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The French delegation shone on Wednesday, July 31. It is now in second place in the medal table (eight gold, 26 in total), just behind China (nine gold, 19 in total). It owes this in particular to swimmer Léon Marchand, crowned Olympic champion twice on Wednesday, and to Cassandre Beaugrand, who won the triathlon.
An Olympic pool on fire and in blue-white-red! Léon Marchand won two new Olympic titles, first at the end of an incredible final in the 200m butterfly, before clearly dominating the 200m breaststroke, two hours later, on Wednesday July 31. In addition, Anastasiia Kirpichnikova won a beautiful silver medal in the 1500m. The French delegation now has 26 medals. For his part, Mewen Tomac qualified for the final of the 200m backstroke (with the 7th time), unlike his compatriot Yohann Ndoye-Brouard.
Cassandre Beaugrand won the gold medal, Léo Bergère won the bronze. Frenchwoman Cassandre Beaugrand won the sixth gold medal for Les Bleus by dominating the triathlon. In the men’s event, Léo Bergère won bronze. These are the first individual medals in the history of French triathlon at the Olympics. In BMX freestyle, Frenchwoman Anthony Jeanjean won a bronze medal. The metal is the same for the judoka Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou and the French sabreurs. In table tennis, Alexis Lebrun was unable to imitate his brother, Félix, who qualified for the quarter-finals.
In football, the Blues provide the essentials. After a narrow defeat against the Canadians, Hervé Renard’s players defeated New Zealand, a victory which allows them to qualify for the quarter-finals.
French handball players achieve a miraculous draw. Once again struggling, the reigning Olympic champions were led for a long time by the Egyptians, before snatching a draw at the last second (26-26). After two defeats against Denmark and Norway, France is not reassured, even if theThe fourth place qualifying for the quarter-finals is still achievable.
3×3 basketball: second defeat for the French women, but victory for the men. The Blues were beaten by Spain (12-17) in their second match. Their male counterparts are doing much better. They won by one point 21 to 20 against Lithuania thanks to a final basket by Timothé Vergiat. It is their second victory, after the one against Portugal.
It’s over for Nadal and Alcaraz. The Spanish pair were swept aside by Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, who won in two sets (6-2, 6-4). Carlos Alcaraz remains in the running, while this was perhaps Rafael Nadal’s last match on the Roland-Garros centre court.
LeBron James and his team qualify for the quarterfinals. The new American “Dream Team” beat South Sudan (103-86), who nevertheless resisted well on Wednesday at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Lille. Before the quarterfinals, they must still face Puerto Rico on Saturday.
