Women's hand: Des Bleues in the footsteps of the Blues (France-Sweden, at 10am)
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The girls will be keen to follow the path opened by the boys, who qualified for the final by beating the Egyptians 27 to 23. For this semi-final, the Bleues find the Swedes against whom they had drawn 28-28 in a match. pools, with a Swedish equalizer from the penalty spot at the very end of the match. Never medalists either at the Olympics or at the Worlds, the Swedes are outsiders, where France was already in the final in Rio in 2016. Yet the Scandinavians have a much better record than the French at the end of the group stages, with 3 wins, a draw and a defeat, against two wins, two losses and a draw for the French. After their exploit against the Dutch world champions, the Blue will be keen to confirm to get a second Olympic final.
Women's basketball: A reunion for a place in the final and a 5/5 in French co-sports (Japan - France, at 1 p.m.)
They too will have to follow the path of Fournier and company.
After a 3/3 for men's team sports, the French women's basketball team will be the last to play its semi-final to conclude this incredible French harvest.
The Japanese team is not used to playing these positions in international competitions and has never done better than a fifth place at the Olympic Games in 1976. The last champions in Asia, they are undoubtedly the surprise of women's basketball, and had great success. elsewhere beat France in group matches.
The Blue therefore already know their opponents of the day, like their colleagues in handball, and will have to take advantage of this advantage to make the best use of the opposing weaknesses.
Women's football: A final with the scent of revenge between Sweden and Canada (at 2 p.m.)
Since women's football entered the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, the Americans had been crowned four times. Since Rio, things have changed. Women's football has developed elsewhere than in the United States and the hegemony finally ends in Rio when the Americans come out in the quarterfinals against… Sweden. Who will play today their final against Canada, who won 1-0 against Team USA. Silver medalist in 2016 after losing to Germany, Sweden will be keen to come home with gold. On the other hand, the Canadians were third in the last two Olympics and will probably not be satisfied with the money for their first final. A match to follow, therefore, between two dolphin nations who dream of becoming queens in Japanese lands.
Women's 400m: The Last Dance of Allyson Felix? (at 2:35 p.m.)
In what looks like a last dance, Allyson Felix will undoubtedly not be aiming for gold in the 400m, with an annual time well behind that of the Bahamian favorite Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
The one who lives her fifth Olympic Games, the first since she was a mother.
With her nine Olympic medals, the American would even be satisfied with a bronze medal to equalize the record of 10 Olympic medals, set by her compatriot Carl Lewis.
Still competing in mixed 4x400m and 4x400m, she will have other options if she fails tomorrow.
Relay: The French women's 4x100m in the final (at 3:30 p.m.), an unprecedented men's 4x100m final in the absence of the United States (at 3:50 p.m.)
The French women's 4x100m relay qualified for the final on Thursday after being drafted on time. The blue quartet composed of Carolle Zahi, Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Gémima Joseph and Cynthia Leduc took in 42 sec 68 the 4th place in an extremely tough series, won by Great Britain (41 sec 55) ahead of the United States (41 sec 90) and Jamaica (42 sec 15). In the final, the girls have little hope for a medal but their presence in the court of the biggest is already a great victory for the French sprint. “
Anything can happen in the final, especially with the relay
They warned. Another small shock wave in the 4x100 relay world, this time for the men. The Americans were eliminated at the gates of the finals. The Americans had however lined up a “dream team” with Trayvon Bromell (fastest man of the season), Fred Kerley (Olympic vice-champion in the 100m), Ronnie Baker (5th in the 100m) and Cravon Gillespie. But their time of 38 sec 10 did not allow them to do better than 6th place in their series. The United States, which has not won a single short sprint title so far (100-200), either in the women or in the men. After dominating the event for decades, the United States have not won gold since 2000, and will therefore still leave their throne for this 2020 edition.
