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Money in rowing, Malonga in the half of judo and Grousset 4th in the 100m freestyle ... The recap of the night in Tokyo

2021-07-29T06:35:46.146Z


The ninth French medal with Laura Tarantola and Claire Bové, the great performance of Maxime Grousset in swimming and the qualification of Madeleine Malong.


Rowing (F): Bové and Tarantola clinch silver in two lightweight sculls


The ninth medal for France, the second for tricolor rowing in Tokyo.

At the end of a fantastic race, Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola took second place in the final of the two lightweight pairs, beaten for only 14 hundredths by the Italians Cesarini and Rodini.

The French therefore take the silver medal.

The Netherlands complete the podium.

To discover

  • The full Olympic program

  • The Olympic medal table

To read also: JO: Silver medal for women's rowing: "It was phew, I felt that we were flying"

Swimming (M): Caeleb Dressel crowned in 100m freestyle, Maxime Grousset 4th


Fantastic performance by Maxime Grousset.

Author of a magnificent race in 47.72, the Frenchman, qualified narrowly, failed at the foot of the podium in the final of the 100m freestyle, the fastest in the history of the Games.

The 22-year-old swimmer took a date with Paris 2024. The title went to favorite Caeleb Dressel.

The American set a new Olympic record (47.02) and beat Australia's Kyle Chalmers, silver medalist, and Russian Kliment Kolesnikov, bronze medal.

Swimming (F): Gold and the world record for China in the 4x200m, France 8th


Stratospheric.

A magnificent performance from China, who won the women's 4x200m freestyle relay, setting a new world record (7: 40.33).

The Chinese beat Ledecky's United States and the Australians.

Dropped, France took last place in this final seventeen seconds from China.

Swimming (F): No final for Bonnet and Wattel in the 100m freestyle


Fifth in her semi-final, Marie Wattel, who had gone through a repechage after the series, misses the final of the 100m freestyle for… A small hundredth.

Cruel.

Charlotte Bonnet, she signed the fifteenth time, obviously insufficient.

Swimming (H): Ndoye Brouard will not see the final of the 200m backstroke


Drafted at the last moment following the withdrawal of the Chinese Xu Jiayu, Yohann Ndoye Brouard took the fifth place in his semi-final (1: 56.83) and signed the ninth time in the end.

The French swimmer misses the final by fourteen hundredths.

Swimming (M): American Finke adorns himself with gold in the 800m freestyle


The swimming finals are launched at the Tokyo Aquatic Center.

The men's 800m freestyle opened the ball and American Robert Finke, who scored an incredible last length, took gold (7: 41.87).

The 21-year-old swimmer edged Italy's Paltrinieri and Ukrainian Romanchuk on the wire.

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Swimming (M): Australian Stubblety-Cook titled in the 200m breaststroke


The Olympic swimming pool in Tokyo is doing well in Australia.

Izaac Stubblety-Cook just won the 200m breaststroke final and brings Australia a fifth gold medal in swimming in Tokyo.

Phenomenal and it is certainly not over.

The 22-year-old swimmer edged Dutchman Arno Kamminga and Finnish Matti Mattsson.

Swimming (F): gold and Olympic record for Chinese Zhang in the 200m butterfly


Huge performance by Yufei Zhang.

The Chinese won gold in the 200m butterfly, setting a new Olympic record (2: 03.86).

Zhang edged out Americans Regan Smith and Hali Flickinger.

Fencing (F): France beats Italy and will play for gold, tenth medal guaranteed


What a comeback! Led by twelve points, the French dominated Italy (45-43), in the semi-final of the women's team foil event. Ysaora Thibus, Pauline Ranvier and Anita Blaze are therefore qualified for the final at 12:55 pm where they will face the Russians. Tenth medal assured for France and first medal in the discipline since 1984.

Judo (F): In suffering, Madeleine Malonga climbed to the semi-final in the -78kg category


What a fright for Madeleine Malonga!

Manhandled by the Cuban Antomarchi in the quarter-finals, the Frenchwoman managed to qualify for the semi-final of the -78kg category.

The world number one made the difference in the Golden score with an ippon while the Cuban seemed to have gained the upper hand.

Madeleine Malonga's semi-final is announced at 10:15 a.m.

To read also: JO: for Madeleine Malonga, gold has come

Judo (M): Alexandre Iddir out of entry in the -100kg


It is already over for Alexandre Iddir in judo.

The Frenchman, engaged in the -100kg category, lost in the round of 16 against Azerbaijani Zelym Kotsoiev on waza-ari.

Canoe-Kayak (F): Marjorie Delasous in the final of the C1


Nice performance by the Frenchwoman.

Qualified narrowly, Marjorie Delasous delivered a good performance in the semifinals.

With the fifth fastest time, she qualified for the C1 grand final which will take place at 8:55 am.

Rugby à 7 (F): the French women start with a victory against Fiji


Good start to the tournament for the French women's rugby 7 team

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For their first match, the Blue disposed of Fiji (12-5) thanks to tests from Horta and Okemba.

The French will be back on the pitch at 10:00 am to face Brazil.

To read also: Julien Candelon: "The girls of rugby sevens want Olympic gold in Tokyo"

BMX (H): the three Frenchmen qualified for the semi-finals


Engaged in the same quarter-final, Sylvain André, winner of the series, and Romain Mahieu, third, both reach the quarter-finals.

The third tricolor, Joris Daudet, also won his series and joined his two compatriots in the semi-finals.

The rest of the competition is scheduled for Friday.

BMX (F): Etienne in the semi-final, Valentino eliminated


A fall for France in BMX.

Manon Valentino, fifth in his quarter-final, will not see the semi-finals of the BMX competition.

On the other hand, Axelle Etienne will be present on Friday.

The latter took third place in its quarter-final, enough to continue its journey.

Shooting (F): No final for Cormenier and Couzy in the Olympic pit


The two Frenchwomen will not participate in the final of the Olympic pit.

Mélanie Couzy took the penultimate place in qualifying, 25th, while Carole Cormenier finished twelfth.

Qualifying was dominated by Slovakian Rehak Stefecekova.

Boxing (H): Without worry, Mourad Aliev qualifies for the quarters in super-heavyweight


Big impression of the tricolor boxer.

Without problem, Mourad Aliev dominated Tajik Siyovush Zukhurov (5-0) in the round of 16 of the super-heavyweight category (+ 91kg), winning all three rounds with great ease.

In the quarterfinals, Aliev will face Briton Clarke on Sunday.

Read also: The medal table

Sailing (H): Lucas Rual and Emile Amoras out of the shot in single sculls


10th of the 5th regatta and 15th of the 6th regatta, Lucas Rual and Emile Amoras occupy the fifteenth place in the standings with two races remaining.

The medal now seems out of reach for the pair in men's single sculls

Sailing (F): Lecointre and Retornaz third after four regattas in 470


Beautiful day for Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz.

The French, entered in 470, took seventh and fourth place in today's two regattas.

A beautiful group shot that allows the duo to point to third place in the general classification, behind Poland and Great Britain.

Source: lefigaro

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