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Olympic Games: Hand, basketball and foil, the 5 events not to be missed this Thursday

2021-07-29T02:53:21.856Z


This Thursday, July 25 will give rise to matches of great importance in handball as in basketball, but also to the presentation of medals in kayak and foil.


Men's basketball: A Spain - Argentina that is worth a lot (2 p.m.)

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It is perhaps the biggest shock of this day of Thursday, Spain and Argentina face each other for a remake of the 2019 world final which saw the Spaniards win 95-75.

Winner of Japan in the first match, Spain can ensure its qualification in case of victory.

For Argentines, the issue is quite different.

They who lost to Slovenia from Doncic absolutely must react if they want to keep any chance of qualifying for the finals.

Canoe, women's slalom: British favorite Mallory Franklin (Semi-finals at 7 a.m. and Final at 8:55 a.m.)

It will be one of the medals to watch from this Thursday day.

The ladies canoe will see the semi-final and the final take place in one morning, notably with a Frenchwoman.

Indeed, Marjorie Delassu managed to qualify on Wednesday by setting the 17th time in qualifying with a time of 121''74.

The march will therefore be high to reach the final of an event which was dominated by the Briton Mallory Franklin who set a time in 105''06.

Women's hand: France must react to Sweden (2:30 p.m.)

After its defeat against Spain in the second group match, the French team must react to the Swedes, the only team in group B to have won its first two matches.

In case of victory, the French could take advantage of the clash between Brazil and Spain (4 a.m.), its two main competitors, and thus give themselves some air with a view to qualifying for the final phase of the tournament. Olympic.

See you at 2:30 p.m. for a match that promises to be hot.

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Foil by Teams Women: France to continue its momentum (Bronze at 11:30 am - Final at 12:55 pm)

After the sensation Romain Cannone and the beautiful bronze medal of Manon Brunet in fencing, France wants to continue its momentum with the women's team foil.

To do this, the French will first have to spend the quarters and halfs at night.

The fights for bronze and gold will take place in the middle of the day.

Tennis;

women's singles: favorite Bencic and Svitolina (Semi-finals at 8 a.m.)

The Olympic tennis tournament is coming to an end and we will soon have an idea of ​​who will win Olympic gold. On the program for these semi-finals, an unprecedented poster between Bencic and Rybakina, where the former is the favorite. At the same time, the other semi-final between Elina Svitolina and Marketa Vondrousova will be played. Despite a big gap between the two players in the WTA rankings, Svitolina will have to be wary of the Czech against whom she lost their last meeting in Rome in 2020.

Source: lefigaro

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