 2021.

Steven Da Costa drew criticism after the 5-0 win over Turkey’s Ere Samadan during the Tokyo Olympics, which he emerged victorious. “We have a great game, we win a lot of points, and we still bring home the gold for France”. Years later, the pill still doesn’t seem to work for Steven Da Costa, who never misses an opportunity to put this story back on the tatami.

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