This Saturday, August 3, the day could still bring new gold medals after the sublime harvest of the day before.
The essential
- The first medal of the day is a nice surprise. Camille Jedrzejewski won the silver medal in the 25m shooting. Teddy Riner is back on the mats this Saturday with the French team to try to win a fifth Olympic medal. Julian Alaphilippe, in the men’s cycling road race, also has a chance and it starts at 11am. Also of note, the team sabre with the French women favorites for the Olympic title with a first match against Algeria at 1pm. At the end of the day, the swimming session starts at 8:30pm with Maxime Grousset who will give his all to snatch a first Olympic gold medal in the 100m butterfly. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (800m freestyle) also has a chance. The day will end with surfing in Tahiti where two French women are entered in the surfing semi-finals.
- Yesterday was an exceptional day with nine medals including three gold. Riner, Marchand and Daudet were crowned Olympic champions. The latter beat two compatriots in BMX for a historic French triple.
- Find out all the news of the day.
Live
12:40 – Léon Marchand present!
He’s back in his garden! Léon Marchand is here for the 4x100m medley relay. This is the first series.
12:32 – The untouchable French handball players
Olivier Krumbholz’s players are received five out of five in this group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games. They easily beat the Spanish (32-24) to conclude their incredible group stage.
12:28 – Collet is going to scare himself again!
At 5.75m Collet did not pass the second attempt and was provisionally eliminated from the 2024 Olympics. He will have to pass the third attempt to avoid a major disappointment in the pole vault.
12:26 – Quiet Duplantis!
The Swede is already impressive in the pole vault qualifications for these 2024 Olympics. He passes at the first attempt at 5.75m without the slightest problem. Impressive.
12:20 – Snoop Dogg continues his tour of the sites
He is one of the mascots of these 2024 Olympic Games. The American rapper is everywhere in Paris and continues his tour of the Olympic sites. This morning he was present in Versailles for the team dressage.
12:15 – Lyles does not win his series
The American was surprised for his entry into the 2024 Olympics. Hinchliffe is ahead of him. It still goes through without forcing for Noah Lyles.
12:13 – Lyles at the start!
The 100m star, who is aiming for a hat-trick in the 2024 Olympics, will make his series and his debut in the Olympics.
12:09 – Riner delivers!
Heading to the semi-finals after Teddy Riner’s easy victory! The Blues of judo are getting closer to a team medal in these 2024 Olympic Games. As a reminder, they are defending their Olympic title.
12:06 – Riner enters the tatami!
Olympic champion Teddy Riner stepped onto the mat against a -81kg fighter. The difference is absolutely enormous. It’s match point for the triple Olympic champion. The South Koreans had tried a poker move against Ngayap Hambou.
12:06 – 3-1 for France!
The vengeful Romane Dicko dispatched her opponent and brought the third point to the French in this quarter-final.
12:04 – THE IPPON!
France took the lead again against South Korea thanks to Ngayap Hambou who scored an ippon on his opponent just a few cables from the end of the fight. 2-1 for the Blues of judo.
12:01 – South Korean is bleeding
The third fight between France and South Korea was interrupted as the South Korean was bleeding.
11:57 – Korea equalizes in judo!
Marie-Ève Gahié lost to Kim Jisu and the South Koreans came back to 1-1 in mixed team judo in these quarter-finals.
11:55 – Collet got scared!
In the pole vault, Frenchman Thibaut Collet, a medal contender, was close to being knocked out in qualifying. He cleared 5.70m on his third and final attempt.
11:52 – And 1-0 for the French judo team
Gaba gets the Blues off to a good start in this quarter-final! The French judo team leads 1-0.
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For these Olympic Games, France’s ambition is very high. If the medal forecasts promise a top 3, the organization and even the president are counting on a top 5 with a record number of medals. Several big French stars are expected during the Olympic Games. We are thinking in particular of Léon Marchand in swimming who could be the biggest star of these Games. But team sports with handball, basketball, volleyball, football, could also bring their share of trinkets. Finally, what can we say about judo with in particular its spearhead Teddy Riner or fencing, always a very prolific sport.