The medals will be back this Wednesday, August 7, with a medal assured in boxing in the evening.
The essential
- After a difficult day for the Blues on Tuesday, medal hopes are back on Wednesday with the table tennis players who will be back in the team event where the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy will face Hugo Calderano’s Brazil. Mathilde Gros in track cycling is launching an assault on the medal in keirin while we will also follow Cyrian Rivet in taekwondo. In climbing, Paul Jenft qualifies for the final of the boulder/difficulty event while Sam Avezou missed out.
- In team sports, the French basketball players will try to secure a ticket to the last four, against Germany. The same opponent, very tricky, for the handball players who will play their quarter-final. At the end of the evening, Sofiane Oumiha will be on the ring at Roland-Garros to win Olympic gold.
- Find out all the news of the day.
Live
12:41 – Mamadassa Sylla advances to the quarter-finals
The Frenchman won in the round of 16 against Tunisian Souleymen Nasr in the 67 kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling and moved on to the quarter-finals.
12:35 – Start of the individual speed race
Qualifications for the individual track cycling sprint event begin with two Frenchmen, Rayan Helal and Sébastien Vigier.
12:33 – Benjamin Robert 4th in his series
It doesn’t go by six hundredths for the Frenchman in his 800m series. He will have to go through the repechage.
12:08 – Jules Boyer qualified
Very good last dive from the Frenchman, who finished in 6th place in the 3m springboard qualifications and went on to the semi-finals.
12:07 – Adrien Bart qualified
In the 500m single canoe inline, the Frenchman came second in his series and went straight to the semi-final.
12:05 – Gabriel Tual in the semi-final
Controlled series from Gabriel Tual, real chance of a medal in the 800m, who won his series and qualified for the semi-finals
11:55 – Maxime Beaumont goes to the quarter-finals
In the 1000m kayak, the Frenchman ranked 3rd in his series and will have to go through the quarter-finals
11:47 – Tamberi in difficulty at 2.27m
The Italian missed his second attempt at 2.27m and is not in great shape this morning. That should still do it for qualification.
11:38 – Jules Boyer 12th before the last jump
In the 3m springboard diving, the Frenchman is currently in the last qualifying place for the final. There is one last jump left.
11:35 – Falls and a Frenchman qualified for the final
The final straight of the first series of the 5000m was eventful, with several falls. Hugo Hay finished 7th and normally goes through to the final. However, it fell right next to him and for the moment we must wait for possible disqualifications. Jimmy Gressier finished ninth and first non-qualifier, also awaiting the final results.
11:24 – Paul Jeft officially in the final
The Frenchman is third in the provisional ranking but cannot drop below eighth place, he will be present in the final.
11:22 – Spain eliminates Egypt in a crazy match
A monumental save by Perez de Vargas saw Spain win 29-28 in the quarter-finals of the men’s handball tournament after extra time.
11:19 – Egypt returns to equality
It’s very tight between Spain and Egypt with a score of 28 each while we are in extra time.
11:11 – Handball players must do better
Facing Germany this Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., the French men’s handball team snatched their qualification for the quarter-finals during the last match against Hungary. Against Germany, they will have to show a much better face and draw inspiration from the performance of their female counterparts yesterday or that of the basketball players against Canada.
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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.