TOPS
Grace Geyoro, the return to grace
On June 21, during training at Clairefontaine, Grace Geyoro, in tears, feared that the Euro would pass under her nose due to a left knee injury.
Fortunately, nothing happened and this Sunday, the Paris SG player offered an XXL performance during the clear victory of Les Bleues over Italy (5-1).
By scoring a magnificent hat-trick.
But not only.
In the game, the midfielder improved almost all the balls she touched.
And her third goal is symbolic of the excellence of her performance since she is the one who started the action by recovering a good ball.
Before being at the conclusion of the action, a delicious shot in the small net of a stunned Italian goalkeeper.
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Northern hemisphere rugby takes revenge and writes history
While France battled for a second success against Japan, the neighboring selections made history a few hours apart.
Led by the indestructible Johnny Sexton, Ireland won their very first victory in New Zealand (12-23).
Saturday afternoon, Wales won for the first time in South Africa (12-13).
To crown this revenge of the nations of the North after a zero point the previous week (4 defeats), England went to win in Australia (17-25) before Scotland, largely winner in Argentina (6-29).
Thibaut Pinot conveyer of emotions
Expected at the bend on Friday, during the stage leading to the Planche des Belles Filles, on his own roads, Thibaut Pinot was unable to match the best, stalled on a climb where the "
Pinot
» covered whole portions of bitumen.
But on Sunday, the Franc-Comtois recovered brilliantly, escaping in pursuit of Bob Jungels towards Châtel on the occasion of the first real mountain stage.
A futile pursuit for the Groupama-FDJ rider, finally fourth after being picked up by another group of pursuers.
But the simple reading of his desire to reconnect with success on the Tour, he who ended almost three years without lifting his arms in April, suggests that the flood of encouragement he is arousing on the edge of the road is not ready to stop.
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Novak Djokovic, the grass suits him so well
Novak Djokovic, power 21. The Serb won his seventh Wimbledon on Sunday in London.
He joins Sampras in the legend and is only one length behind Federer.
By beating Kyrgios in four sets, he signed a 28th consecutive victory in his English garden.
He remains on four consecutive coronations at Church Road.
The grass makes it green again.
Djoko at the top after being at the bottom.
Unsinkable after a start to the season, marked by the incredible soap opera of the Australian Open, he was still able to bounce back and regain his best level in London.
Launched in the race for records, the Serb remains straight in his boots.
He will not be vaccinated, even if it means missing the US Open at the end of August.
A questionable position, of course, but which has the merit of being coherent.
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Teddy Riner, (obviously) winning return
A year after his bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Teddy Riner imposed himself seriously for his reappearance on the international scene on Sunday at the Grand Slam in Budapest.
Coming to the Hungarian capital to "
measure himself
" on the road to the big Olympic meeting in Paris in two years, the Frenchman won his four fights over 100 kilos without much difficulty.
The 33-year-old judoka dominated for the title the Dutchman Jelle Snippe, ten years his junior, who had climbed to the final to everyone's surprise.
On a thundering ippon after 40 seconds of combat.
“
I saw the opportunity, I went for it
“, Analyzed the tenfold world champion.
Riner had not appeared in international competition since the Tokyo Games last summer.
Since then, he had only participated in the French Team Championships with his PSG club in November 2021 in Perpignan, then in Villebon-sur-Yvette in May.
"
It was hard to get back into it, to come back to a Grand Slam after a year of training and preparation
," he admitted.
“
I managed to get to the end of the day, I still expressed myself quite a bit, I'm happy.
This victory will allow him to climb in the hierarchy of his category with a view to Paris 2024, where the most successful judoka in the history of his sport, currently 17th in the world, will aim for a third individual Olympic title, after those won in London. in 2012 then in Rio in 2016. "
It shows that I have a good level, that I'm not too bad and that I can believe in these 2024 Olympics
," he said.
FLOPS
Matthieu Jalibert does not score points
Legitimate holder in the absence of Romain Ntamack, not starting in Japan, Matthieu Jalibert did not score points in the land of the Rising Sun.
During the second test match against the “
Brave Blossoms
” on Saturday morning (15-20), the UBB opener abused the footwork, sometimes indiscriminately.
A recovery error gave the locals their first try of the match (12th).
If he did not fail against the poles (2 out of 2 in his role as scorer), the Girondin was not very inspired in the game (forward in the 24th) and did not score points in the competition he engages with Ntamack.
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Missed start for the Peugeot 9x8
It was one of the great curiosities of the sports weekend.
Unveiled earlier in the year, the new Peugeot 9x8 made its track debut near Monza.
Beginnings… failed for the latest addition to the Hypercars.
Revolutionary prototype (absence of rear wing) developed over long runs (15,000 km of tests), the 9x8 struggled from qualifying (one of the two single-seaters had to start last time fault) then on the track (engine problem for the 93).
At the foot of the podium at the 6 Hours of Monza, where Alpine has recovered after the Le Mans fiasco, the 94 of Loïc Duval and company saves appearances but there is still work to do for the return of the Lion to Endurance be a winner.
