Handball (M): France crushes Bahrain and goes to the
semi-
finals
Fourth
straight
semi-final for men's handball at the Olympic Games.
In the quarter-finals, the French easily dominated Bahrain (42-28) and will be in the semi-finals where they will find the winner of the match between Germany and Egypt.
Tuesday against Bahrain, all the French field players scored at least one goal but the prize went to Kentin Mahé with nine goals.
To discover
The full Olympic program
The Olympic medal table
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Athlé (H): Habz qualified for the semi-finals, Miellet and Mischler left in the 1500m heats.
They were three French in the 1500m heats and alone, Azeddine Habz managed to qualify for the semi-final on Thursday. Habz took fourth place in his race (3'41''24), a directly qualifying position for the rest of the competition. On the other hand, the other Habs stop there. Alexis Miellet took 14th place in his race (3'41''23) while Baptiste Mischler finished 11th in his heat (3'37''53). Places that do not allow those interested to continue the adventure.
Athlé (H): Raffin in the final of the triple jump, finished for Compaoré and Pontvianne
Two fall for the Blues. Only Melvin Raffin, eleventh qualified out of twelve, managed to reach the final of the triple jump with a jump to 16.83m. On the other hand, Benjamin Compaoré with a jump of 16.59m stops in qualifying. The same goes for Jean-Marc Pontvianne who failed to make a mark since he bit his three attempts. See you on Thursday for Melvin Raffin's final in the triple jump.
Athlé (F): Second in his series, Brossier spins in the semi-finals over 400m.
Nice performance by Amandine Brossier. The Frenchwoman, the only competitor in the 400m, took second place in her series in 51''65, behind Jamaican Candice McLeod (51''09). Brossier is therefore directly qualified for the semi-finals which will take place on Wednesday.
Athlé (H): Gold medal and world record for Warholm over 400m hurdles
45''94 !!
Karsten Warholm becomes the first man to go under 46 seconds over the 400m hurdles.
Prodigious.
The Norwegian was the favorite and he responded.
Already the world record holder (46''70) before arriving in Tokyo, Warholm lowered this mark by 76 hundredths ... Monstrous.
Behind, the American Rai Benjamin, long at the level of the Norwegian, takes the silver medal with an incredible time (46''17), a new United States record, and the Brazilian Alison Dos Santos wins the medal of bronze (46''72).
To read also: Olympic Games: 400 m hurdles: The daring Warholm destroys the wall of 46 seconds
Athlé (F): the German Mihambo crowned in the long jump
Incredible
long jump
competition. On her last jump, Malaika Mihambo won gold with a jump of 7.00m, her best jump of the season. At the best time then. The German was three centimeters ahead of American Brittney Reese, silver medalist (6.97m) and Nigerian Ese Brume, bronze medal (6.97m).
Athlé (H): the best time of the 200m series for the American Bednarek
Engaged in the sixth series, Kenneth Bednarek set the best time in the first round in the 200m. The American slammed a 20''01 without forcing too much and sent a message to the competition. In the final series, his compatriot, Noah Lyles, answered him with a 20''18. Note that no French was involved in the competition.
Kayak (F): Guyot and Hostens 7th in the final of the two-seater kayak 500m
No miracle for the French women in the final of the two-seater kayak 500m.
Sarah Guyot and Manon Hostens took seventh place in the final in 1'40''329.
The title went to New Zealand with the Regal-Carrington duo (1'35''785), setting a new Olympic record.
The latter also obtained her second gold medal of the day after her solo coronation in the 200m.
Poland with the Naja-Pulawska pair comes second and Hungary with Bodonyi and Kozak takes third place.
Read also: The medal table
Kayak (H): Hungarian double in the K1 1000m final
Hungary dominated the competition in the 1000m single-seater kayak.
Balint Kopasz adorned himself with gold in 3'20''643 and at the same time signed a new Olympic record.
His compatriot Adam Varga was satisfied with the silver in 3'22''431.
Portuguese Fernando Pimenta took the bronze medal in 3'22''478.
Kayak (F): the title for New Zealander Carrington in K1 200m
Lisa Carrington was crowned Olympic champion in the 200m single-seater kayak.
The New Zealander signed an Olympic record (38''120) to win gold.
She beat Spain's Teresa Portela (38''883) and Dane Emma Aastrand Jorgensen (38''901).
Canoe (H): Olympic title for Cuba in two-seater canoe 1000m
Third gold medal for Cuba in Tokyo.
This time the charm arrived from the canoe.
Jorge Enriquez and Torres Madrigal were crowned in C2 1000m with a new Olympic record (3'24''995).
The Cubans have beaten the pawn to the Chinese, Liu and Zheng, and to the Germans, Brendel and Hecker.
Volley (M): Russia, first to qualify for the semi-finals
Russia made short work of Canada in the first quarter-final of the men's volleyball tournament.
The Russians won in three sets (25-21, 30-28, 25-22) and will find, in the semi-final, the winner of the match between Japan and Brazil (6:00).
Read also: Olympic Games: French basketball, volleyball and handball teams make football forget about it
Basket (H): Slovenia crushes Germany and awaits France or Italy in the semi-final
Luka Doncic and his little comrades will be there for the semi-finals. Slovenia demolished Germany (94-70) in the first quarterfinal of the men's basketball tournament. Led by a burning Zoran Dragic (27pts to 11/13 shooting) and Luka Doncic faithful to himself (20pts, 8rbds and 11 assists), the Slovenes did not make details and therefore climb in the last square where they will find the winner of the match between France and Italy (10:20).
Diving (H): Alexis Jandard stops in the semi-final on the 3m springboard
The fourth dive is expensive for the French. In ambush during the semi-final, Alexis Jandard completely missed his fourth attempt (28 points) and it turned out to be crippling. Sixteenth in the competition, the Habs will not see the final despite a total score of 357.85 points. To get to the final, you had to exceed 400 points. Note that the Chinese outrageously dominated the semi-final with first place for Siyi Xie (543.45 pts) and second place for Zongyuan Wang (540.50). The third, the Briton Jack Laugher, is dropped (514.75).
Sailing (F): No medal for Dubois and Sebesi in single sculls, the title for the Brazilians
The single
scull
competition ended on Tuesday. Eighth in the medal race, Lili Sebesi and Albane Dubois took ninth place in the general classification of the event. The Olympic title went to Brazilians Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze. They beat the Germans, Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke, and the Dutch, Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz.
Boxing (F): Gold for Sena Irie at featherweight, first for Japan
Sena Irie became Olympic champion in featherweight boxing. The Japanese outrageously dominated the final against the Philippine Nesthy Petecio, winning all three rounds. This is an event since it is the first for Japan to win gold in women's boxing.