Do you know Blue Monday, that famous (winter) day considered the most depressing of the year?
Well that's a bit like this July 26 in Tokyo looks like for the French.
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We will summarize for you what happened last night in Tokyo.
The swimmers still a little tender
The tricolor swimming is still waiting for its first medal. Marie Wattel and the men's 4x100m relay legitimately applied to metal. It finally ended for one, as for the others, with a frustrating sixth place. Second in the series, the young swimmer from Lille had a decent time (56'27) but we had to go very quickly last night in Tokyo (3rd place at 55'72). “I allowed myself to dream, I believed in it, I can only be happy with myself, I mustn't be too greedy, it's still very good. I still have the 100m freestyle (and the 50m Editor's note) and I feel very good on the crawl, it promises great things I hope ”
🏊 No medal for Marie Wattel in the 100-meter butterfly!
In the stroke 25 meters from the finish, she cracked and finished sixth in 56 ”27.
Canadian Margaret MacNeil is sacred # Tokyo2020 #Olympic
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Vice-Olympic champions in 2016, the French 100 meters also claimed a medal with two good times from Maxime Grousset and Florent Manaudou before losing the thread.
Big favorites with their crack Caeleb Dressel, the Americans won ahead of the Italians and Australians.
🏊 The French swimmers in the 4x100-meter freestyle, after a good start, finished in sixth place in the Olympic final.
Caeleb Dressel, with the USA, wins her first title of the week # Tokyo2020 #Olympic
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In their misfortune, the French also made the audience laugh at their expense through Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (100m backstroke) who missed his turn and saw the jurors disqualify him in the semi-final.
Vincent Luis flinched
Terrible disappointment.
The two-time French world champion finished in 13th place in the triathlon, one minute and twenty seconds behind the winner.
Out in front after the swim, he was still in the group of favorites after the 40 km of cycling, but in the sweltering heat, he let the best go after the first of four laps of 2.5 km of racing. walk.
🥇 The Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt, impressive on the last lap and at the end of the effort, becomes Olympic triathlon champion.
Vincent Luis, first Frenchman, ranks thirteenth # Tokyo2020 #JeuxOlympiques
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“This is not the day I was hoping for.
I am inevitably disappointed.
I arrived ambitious and I played my card but it was complicated.
It took me a long time to find myself at the front of the race in swimming and I thought I would make the difference sooner, ”he explained.
Vincent Coninx ranked 17th and Léo Bergère 21st.
Read alsoJO: sacrifices and quasi-monastic life, how Vincent Luis prepared to win triathlon gold
Magda Wiet-Hénin also falls in taekwondo
The French, European champion 2020, was beaten at the start of the tournament (-67 kg) by the Egyptian Hedaya Wahba.
Big hope for a medal, she lost in the round of 16 with a score of 11 to 10. She still has a small chance to compete in the repechage if her opponent reaches the final.
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Just like Johanne Defay
Defay, great hope for a French medal, was disillusioned from the round of 16.
The same goes for her compatriot Pauline Ado.
Johanne Defay (in red).
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Among men, two French people are in contention in the round of 16 on Monday: Michel Bourez, opposed to Moroccan Ramzi Boukhiam, and Jérémy Flores, in a duel against Australian Owen Wright.
Confirmation of Experts
We will take a few victories.
Nothing very surprising, we must admit, but the Blues have chained against Brazil (34-29) a second victory in a row.
Qualification is soon in the pocket for the Experts who will challenge Germany on Wednesday.
🎉Victory of France against Brazil 34-29
🎉 Handball players 🇫🇷 easily win in their second group match.
Next meeting Wednesday against the Germans # Tokyo2020 #Olympic
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The French still in the running
Judokate
Sarah-Léonie Cysique
(23 years old) will play in a semi-final around 10 am in the under 57kg category.
She won her first two fights in the morning.
One on waza-ari in 8th, the second on ippon during the Golden Score.
She will face the formidable Canadian Jessica Klimkait, the reigning world champion.
🥋💥⚡ Sarah-Léonie Cysique climbs to the -57 kg semi-finals!
The tricolor judokate defeats the Georgian Eteri Liparteliani of an ippon and approaches the medal # Tokyo2020 #Olympic
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In fencing, sabreuse
Manon Brunet
and foil player
Enzo Lefort
are still racing.
They must play their quarter-finals in the early morning.
Charlotte Lembach, Cécilia Berder, Julien Mertine and Maxime Pauty were eliminated as soon as they entered the running for Chiba.
13 years old and first Olympic skateboarding champion
The 13-year-old Japanese Momiji Nishiya became the first Olympic champion in skateboarding history in the women's street category.
She won ahead of Brazilian Rayssa Leal (13) and Japanese Funa Nakayama (16).
Note that the one who will celebrate her 14th birthday on August 30, is not the youngest champion in the history of the Olympics.
The precocity record has been held since 1936 by the American Marjorie Gestring, crowned in diving at 13 years and 267 days.
The 28-year-old Parisian Charlotte Hym lost in the playoffs by finishing 17th.
🛹 No final for the French skater Charlotte Hym!
Twelfth in the qualifications after her stints, she cannot claim the top 8 and the grand final scheduled for 5:25 am # Tokyo2020 #JeuxOlympiques
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And also…
- Faced with the big favorites Americans, there was no miracle for the French archers, eliminated from the start on Monday during the men's archery team event.
- Already crowned in 2016 in Rio, Briton Adam Peaty, undisputed master of the discipline at 26, dominated the 100m breaststroke.
- Naomi Osaka easily arranged in the second round of the table in singles.
She beat the Swiss Viktorija Golubic (6-3, 6-2).
