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Tokyo Olympics: how the Blues of rugby sevens find themselves competing for Olympic gold

2021-07-31T05:46:02.801Z


After winning all their matches since the start of the competition, the Blues challenge New Zealand for the supreme title.


They are only 20 minutes away from their dream. And frankly, New Zealand or not in the final, we want to believe that these French rugby sevens carry in them the ability to become the second Olympic champions in the history of rugby on Saturday (11 a.m. in France) at the Tokyo Stadium. . On the third day of the women's competition, the Bleues du VII ate the British (26-19) for breakfast, just to continue their flawless performance. Three group matches for three wins, a skillfully negotiated quarter against China and now four tries left on the addition of Great Britain, the players of David Courteix are launched.

To tell the truth, we had already seen the extent of the damage at the qualifying tournament in Monaco in June, the last chance to get to the Games, where they had secured their ticket to Japan without taking a single point.

Clinics.

And turned towards their goal: to play for the medal in Japan.

“We have been thinking about this moment for a year and a half.

We want to make history ”, insisted after the victory against China captain Fanny Horta.

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In Rio, she already wore the armband.

His Bleues, very defensive and known for their aggressiveness, had left the tournament in the quarterfinals.

Already a good performance for a discipline completely in its infancy in France when rugby sevens obtained the right to join the Olympic program in 2009. Aware of its limits in this area, the FFR is investing not to give up its chance in the first Olympic exhibition of his sport since the last passage of rugby union in 1924.

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If the men also saw Brazil but stumbled on the last step to reach Japan, the Blue confirmed with this Olympic final their rise in power from Rio.

A World Cup final in 2018, when they finished third in the World Seven Series, an annual tournament divided into several stages.

In short, the French women who will soon challenge the Black Ferns, reigning world champions, are no longer a small nation.

“It's a group that has matured a lot, that has a lot of experience and qualities, boasts David Courteix.

If you still want to take a new step, a pass, to afford a little more, it is by doing the same thing as usual.

As this April 20, 2019, where she had inflicted a 29-7 to New Zealand.

It was already in Japan.

We don't say that, we don't say anything.

Source: leparis

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