LIVE. JO 2024: Vaast in gold, Defay in bronze, crazy night of surfing! Live

&In Tahiti, in the middle of the night, the two Frenchmen took the medal gold and bronze medal in a totally crazy night.

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• A Night for History. À Thaiti, the French Kauli Vaast won Olympic gold at Teahupoo by beating Australian Jack Robinson in the final. A few minutes before, it was France's ;ccedil;aise Johanne Defay who took the bronze medal.
• Monday night was also crazy with the beautiful silver medal in 3×3 basketball and the qualification for the final of the French football team at the end of the night. The Bleuets are sure to leave with a medal from this Olympic tournament!
• Discover all the news of the day.

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The French Kauli Vaast has for his part won Teahupoo won the gold medal in the surfing event by dominating the Australian Jack Robinson in the final.

07:32 – Johanne Defay in bronze

The pre The second medal of the night went to the Frenchwoman Johanne Defay who won the medal. bronze by winning the final for 3rd place against à the Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy, this Tuesday à Teahupoo à Tahiti.

This is the end of the live broadcast of this day which began the last week of the 2024 Olympic Games. See you tomorrow on the Internaute website for a new Olympic day!

It was not the most prolific day since the start of these Olympic Games, but France won two silver medals on Monday, August 5. First in kayak cross slalom, with Angèle Hug, then in men's 3×3 basketball after a great epic by the Blues which ended cruelly in the final against the Netherlands in overtime (18-17). At night, the late evening surfing could also bring at least one medal, with a final on the programme for Kauli Vaast and a semi-final for Johanne Defay. In the medal table, France is now 4th, behind China, the United States and Australia, with 46 medals.

In the good news section, the qualification of the French footballers for the final after their victory against Egypt (3-1), but also that of the volleyball players who beat Germany (3-2) in the quarter-finals and will play Italy in the semi-finals. Finally, the French table tennis players led by the Lebrun brothers beat Slovenia (3-0) in the round of 16 of the team tournament, while the Bleues were eliminated by Thailand (2-3).

Armand Duplantis also brightened up the evening at the Stade de France by retaining his Olympic title before breaking the world record for pole vault (6m25) in an indescribable atmosphere. French athletics had a less good time, with the 12th place of flag bearer Melina Robert-Michon and several eliminations in different races.

The Blues took a while but they ended up beating Egypt (3-1 ap.) in the semi-finals of the men's football tournament. À Lyon, Mateta scored a double; (83rd and 99th) while Olise made the break at the end of overtime (108th). Saber had first given the advantage to the Egyptians (62nd). France secures at least the silver medal but will play for gold in the final against France. Spain Friday (6 p.m.) at the Parc des Princes. Egypt will face Morocco for the bronze medal.

05/08/24- 23:33 – The Blues made the break (3-1)

The Blues are now very close to an Olympic final, since they mè are now 3-1 thanks to & a goal from Michael Olise, served almost involuntarily by Désiré Gifted. The Egyptians are breaking down à 10 against 11 in this overtime.

05/08/24 – 23:28 – Start of the last 15 ;res minutes between France and Egypt

The second period of extra time has just started between France and Egypt (2-1). Les Bleus have a one-goal lead and one more player on the pitch…

05/08/24 – 23:20 – The semi-final table known in men's volleyball

While France will face Italy on Wednesday (8 p.m.) in the semi-final of the men's volleyball tournament, the other semi-final is now known. The United States beat Brazil (3-1) and will face Poland (4 p.m.).

05/08/24- 23:15 – France takes the lead against Egypt (2-1)

Jean-Philippe Mateta gives the French team the lead! The Crystal Palace striker scores twice to allow the French to take the lead against Egypt in this extra time (2-1).

05/08/24 – 23:14 – Extra time between France and Egypt

In Lyon, in football, the Blues are in extra time against the Egyptians, who have been reduced to 10 against 11 since the start of extra time. But Thierry Henry's players still can't find a solution…

Surfing will bring at least one medal to France! Kauli Vaast, born in Tahiti, won his semi-final against Peruvian Alonso Correa, in far from ideal surfing conditions (10.96 against 9.60). He will compete in his final at 2:16. Frenchwoman Johanne Defay is also surfing for a place in the final, at 23:42.

The Blues crucified! De Jong sinks a two-point shot at the buzzer to give the Dutch the Olympic title against the Blues, in this men's 3×3 basketball final. The French can nevertheless be proud of this silver medal, completely unexpected.

05/08/24 – 23:03 – Overtime between France and the Netherlands

The Netherlands have managed to &equalize against the Blues in the last seconds (16-16)! The two teams will therefore play overtime. The first to score two points wins!

05/08/24 – 22:58 – France is ahead (12-11)

Les Bleus managed to take the lead for the first time in this final against the Netherlands (12-11). There are less than two minutes left to play!

05/08/24- 22:54 – 9-8 for the Netherlands

The French equalized at 7-7 then at 8-8 but they were unable to get past the Dutch, who now lead 9-8 at less than four minutes from the end of the match.

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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, always a very prolific sport.