This is the beautiful story of the day. She should have been forfeited. Switzerland’s Elena Quirici qualified for the final ! She was so happy that she drowned her happiness in long crying. The 2016 European Champion will face Azerbaijan’s Zaretska on Saturday for the gold medal.

A year ago, (almost) nobody heard of him. Since, France’s Mehdi Filali, 18 years old, impresses everyone with his maturity and serenity. Finalist in Paris, he won the Rabat Premier League last month by beating the World N°1, Germany’s Horne, in the final. In Novi Sad (May 10th-13th), he will compete in his first Senior European championships (+84 kg). Yann Baillon, the French national team head coach, tells us about the new French phenomenon. The new Seydina Balde ?