LIVE. JO 2024: the gold medal for King Léon Marchand, Borel in the épée final, live

After Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Léon Marchand won the second gold medal this Sunday, July 28, at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The essentials

• Pauline Ferrand-Prévot paved the way for the French with a beautiful gold medal in mountain biking before Amandine Buchard's bronze medal a little later in judo. But this day and evening was to be that of Léon Marchand and the swimmer responded by being crowned Olympic champion in the 400m medley.
• Yannick Borel will compete in the epee final at the Grand Palais. Huge disappointment for French gymnastics with an elimination from the qualifications. However, it went through for Félix Lebrun who easily passed his first round in table tennis. The French volleyball team had a scare, but won 3-2 against Serbia.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

21:33 – 17-14 at half-time!

It's the break between France and the Netherlands. The Blues lead 17-14 but they have been chasing the score for a long time.

21:29 – Valentini on fire

Three minutes before halftime, the French team takes the lead again (16-13). Chloé Valentini scores her sixth goal of the match.

21:28 – Relive Léon Marchand's Marseillaise

First Gold Medal, First Podium for Léon Marchand

21:19 – Borel Final at 10:15 p.m.

The final of the men's epee between the Frenchman Borel and the Japanese Kano is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. The women's foil final is scheduled for 9:45 p.m.

21:17 – France comes back to 7-8

Hardly beaten by the Netherlands, France comes back to 7-8. The 16th minute of the match is played.

21:15 – An honor to swim with Marchand

The bronze medalist in the 400m medley, American Caston Foster, admitted to France 2 his admiration for Leon Marchand “It's an honor for us to swim alongside Leon. for my part I am happy with this bronze medal, I am happy with any medal as long as I swim for the United States"

21:12 – Burel continues, Gracheva sortie

In the women's draw, Burel joined Parry in the second round by beating Siniakova (7-6, 6-4). Mixed fortunes for Gracheva, eliminated by Haddad Maia in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 0-6)

Big disappointment! Arthur Fils was unable to overcome the Matteo Arnaldi obstacle in the first round of the men's tournament. Defeated (3-6, 6-7), he lost for the fourth time in four matches against the transalpine. His success at the Hamburg tournament suggests further great victories in Paris

21:02 – France gets off to a good start

The French handball team got off to a good start in its match against the Netherlands (4-2)

21:00 – Start of France-Canada

Hervé Renard's Les Bleues begin their second match of the tournament, against Canada, at the Geoffroy Guichard stadium.

20:57 – Australia has pulled itself together

What a match in Nice! Trailing by three goals in the 55th minute against Zambia (2-5), Australia turned the situation around by winning 6-5 with a final goal in the 90th minute. What a treat!

20:52 – Angola dominates Spain

Second big disappointment for the Spanish handball team. Beaten by Korea on Thursday, it lost to Angola today (21-26)

It's done. Yannick Borel qualifies for the Final with this last touch which allows him to win 15-8 against El Sayed, who nevertheless beat him at Tokyo.

20:48 – 13-8 for Borel

There are 58 seconds left in this semi-final, the Frenchman leads 13-8

20:45 – Only four points ahead

The Egyptian slowly picks up the points to come back to 4 touches (7-11). There is 1 minute 48 left in this match.

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From July 24 with the first rugby events at 7 to the finals of team sports such as handball with the women's final, discover all the detailed calendars of the main events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Match times, results and rankings, discover all the essential information to follow the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

For these Olympic Games, France's ambition is very high. If the medal forecasts promise a top 3, the organization and even the president are banking on a top 5 with a record number of medals. Several big French stars are expected during the Olympic Games. We are thinking in particular of Léon Marchand in swimming who could be the biggest star of these Games. But team sports with handball, basketball, volleyball, football, could also bring their share of trinkets. Finally, what can we say about judo with in particular its spearhead Teddy Riner or fencing, still the most prolific sport.