The very beautiful day of the French continues.
After silver in rowing, the expected final of the French foil players against Russia, the French delegation has just secured a third medal on Thursday thanks to Charline Picon.
In windsurfing, the 2016 Olympic champion is 3rd overall before the Medal Race, but can no longer be overtaken.
Picon will aim for gold, but already has at least bronze in his pocket.
The 11th medal for the tricolor clan at the Tokyo Games.
🇫🇷🚨 In 3rd position after the 12 races, Charline Picon is sure to leave Tokyo with a medal in windsurfing!
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- France Team (@EquipeFRA) July 29, 2021
The entire podium is already known.
With the tricolor windsurfer (36 points), Yunxiu Lu (30) and Emma Wilson (34) have enough lead over Marta Maggeti, 4th, but who points to 57 points.
Saturday's Medal Race, where the points are doubled (2 points for the 1st, 4 points for the 2nd etc.), promises to be full of suspense for the Frenchwoman.
What medal for Picon?
The conditions to go for gold are not so simple: it will be necessary to place a competitor between her and Wilson, and two with Lu to overtake her.
Result, if the recent European champion wins the race and Wilson does not finish better than 3rd, and Lu 4th, Picon will be Olympic champion again.
A scenario that the gold medalist in Rio knows well since in Brazil, the windsurfer had gone to seek the coronation in extremis.
It will surely be another kettle of fish because the Chinese only left the podium three times out of the twelve contested races.
Picon, she finished 2nd, 3rd and 6th in the last three races this Thursday.
The Frenchwoman therefore still has work to do to be double Olympic champion.
Answer Saturday at 7:30 am.
