This Saturday, July 27, the 2024 Olympic Games are getting into the thick of things with several medals already up for grabs.
The essential
- On the first day of competition, the French delegation has already won three medals. The first silver medal goes to Luka Mkheidze in -60kg. Earlier, Shirine Boukli also won a medal, bronze. But the consecration came from rugby 7s with the long-awaited Olympic title for Antoine Dupont and the entire French team against Fiji. Fencer Auriane Mallo-Breton won a beautiful silver medal.
- Tonight, the French men’s handball team makes its debut against Denmark. At the same time, Thierry Henry’s Les Bleus will challenge Guinea.
- Find out all the news of the day.
Live
22:04 – Canada ahead at half-time!
Great first period for the Canadians. Jordi Fernandez’s men lead Greece (48-38)
21:58 – Americans win the relay
The American relay team won the evening’s flagship race, the 4x100m freestyle. Caleb Dressel’s teammates beat Australia and Italy in 3’09″28
21:51 – Mallo-Breton in silver!
While she seemed to be well on her way in her final against Hong Kong’s Kong (6-1), the Frenchwoman finally lost in sudden death to the world number 1 (12-13). The Lyonnaise in tears brings the first medal to French fencing in these 2024 Olympics.
21:49 – Half-time in Nice
Half-time in Nice, France and Guinea are back to back (0-0)
21:48 – Kong equalizes against Mallo-Breton
The Hong Kong player made up for lost time on Mallo-Breton, scoring 4 points in a row to get back to 11-11
21:46 – Nadal and Alcaraz qualify
In tennis, the Spanish doubles pair, Nadal-Alcaraz qualified in 2 sets against the Argentinian pair Gonzalez-Molteni (7-6, 6-4)
21:45 – The last three minutes for Mallo-Breton
It’s the moment of truth for Mallo-Breton. We’re entering the last three minutes, the Frenchwoman leads 9 touches to 6
21:43 – This medal is for all French people!
On France 2, Lee Joesph dedicates his Gold medal to all of France “This medal is for all the French. We got it with a lot of determination. We must not forget that we played against a great team from Fiji.”
21:40 – Mallo-Breton still ahead
What a final for the fencer born in Lyon, she leads 8 to 4 against Kong. It is often the Frenchwoman who takes the initiative
21:38 – France trailing at half-time
France came back to within one goal of Denmark at the break thanks to a goal from Hugo Descat (19-20). It’s half-time, the Blues must raise their level of play
21:36 – Ideal start Mallo-Breton
Confident and very calm, Mallo-Breton leads brilliantly against the Hong Kong player (4 touches to zero)
21:35 – Canada leads against Greece
In basketball, Canada leads at the start of the match against Greece (30-25). There are four minutes left before the break.
21:33 – First points for Mallo-Breton
After a minute without touches which resulted in penalties for both fencers, Mallo-Breton scored the first two points (2-0)
21:29 – The Blues are lacking ideas
Thierry Henry’s men are struggling to be offensive against Guinea, after half an hour of play, no shots on target for the Blues
21:27 – Mallo-Breton begins his final
The women’s épée final is underway, our Frenchwoman Mallo-Breton challenges Hong Kong’s Man Wai Vivian Kong
From July 24 with the first rugby 7s events to the finals of team sports such as handball with the women’s final, discover all the detailed calendars of the main events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Match times, results and standings, discover all the essential information to follow the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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 the most prolific sport.