Arthur Helmbacher, edited by Gauthier Delomez
Olympic karate champion Steven Da Costa has resumed training at his home in Mont-Saint-Martin, Meurthe-et-Moselle, despite the disappearance of the discipline from the Games program. The opportunity for the hero of an entire city to meet the children who have followed his exploits.
He has become the hero of an entire city. The French Olympic champion Steven Da Costa is back home in Mont-Saint-Martin, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, where he savored his gold medal gleaned from the Tokyo Olympics. On Tuesday, the 24-year-old karateka came to the resumption of the city’s karate school to meet the children who watched his performances on television. And the “effect” Steven Da Costa has been felt: even if the discipline will disappear from the program of the next Games, there are many new registrants. Europe 1 followed the Olympic champion before his resumption of training.
Meet the children of the city
Among the new faces at the karate school, that of Léo, 4 years old. His mother Martine says he has stars in his eyes. “On the first day of the primary school, Steven Da Costa came to give a little speech and at the end of the day, his big brother came home with an autographed card that he gave to his little brother as a gift. said to me ‘You see mom, he is beautiful, but one day, I too will win my medal’. ” Little Léo’s mother does not forget that this golden charm is the culmination of several hours of training. “It pays! An Olympic medal, frankly it’s class,” admits the mother.
A title of world champion to defend
Moreover, it is also the recovery for the Olympic champion, after a month away from the tatami mats. “I’m tired,” smiles Steven Da Costa. “It’s hard to get back into it, to come to training, it’s complicated. There, I started again smoothly because I was afraid of hurting myself, the fact of coming back a little stiff and The first week, I will be a little lighter so as not to slam me. Behind, I will resume hard. There is no choice, it is necessary, “he agrees.
Especially since the world karate championships are scheduled in two months, and that the hero of the Tokyo Games must defend his title there.
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