This Friday, August 2, could be the most incredible day in French sport with several gold medals announced.
09:20 – Maxime Grousset withdrew from the 50m freestyle
Although he qualified with the sixth time, Maxime Grousset preferred to give up participating in the 50m freestyle final. It must be said that the semi-final of the 100m butterfly, the real objective of his Games and where he is world champion, takes place barely 20 minutes after the 50m freestyle final.
09:05 – The basketball program
First big test for Vincent Collet’s Blues with the match against Germany. For the moment, the French basketball players are far from having reassured.
- 11am: Japan – Brazil
- 1:30 p.m.: Australia – Greece
- 5:15 p.m.: Canada – Spain
- 9 p.m.: France – Germany
08:48 – Archery continues
After the historic silver medal, the French archery team will face Italy at 9:30 a.m. in the mixed team event. Lisa Barbelin and Baptiste Addis will represent the Blues.
08:40 – The handball program
The fourth match of the group stage is particularly important for Guillaume Gilles’ Blues, who must win by the largest possible margin against Argentina this Friday at 11am. Qualification could indeed be decided by goal difference with Hungary in this Group B.
- 9am: Hungary – Denmark
- 11am: France – Argentina
- 2 p.m.: Croatia – Sweden
- 4 p.m.: Germany – Spain
- 7 p.m.: Japan – Slovenia
- 9 p.m.: Norway – Egypt
08:30 – Félix Lebrun in the semi-final at 11 a.m.
Another big highlight is the semi-final of Felix Lebrun at 11am. The Frenchman, impressive at 17 years old, is playing against Fan Zhendong, world number 2.
08:20 – Teddy Riner expected around 11 a.m.
Patience, the first fight of the ogre Riner is scheduled for around 11am on the tatami. If all goes well, we will find him until 6pm with the final.
08:14 – Kauli Vaast in the semi-final
Tahitian Kauli Vaast won the quarter-finals of Olympic surfing on Thursday against the other Frenchman in the competition, Joan Duru. The second Frenchman to qualify for the semi-finals!
08:06 – The beginnings of athletics
This day is also marked by the start of the athletics events in the Stade de France with the first series and the start of the decathlon, without Kevin Mayer.
08:00 – What a day!
Hello everyone and welcome to this new day. And what a day! France could have 5 to 6 gold medals with Teddy Riner or Romane Dicko in judo.
01/08/24 – 23:35 – Good evening and see you tomorrow!
Thank you all for following us on this live broadcast of the 2024 Olympic Games. See you tomorrow for a day that promises to be absolutely exceptional with Rinner, Marchand and even athletics which is finally starting.
01/08/24 – 23:31 – Serbia beat France
The 3×3 basketball match finally resumed between Serbia and France and the Serbs finally beat the Tricolores with a score of 19 to 16.
01/08/24 – 23:25 – A less busy day
After having been largely spoiled since the start of these 2024 Olympics, it must be admitted that Thursday was much less prolific in terms of French medals. For the first time since the start of these Games, judo brought nothing back after early eliminations of Aurélien Diesse and Madeleine Malonga. The women’s team foil was also disappointing. Only two medals brightened the day with Titouan Castryk in the kayak who recovered silver in the slalom while the boxer Sofiane Oumiha won his quarter-final and is assured of the bronze medal in the worst case scenario.
The end of the evening was good for the French since Léon Marchand and Florent Manaudou reached the final of the 200m medley for the first and the final of the 50m freestyle for the second. In BMX Racing, Joris Daudet, Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu impressed with a qualification in the final which can give hope for very good things for this Friday.
01/08/24 – 23:15 – A busy schedule this Friday!
This Friday marks the long-awaited entry into the 2024 Olympics for Teddy Riner. Romane Ndicko will accompany him in +78kg. The latter will start in the round of 16 in the 10am session, just like Teddy Riner. Another great chance of a medal for Marseille is the women’s single sculls. Charline Picon and Sarah Steyaert are provisionally leaders before the medal race, which should be held tomorrow, although it was postponed today due to weather conditions.
But it’s not far from there! Indeed, Leon Marchand could win his 4th gold medal in the 200m medley final at 8:45 p.m. A quarter of an hour before, Florent Manaudou will try for the medal in the 50m freestyle.
In BMX Racing we could dream of a hat-trick in the men’s race with Joris Daudet, Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu who dominated the quarter-finals this Thursday. The semi-final at 8pm and the final at 9:35pm.
Finally, the first athletics evening will liven up your end of the day at the 2024 Olympics after the start of the trampoline where there are also chances of a medal.
01/08/24 – 23:00 – An unexpected photo
Alexis Lebrun proudly displayed the photo he was able to take with Zinédine Zidane while the latter attended the French table tennis player’s match at the 2024 Olympics.
01/08/24 – 22:55 – The final of the famous women’s tennis
The line-up for the women’s singles tennis final is now known. China’s Zheng Qinwen, who defeated Iga Swiatek, will face Donna Vekic, who got the better of Anna Karolína Schmiedlová at the end of the day.
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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.