Once again, the tricolor rowing wakes us up with a medal, this time in silver.
Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola even passed a few tenths of gold in two without a coxswain.
In swimming, it is a chocolate medal for Maxime Grousset on the queen distance of the 100 m freestyle.
The French foilists and Madeleine Malonga, in judo, have made an appointment for the semi-finals.
We summarize the essentials of the night in Tokyo.
Money makes Bové and Tarantola happy
Rowing definitely inflates the record of the Blues at the Tokyo Olympics.
24 hours after the gold medal of Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron in two sculls, the rowers Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola brought back the silver this morning - at 3.15 am in France - in their lightweight two-pair category.
A discipline where the athletes in the boat cannot exceed 59 kg.
The ninth medal of the French clan since the start of these Games, the third of this metal.
🇫🇷🥈 FRANCE WINS THE SILVER MEDAL!
An incredible ending with an unbearable suspense.
👏 Laura Tarantola and Claire Bove come a few hundredths behind the Italian Olympic champions.
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“Frankly, it's phew!
It was a dream to come home with the medal, now we can say that we are Olympic vice-champion, ”enthuses Laura Tarantola before her partner of the day details the race:“ It was extremely tight.
We could just hear the Dutch shouting next to us.
At the end, we looked at the results table, we said to ourselves: it is not possible ”.
Something to be proud of for the French pair, women's rowing has been waiting for an Olympic medal since 1996.
The chocolate medal for Grousset
Maxime Grousset did not go far from a resounding feat. Amazing in the Aquatics Center pool, the Insep sprinter, qualified in extremis for the final, narrowly missed the medal in the 100 m freestyle. The New Caledonian, who started in corridor 8, signs a nice fourth place in 47′'72. The queen event was dominated by the American star Caeleb Dressel with a new Olympic record in 47′'02, ahead of the Australian Kyle Chalmers, Olympic champion in Rio in 2016, in 47′'08 and Kliment Kolesnikov in 47 ′ '' 44.
💥 Caeleb Dressel, new Olympic champion in the 100m freestyle!
The American torpedo beats the Olympic record in 47.02, Maxime Grousset finishes in a promising 4th place.
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“I looked at the board and saw fourth.
I was very happy because at the base I was eighth, smiles the Habs.
A little frustrated to be at the foot of the podium but to get the place of third, I had to raise another notch
(Editor's note: he is almost 3 / 10th of the Russian Kolesnikov)
and it was a little more complicated.
It is only a postponement for Maxime Grousset.
The 22-year-old swimmer has an appointment with the Olympic medal in 2024 in Paris.
Malonga, team foil, Aliev… The qualifiers of the day
A good start to the day on the French coast. In judo, Madeleine Malonga will try to continue the harvest of medals among women, in less than 78 kg. The Frenchwoman started her day very well by rallying the 1/2. After an easy victory for her entry into the running, the native of Val-d'Oise got out of the trap set by Cuban Kaliema Antomarchi. The tricolor judokate had to wait for the golden score, after having led thanks to a waza-ari, to win. An ippon after 1′32 ′ 'of extra time which makes Malonga happy, on his way to get a medal: “I did not give up. I knew it was going to be hard but I settled down. Especially no stress, and it's over. "
🥋🇫🇷 The French Madeleine Malonga goes on and continues her Olympic adventure by qualifying for the semi-finals.
Pushed to the Golden Score by Cuban Kaliema Antomarchi, Madeleine Malonga wins by ippon # Tokyo2020
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Direction 1/2 also for the French women's foil team.
In the quarterfinals, the Habs largely dominated the Canadians (45-29) and can legitimately think of the medal.
Ysaora Thibus, Pauline Ranvier and Anita Blaze now have an appointment with the Italians, around 7 a.m.
The French have the opportunity to redeem themselves after complicated individual events.
He too is only one fight away from an Olympic medal.
In boxing, Mourad Aliev rose to the quarter-finals in +91 kg after a large points victory against Siyovush Zukhurov.
“The goal was to do three full rounds.
There is level in all fights.
We take blows and we receive it, that's normal ”, reacted the French at the end of his fight.
If the French boxer beats the Briton Frazer Clarke in 1/4, Aliev will be assured of a charm in Tokyo.
🇫🇷🥊 The French Mourad Aliev does not miss his entry into these Olympics.
The Frenchman dominated Siyovush Zukhurov in + 91kg and progresses quietly to the next round.
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We end with a little BMX word.
The three French entered, Joris Daudet, Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu, obtained their tickets for the semi-finals.
Special mention to Daudet, double world champion who won his three qualifying runs.
The disappointments of the day: Alexandre Iddir and Marie Wattel
Judo definitely smiles more on women than on men.
This Thursday, Alexandre Iddir was eliminated as soon as he entered the contention in the -100 kg category.
Beaten on waza-ari by Azerbaijani Zelym Kotsoiev, the French judoka never really entered his fight.
“He's one of the opponents that suits me the least.
It's the game, it's sad for me, “lamented the tricolor.
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The other regret of the day came from the women's 100m freestyle.
Engaged in the semi-finals, Marie Wattel and Charlotte Bonnet did not get their ticket for the final.
It came very close for the first, fifth of his semi-final by signing his new personal best in 53''12.
On the other hand, Bonnet was never involved and continues to experience the very complicated Tokyo Games.
Other results to remember:
- In shooting, Carole Cormenier and Mélanie Couzy failed to qualify for the final in the Olympic pit event.
Respectively 12th and 25th, the French women had nevertheless come for a medal.
- In BMX Race, Axelle Étienne qualifies for the semi-finals.
On the other hand, it is already over for Manon Valentino, yet European vice-champion of the discipline.
- In swimming, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, drafted at the last minute, was unable to reach the final of the 100m backstroke. The French swimmer failed 14 hundredths from qualifying.