Clarisse Agbegnenou will wear adidas but damage is done

Double Olympic judo champion Clarisse Agbégnénou has agreed to wear the official judogi made by French team sponsor Adidas in the build-up to Paris 2024, rather than clothing from her own sponsor Mizuno.

She has admitted she has "lost confidence" in the leaders of French judo, however, in a dispute which has been dubbed "Kimono Gate" in the French media.

Agbégnénou had claimed she had been treated unfairly by the French Judo Federation.

"My wish was to put equity back at the centre of the French team," Agbégnénou told Le Parisien.

"Relations with the Federation have not yet calmed down and this episode will have consequences, relationships will not be rebuilt, it's too late."

Agbégnénou was the only individual judo gold medallist for France at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in the U63 kilograms class.

She also won team gold alongside colleagues including Teddy Riner, who last week also agreed to wear Adidas rather than clothing made by his sponsor Fight Art.

"I'll stay loyal, but I'll keep my distance, the damage is done and I no longer have confidence in the leaders of the French Judo Federation," Agbégnénou, a five-time world champion, said.

She is set to join up with the French squad for a ten day training camp at the national centre in Temple-sur-Lot.

Agbégnénou and Riner are both expected to compete at the International Judo Federation World Championships in Doha which begin on May 7.