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Olympic Games: the recap of the first Olympic night in Tokyo

2021-07-24T05:52:42.341Z


Luka Mkheidze in judo, the Blues in hand, the fifth place of Océanne Muller in shooting but also in badminton and fencing failures, find out what happened in Tokyo last night.


Rifle shooting: 5th place for Océanne Muller, the first title for Chinese Yang


Young Océanne Muller (18), recent European champion, took fifth place in the 10-meter rifle final.

A very good performance for the Frenchwoman who can now look forward to the Paris Olympics in 2024. In addition, it is the Chinese Qian Yang who was crowned Olympic champion in the discipline.

She thus won the first gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

Anastasiia Galashina (Russian Olympic Committee) takes the silver and the Swiss Nina Christen takes the bronze.

To discover

  • The full program of the Olympic Games

  • LIVE - Watch the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Archery: France in the quarterfinals of the mixed team event


Jean-Charles Valladont and Lisa Barbelin are in the quarterfinals.

The French duo dominated Japan (5-3) in the round of 16 of the mixed team event.

Good news for the Blues who will challenge the Netherlands in the morning (8:12).

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Judo: Luka Mkheidze in half, Shirine Boukli entry exit


The first French medal could come from judo. Luka Mkheidze is in the semi-finals in the men's -60kg category. After taking out the Spanish European champion Garrigos, the French dispatched the Ukrainian Lesiuk. In the semi-finals, Mkheidze will face Taipéien Yung Wei Yang (11 hours). On the other hand, among women, Shirine Boukli did not have a smile. The Habs were eliminated from the start by the Serbian Nikolic after three penalties.

Handball: the Blues serene against Argentina


Opposed to Argentina, France easily won (33-27), including seven goals from Melvyn Richardson.

For his part, Vincent Gérard made eight saves on 26 opposing shots.

For its next match, the Habs will face Brazil on Monday in Pool A.

Read also: Olympics: French handball players start calmly

Fencing: the soup with the grimace for Vitalis and Apithy


Deux of fall for France. Engaged in the women's individual épée competition, Coraline Vitalis, 10th in the world, was swept away by the Estonian Julia Beljajeva (15 touches to 5). A little later, Bolade Apithy did not do better. He was prematurely eliminated in the men's individual saber competition by Iranian Mohammad Rahbari (13-15) in the round of 16.



Rowing: twins Turlan in repechage, Bové and Tarantola in half


We start with the right note here.

Clara Bové and Laura Tarantola made a great impression in the first round of the lightweight two-scoop.

The two French women won their race and are automatically qualified for the semi-finals of the lightweight double scull, scheduled for Tuesday.

On the other hand, the last of their series, the twins Guillaume and Thibaud Turlan will have to go through the repechage of the coxless two.

Boxing: Kistohurry stops in the 16th at the featherweight


In the

featherweight

category, Samuel Kistohurry was eliminated as soon as he entered the running.

Opposed to the American Duke Ragan, the French beat on points by arbitration decision (three judges to two in favor of Ragan).

The Japanese fortnight starts badly for French boxing.

Badminton: two matches, two defeats for France


Xuefei Qi was largely dominated, in her first match, by the Vietnamese Vie Nguyen (11/21, 11/21).

Nothing crippling for Xuefei Qi.

Entered in Pool P in women's singles, she still has to face the Swiss Jaquet and the Taipéienne Tai.

And the mixed doubles did not do better a few minutes later.

The Thom Gicquel - Delphine Delrue duo were also beaten by the British Marcus Ellis - Lauren Smith in two sets (21-18, 21-17).

The French will challenge a Thai duo on Sunday.

To read also: JO: for Xuefei Qi, the Games of love

Table tennis: Yuan and Lebesson in the quarter-finals of the mixed


doubles The French mixed doubles did not pretend for their entry into the running. In the round of 16, Jia Nan Yuan and Emmanuel Lebesson swept away Australian pair Heming Hu and Melissa Tapper (11-5, 11-9, 11-1, 11-0), in the mixed doubles competition in table tennis . In the quarterfinals, the Habs will face the pair from Hong Kong, Hoi Kem Doo and Chun Ting Wong, on Sunday.

Tennis: Chardy qualified for the second round


It was a very easy first round on paper and Jérémy Chardy did not shake. The French disposed of Chilean Marcelo Barrios [6-1, 7-6 (4)] in two sets in 1h31. A good start for the 68th player in the world. In the second round, Chardy will face the Russian Karatsev or the American Paul.

Tennis: Mahut and Herbert already take the door


Huge disappointment for France. Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, among the favorites for Olympic gold in men's doubles, lost in the first round in Tokyo to British pair Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury. The latter finally easily pocketed the bet, in two sets (6-3, 6-2) and in 1:16. In the next round, Murray and Salisbury will face German pair Krawietz and Puetz.

Source: lefigaro

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