The Judo officials and viewers were shocked at Tokyo Olympics 2020 when they saw the German coach slapping a player. Olympic players and coaches have various strategies to win, but this one left everyone stunned.
At Tokyo Olympics 2020, Japan has been leading in the judo game to date. On the fourth day, German judo player, Martyna Trajdos, was going to face Hungary’s Szofi Ozbas in her 63kg Round-of-32 fight.
Coach slaps and shakes the player before the match at Tokyo Olympics 2020
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As she was going to enter the match, her coach, Claudiu Pusa pulled on her collar and shook her. It did not end there as he even slapped her, Trajdos just nodded and went ahead to the mat. After watching the strangest warm-up, the International Judo Federation gave a serious warning to the coach.
German warm up… pic.twitter.com/3Eyvm5rGEP
— Florian Witulski (@vaitor) July 27, 2021
The officials did not agree with their actions being warm stating judo as an educational sport and they can’t tolerate such behavior. The video was posted on social media and people around the world thought it bizarre.
Martyna comes to her coach’s support
German judo player Martyna Trajdos called it a ritual and came forward to support her coach. According to the player, the coach was ‘just firing her up’ before the match. However, Trajdos couldn’t win the round against Hungary’s judo player.
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Martyna urged people to not blame her coach, as she claimed he had her full consent to do so. Apparently, it was her own game strategy for which her coach was in trouble.
Later on, she even posted a story saying, “This is what I asked my coach to do! So please don’t blame him!! I need this before my fights to be awake.”
While there has been a lot of criticism, people have also come forward in support. There have been claims that in combat sports it’s a normal way to warm players up to win. However, doing a warm-up like this at the Olympic level has caused the German coach major trouble.
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