After a day without a medal, the French delegation will definitely have one this evening with boxing.
The essential
- This Wednesday, French medal hopefuls will enter the 2024 Olympics, such as Mathilde Gros in track cycling, Gabriel Tual in athletics and Cyrian Rivet in taekwondo. The table tennis players will be back in teams, where the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy will face Hugo Calderano’s Brazil in the quarter-finals.
- In team sports, the French basketball players will try to secure a ticket to the last four, against Germany. The same opponent 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
09:23 – French basketball players have woken up
Moribund since the beginning of the preparation and the group stages, Vincent Collet’s Blues have finally found their defensive intensity, and won their match against Canada on that side of the field. In attack, the creation is still poor but the power in the racket of Mathias Lessort and Yabusele pnt hurts.
09:15 – The Grand Palais welcomes taekwondo
After fencing last week, it is now taekwondo that is taking over the Grand Palais, with the women’s under 49 kg and men’s under 58 kg this Wednesday.
09:04 – The beginning of women’s golf
The women’s golf event begins this Wednesday with two French players in the running. Perrine Delacour begins her round at 9am while Céline Boutier will enter around 11:55am.
08:53 – Open water training allowed
After several cancellations, open water training was authorized by the organizers this Wednesday.
08:37 – The medal is moving away for the French
The French are not in the running for the medal in this 20km walk.
08:37 – The mixed relay has started
Since 7:30 am, the march with the mixed relay. The men start with 11.4 km before the women. In total, the athletes will each pass twice on the road, there is a marathon distance (42.195 km)
08:31 – Finals galore
Here is the program for the day of the finals with medals expected, especially in boxing
- 7:30 a.m.: Athletics – Mixed marathon walking relay (with Gabriel Bordier and Camille Moutard)
- 12:13 p.m.: Sailing – Dinghy (F) (Louise Cervera), depending on the weather
- 12:58: Climbing – Speed (F)
- 1:13 p.m.: Sailing – Dinghy (H)
- 2:43 p.m.: Sailing – Mixed multihull
- 3 p.m.: Weightlifting – 61kg (M)
- 3:43 p.m.: Sailing – Mixed dinghy
- 5:30 p.m.: Skateboard – Park final (M)
- 6:33 p.m.: Track Cycling – Team Pursuit (M)
- 7 p.m.: Athletics – Pole vault (F) (with Ninon Chapelle and Marie-Julie Bonnin)
- 7:28 p.m.: Track Cycling – Team Pursuit (F) (rancid?)
- 7:30 p.m.: Weightlifting – –49 kg (F)
- 7:30 p.m.: Artistic swimming – team event, acrobatic program (with France)
- 7:55 p.m.: Greco-Roman Wrestling – 77 kg (M)
- 8:25 p.m.: Athletics – Discus throw (M)
- 8:30 p.m.: Greco-Roman Wrestling – 97 kg (M)
- 9:15 p.m.: Freestyle Wrestling – -50 kg (F)
- 9:19 p.m.: Taekwondo – -49 kg (F)
- 9:20 p.m.: Athletics – 400 m (M)
- 9:37 p.m.: Taekwondo – -58 kg (M) (Cyrian Ravet?)
- 9:40 p.m.: 3,000 m steeplechase final (M)
- 10:34 p.m.: Boxing – -63.5 kg (M) (with Sofiane Oumiha)
- 10:51 p.m.: Boxing – -80 kg (F)
06/08/24 – 23:20 – France still 4th!
On this eleventh day of competition, only the two medals won by Kauli Vaast and Johanne Demay were added to the tally of the French delegation, 4th:
- United States: 86 medals, including 24 gold
- China: 58 medals, including 22 gold
- Australia: 35 medals, including 14 gold
- France: 48 medals, including 13 gold
- Great Britain: 46 medals, including 12 gold
- South Korea: 26 medals, including 11 gold
- Japan: 29 medals, including 11 gold
- Italy: 26 medals, including 9 gold
- Netherlands: 19 medals, including 8 gold
- Germany: 17 medals, including 8 gold
06/08/24 – 23:11 – The last known square!
Team USA has just won brilliantly against Brazil (122-87) and qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 Olympic Games. Here is the last four of the Olympic basketball tournament:
- Germany – France
- Serbia – United States
06/08/24 – 23:09 – Brazil achieves the feat!
After eliminating Les Bleues in the quarter-finals, Brazil is now in the final of the 2024 Olympic Games. The Brazilians will face the United States in the final this Saturday after having “devoured” the Spanish world champions (4-2).
06/08/24 – 23:06 – “Léon Marchand”
At the Accor Arena, Léon Marchand steals the show from the American stars! Present to watch the Team USA match, the French swimmer is cheered by the crowd.
06/08/24 – 23:01 – Imane Khelif in the Olympic final!
Famous despite herself after a huge controversy, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has just qualified for the Olympic final of the -66kg in boxing. She won against Thai Janjaem Suwannapheng.
06/08/24 – 22:49 – Durant in history
By scoring six more points at the end of the third quarter against Brazil, Kevin Durant became the leading scorer in Team USA history, men’s and women’s combined, surpassing Lisa Leslie.
06/08/24 – 22:46 – Spain has not said its last word!
From a corner taken by Putellas, Hermoso heads the ball. The ball comes back to Paraluello who heads the ball into the goal. 3-1 with five minutes left in regulation time.
06/08/24 – 22:34 – 3-0!
Full of realism, the Brazilians are heading more than ever towards an Olympic final against the United States. They lead 3-0.
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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.