Fifty-four medals and surely a few more for the 14th day of official competition at the Paris Olympic Games. This Friday, August 9, is still animated by athletics and team sports, with in particular the final of the football tournament between the French team and Spain. The day is also marked by the continuation of the golf tournament, with the French Céline Boutier, as well as the start of a new event, breaking, on the Place de la Concorde. Follow our live coverage.
Dchances of medals from the morning. The alarm will ring shortly before 7:30 a.m. for the first event of the day: the 10 km open water race. The French swimmers Marc-Antoine Olivier and Logan Fontaine who take on the role of outsiders. Soundly beaten by China (3-0), the French table tennis team, made up of the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy, will face Japan from 10 a.m. In taekwondo, Magda Wiet-Hénin will try to win a medal in the -67 kg category, while climber Paul Jenft will start the combined final (bouldering and difficulty) at 10:15 a.m. The full program for the day can be found here, and the full Olympic calendar here.
The Blues fourth in the medals table. Before the start of this day, France is still fourth in the medals table. The Blues, who have already surpassed the Beijing total, are now aiming for Atlanta’s record of 15 titles.
Dand he has itathletics again and again. We will follow the end of the heptathlon of the Frenchwoman Auriana Lazraq-Khlass, 18th after the first day. The events end at 8:15 p.m. We will also have an eye on the two French teams involved in the first round of the relay 4x400 m (women’s relay at 10:40, men’s relay at 11:05). At 12:05, in the 100 meters hurdles at 12:05, we must not forget Cyréna Samba-Mayela.
The final of Thierry Henry’s Blues against Spain. Forty years after the band led by Henri Michel in Los Angeles, the French football team has the opportunity to return to the roof of Olympus. Thierry Henry’s Bleuets face Spain in the final of the Olympic tournament. Coup d’sent at 6 p.m., at the Parc des Princes.
French basketball players for a place in the final. After knocking out Germany in the quarter-finals,Marine Johannès’ teammates find the “Belgian Cats” on their path. It is nothing more and nothing less than the revenge of the Euro 2023 semi-final won by the Belgians. Kick-off at 9 p.m.