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Olympics: the feat of Romain Cannone, the money of Amandine Buchard, Fournier and the Blues victorious over the Americans ... It was this Sunday, July 25 in Tokyo

2021-07-25T16:47:45.158Z


First title for the Blues in Tokyo, with the surprise victory with the sword of Romain Cannone. Judo continues its harvest with the money for A


The French clan won two additional medals this Sunday in Tokyo: surprise gold for fencer Romain Cannone and silver in judo for Amandine Buchard (-52 kg).

Apart from the girls of 3x3 basketball, all of the team sports teams were in charge.

Less success in the Olympic tennis tournament with the elimination of Gaël Monfils and Caroline Garcia in singles.

The Lyonnaise is also eliminated from the doubles tournament with Kristina Mladenovic.

Read alsoThe medals table

We will summarize for you what happened during this second day of competition in Tokyo.

Cannone sickened them all

The French clan was able to sing their first Marseillaise.

He had never signed any individual podium until now.

At 24 years old, Romain Cannone chose his day well to unlock his counter and afford the Olympic gold medal with the épée.

The fencer, born in Boulogne-Billancourt, consecutively beat the three best fencers in the world.

“I didn't ask myself any questions, I loved it,” he told the microphone of France Televisions after an exceptional day.

🇫🇷 🗣️ "Man you did it !!"


The joy of Romain Cannone and his teammates after his



victory.🥇😍 The ceremony to follow ▶ https://t.co/wRM6q9VOGt pic.twitter.com/Lix7JV6bXA

- France tv sport (@francetvsport) July 25, 2021

The 47th in the world should not even have participated in these Games.

Initially replacing, he benefited from the withdrawal of his compatriot Daniel Jérent, targeted by an investigation by the French Anti-Doping Agency, following a positive test for a diuretic.

Buchard, silvery, gave everything

She came for gold, Amandine Buchard leaves Tokyo silver medalist.

The judokate, engaged in the under 52 kg category, had an almost perfect day, expeditiously throughout her tournament, with in particular a successful ippon in 16 seconds in the semi-finals against the Swiss Fabienne Kocher.

In the final, she could not overthrow the Japanese Uta Abe, crowned in her country at just 21 years old.

His brother, engaged in the under 66 kg, imitated him a few minutes later.

Disappointed but already revengeful: Buchard sets a date for Paris in 2024, where she hopes this time to win gold, "at home".

The winning basketball players of the United States

Two years after their feat in the quarterfinals of the World Championship, French basketball players again beat the United States, triple title holders (83-76).

Evan Fournier notably scored 28 points.

"I tried to remain aggressive, I know these NBA players well, we knew that we should not back down, on the contrary," he reacted to the microphone of France Televisions at the end of the meeting.

Vincent Collet's men ideally launch their tournament.

🗣️ The reactions at the end of the match after Nicolas Batum, Nando De Colo and especially the man of the match Evan Fournier.



Feedback on a great victory against the United States 🏀🇫🇷



▶ Follow the Olympics live: https://t.co/wRM6q9VOGt pic.twitter.com/OtBKow7QPh

- France tv sport (@francetvsport) July 25, 2021

Gignac and the miraculous Blues

Led three times against South Africa, the French Olympic football team narrowly won (4-3) and retains a chance to extricate themselves from their group.

“It's a great victory, a victory that feels good, brings us together.

Above all, we offer ourselves a final against Japan (Wednesday at 1:30 pm) ”, slipped André-Pierre Gignac, author of a hat-trick in this meeting.

Téji Savanier saved the Blues in added time.

Gymnasts will see the team final

It did not really smile in individual, but, collectively, the French qualified for the final of the all-around team, with a total of 164.561 points.

Only the Russians (171.629 pts), the Americans (170.562 pts) and the Chinese (166.863 pts) did better.

Mélanie De Jesus dos Santos qualified for the individual all-around final, as did Carolann Héduit.

On the other hand, she was unable to secure her ticket for the floor and for the beam.

So far, so good

4/4 for the surfing Blues.

Pauline Ado, Johanne Defay, Michel Bourez and Jérémy Flores celebrated the entry of their discipline into the Games and qualified for the knockout stages of the competition, on the Tsurigasaki spot.

Continuation of the competition from Monday.

In handball, the French were scared but narrowly won against Hungary (30-29) for their entry into the competition.

They will face Spain on Tuesday for their second match in Group B.

Finally, in a single-seater canoe, Martin Thomas qualified for the semi-finals, taking 7th place in qualifying, dominated by the Slovakian Matej Beňuš.

The Frenchman will be on the track again this Monday from 5:50 am.

They assured ...

In swimming, the men's 4x100m freestyle relay solidly qualified for the final, posting the 4th fastest time in the heats.

Clément Mignon, Maxime Grousset, Charles Rihoux and Mehdy Metella took second place in their race, in 3′12 ″ 35, more than two seconds behind an impressive Italian team.

Florent Manaudou could take over for the final scheduled for tomorrow morning at 5:50 am French time.

🇫🇷 Mehdy Metella's men's 4x100 freestyle relay finishes second in his series behind Italy and qualifies for the # Tokyo2020 final



▶ ️ Follow the Olympics live: https://t.co/wRM6q9VOGt pic.twitter.com/ djHGDF2Yej

- France tv sport (@francetvsport) July 25, 2021

Earlier in the day, their compatriot Marie Wattel exploded the French record in the 100m butterfly, in 56 ″ 16.

Second time in the semi-finals, she can legitimately hope for a place on the podium.

The final is scheduled for tonight at 3:30 a.m. KST.

They disappointed ...

Things are not really better for French tennis players.

After the Mahut / Herbert pair, the men's favorite, Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic were also out in the first round of the doubles.

End of the adventure also in singles for the first named.

Only Fiona Ferro remains in contention in this competition.

It is also complicated for the 3 x 3 basketball players. The day after a defeat against the United States and a victory against Italy, they suffered two setbacks, against China (20-13) and against Japan (19-15). They will be opposed to Mongolia and then to Russia on Monday.

Source: leparis

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