Loriana Kuka was the last judoka from Kosovo to compete in the Olympic Games, but she was stopped in her second fight and thus has been left without an Olympic medal.
Immediately after her loss, coach Driton Kuka reacted on the Facebook social network and said that her greatest desire was to win an Olympic medal, but luck was not on her side, KosovaPress reports.
This is the full reaction of Driton Kuka:
Paris 2024. Loriana Kuka 78 kg
Scored a win with the Slovenian Lobnik but lost with the Ukrainian in the eighth round!
Two words about Lori...
She left Switzerland 8 years ago, to achieve her dreams of Elite Medals. He won medals from the European World Championships, he wanted the Olympic one too, but fate wanted it. You came from Switzerland showing that you are our blood and you wanted to make your family, the team of the Albanian Nation proud. Your great desire was to achieve the successes you achieved for my father, my brother Sylen, who so passionately instilled the love for the sport of judo in me, in Agroni and in our whole family. I'm sorry brother, I'm in judo, I'm sorry you were my coach and my life idol.
As your aunt, Lori, I wish you the world's luck in your life from now on, in your new life journey. Thanks for everything. So much for me and the Olympics!