On the third official day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, French fencing and judo are still raising hopes. In individual sabre, French women Manon Apithy-Brunet, Sara Balzer and Cécilia Berder are aiming for a medal on Monday, July 29. In the men’s foil, Enzo Lefort is also hoping to shake up the Grand Palais. Follow our live feed.
Judokas in search of gold. The day is also animated by the judokas. Sarah-Léonie Cysique, entered in -57 kg, will aim for gold after the silver acquired individually in Tokyo, in 2021. In the men’s -73kg, the French Joan-Benjamin Gaba brilliantly won his first fight. Other expected highlights: the continuation of the team eventing competition in equestrian, and the men’s mountain bike event with medal chances for Jordan Sarrou and Victor Koretzky. The meeting is at 2:10 p.m. for the start of the race. Find the rest of the program here, or here with the full calendar of events.
A golden Sunday for the Blues. LFrenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt has managed to realize her dream by winning Olympic gold in the cross-country event on Sunday. His title preceded that of Léon Marchand, who began his harvest in the 400m medley. Fencing fencer Yannick Borel won silver while judoka Amandine Buchard took bronze.
Fencers Manon Apithy-Brunet and Sarah Balzer qualified for the last 16. Sara Balzer dominated her 32nd final (15-9). Manon Apithy-Brunet (15-12) was more difficult, but she also won. See you in the 16th final from 2:05 p.m. to follow the two French players.
Yohann Ndoye-Brouard in the final of the 100 meters backstroke. The swimming finals will take place one after the other in the Parisian pool, starting at 8:30 p.m.: 400m women’s medley, the 200m freestyle men and women and the 100m breaststroke women. But on the French side, it is the 100m backstroke that will be scrutinized with the performance of Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, expected for his first Olympic final.
Shooter Océanne Muller finishes fifth in the final. Frenchwoman Océanne Muller left the air rifle final (10 meters) in fifth place. A great performance for the 21-year-old who was already competing in her second Olympic final, after the one in Tokyo.
Basketball, handball, volleyball… The latest on team sports. On the women’s side, the Tricolores face Italy in water polo (2 p.m.), the United States in rugby 7s (3:30 p.m.), Canada in basketball (5:15 p.m.), Belgium in field hockey (8:15 p.m.) and Serbia in volleyball (9 p.m.). The men, meanwhile, face the United States in beach volleyball (4 p.m.) and Norway in handball (7 p.m.).
Already eight medals for France, including three gold. It’s a great start to the Olympics. After two days, France is in fourth place in the medal table, behind Japan, Australia and the United States.