Until the 2024 Olympics, judoka Romane Dicko, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games, talks about her journey to AFP. In this seventh episode, the one who is competing on Sunday in Montpellier to defend her title of European champion, talks about weight management in her +78 kg category.
“The lightest girl must be 92 kg and there are also girls who weigh 180 kg. When you fight in the heavyweight category, you know that you can come across guys like that and you have to be ready to face them. “
“Girls who are heavier often have much more power in judo. They may be less dynamic and will move less on the mat but they will be much more strong.”
Unlike other judo weight categories, the +78 kg category has no upper limit. Despite everything, judokas must still maintain a healthy weight, one that allows them to express themselves best on the tatami, she explains.
“The ideal weight of each person really depends on their style of judo. Some will be fine at 140 kg, others at 95 kg. My ideal weight is a maximum of 120 kg. Afterwards, if I can go down a little further in below, it’s better. For example during my victory at the 2022 World Championships, I was at 118 kg, I was a little drier. But there (for the European Championships), if I manage to 120 kg is perfect.”
“It’s a weight in which I know that I will be dynamic, efficient and effective on the mat. In general to come down to the weight, I have 2-3 kg to lose, four when I have eaten a little too much. summer.”
Dynamism and mobility
“I don’t think that the heavier I am, the better I will perform, far from it. So it’s important before the competition to go on a diet to get back to my ideal weight, even if I’m not close to 100 grams. My strength compared to the other girls in my weight category is my dynamism and my support mobility, so I know that if I am at +5 or +10 kg, I really won’t be effective.”
But if his weight is a strength in his sport, it also sometimes earns him comments on social networks. Recently, she responded to an Instagram user who pointed out to her that he found her “overweight”.
“It just makes me laugh because I tell myself that he’s someone who was bored at home, but he didn’t teach me anything new. In fact, if I show myself in the story in a bra, in shorts , is that I know what my body looks like. So that makes me smile more than anything else. I tell myself that he probably feels worse about himself than me. It doesn’t affect me.”
“Afterwards, the debate on weight, we can have it for a long time. I just tell myself that I have a weight which allows me to perform, whether I am overweight or underweight, it doesn’t matter as long as I I’m good with it and I can do my sport and my job, I don’t care.”
“My body is my work tool so I have to use it in the best possible way. If I have to gain five kilos to perform well, I will gain five kilos, if I have to lose ten , I’ll lose ten and that’s it. My weight is really a way for me to perform. As long as I can perform, I don’t care.”
2023-11-05 04:12:12
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