This Sunday, August 11, marks the last day of the 2024 Olympic Games with several chances of medals on the French side.
The essentials
- In the modern pentathlon this Sunday, the French Marie Oteiza and Elodie Clouvel are in the final in the women’s category. But the last day of the 2024 Olympic Games begins first with the women’s marathon. In track cycling, Valentine Fortin will be competing in the women’s omnium before the final of the French basketball team against the United States at 3:30 p.m., the last Olympic event.
- This Saturday, after Tokyo, the French volleyball team won its second Olympic title against Poland after a magnificent match. Another sensation with the gold medal of Althéa Laurin, a first in the history of taekwondo. With this new title, France officially broke the Atlanta record. Unfortunately, the Blue handball team could not beat Norway and took silver. Cyrena Samba-Mayela became Olympic vice-champion in the 100m hurdles after a very high-level race. It is the first medal for the French team in athletics. Dany Dann won the same medal in breakdancing. Unfortunately, the Blues did not overthrow the United States team led by a Steph Curry in great form.
- Find out all the news of the day.
Live
08:51 – The 15th kilometer
Melody Julien is still in the leading group after 15km. This is the start of a rather impressive false flat and it is the first difficulty of this women’s marathon of the 2024 Olympic Games.
08:45 – Rollin in the hard
While Mélody Julien is in front, one of the two other French women in this women’s marathon, Meline Rollin, is starting to fall behind the chasing group.
08:42 – The Olympic champion reacts
Mélody Julien’s attack did not please everyone, especially Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir, who is defending her Olympic title in the 2024 Olympics.
08:40 – Julien relaunches
Since the start of this women’s marathon, Mélody Julien has continued to stand out and is attempting a new attack at the front of the race. She is breaking away.
08:38 – Melly at a standstill
Romanian Joan Chelimo Melly stopped after just over 10km of racing. This is a bit of a surprise as she has a personal best of 2h18.
08:35 – Passage to the 10th km
The first 10 kilometres were swallowed up by the race leader led by the Ethiopian Assefa who is a serious candidate for the Olympic title.
08:32 – Julien also at the front!
The Mongolian was joined by the Frenchwoman in particular at the head of this women’s marathon at the 2024 Olympic Games.
08:28 – An athlete in the lead
In the women’s marathon of these 2024 Olympic Games, the Mongolian Galbadrakh took the lead by staying slightly ahead of the pack after almost 30 minutes of racing.
08:25 – The seventh kilometer
The women’s marathon of these 2024 Olympic Games has started for almost 25 minutes and the women in the lead are passing the 7th km.
08:15 – Julien at the front
In the women’s marathon of these 2024 Olympic Games, after 15 minutes of racing, the Frenchwoman Mélody Julien is at the forefront while the pack has already stretched out considerably and some competitors have been dropped.
08:10 – An update on the medal table for the 2024 Olympic Games
Before this last day of the 2024 Olympics, here is a reminder of the medal table. China dominates it with a small lead over the United States in the number of Olympic titles. Australia and Japan then follow with 18 gold medals just ahead of France with 16 gold medals. The French delegation can hang on to this top 5 if Great Britain does not win three Olympic titles this Sunday without France winning one.
08:05 – Three French women
In this women’s marathon of the 2024 Olympic Games, three French women will try to create a surprise and win a medal. Melody Julien, Meline Rollin and Mekdes Woldu are in the streets of the capital.
08:03 – And the marathon begins
After the men this Saturday morning and the marathon for all yesterday evening, the women set off to conquer gold in these 2024 Olympic Games with a demanding course from Paris via Versailles before returning to the capital.
08:00 – Hello everyone
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