Taekwondo: Former Olympic champion Cissé focused on Paris 2024 success
who was leading their fight until the very last second, to win a special Olympic gold medal in Rio.
"These are the kind of moments that give you strength to continue at the same pace because as the saying goes, 'the most important thing is not to become a champion but to stay a champion'. And when I think about moments like these, I want to live that out again." The support and recognition Cissé received from people in Ivory Coast and across Africa is what kept him motivated to persevere in the sport even when things didn't go his way as in 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.
"I am now competing with the heavyweights," he says. "I changed category because I'm 1.92m and I had started in the -80kgs around 2013. As time went by and I got more muscles, I got older and my body changed.
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