LIVE. JO 2024: team sports save a dark day for the French, live

The day of August 6th started very well ; this Tuesday with two medals in surfing, but the rest of the day is more delicate.

The essential

• This Wednesday, French medal hopefuls will enter the 2024 Olympics, such as Mathilde Gros in track cycling, Gabriel Tual in athletics and Cyrian Rivet in taekwondo. The table tennis players will be back in teams, where the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy will face Hugo Calderano's Brazil in the quarter-finals. In team sports, the French basketball players will try to secure a ticket to the last four, against Germany. The same opponent for the handball players who will play their quarter-finals. At the end of the evening, Sofiane Oumiha will be in the ring at Roland-Garros to win Olympic gold.
• À Tahiti, the Frenchman Kauli Vaast won the title. Olympic gold & Teahupoo by dominating the Australian Jack Robinson in the final. A few minutes before, it was the Frenchwoman Johanne Defay who took the bronze medal.
• For the rest of the day, medals should be rare for the French delegation. Main chance in the show jumping, Julien Epaillard finished fourth. No French medal in track cycling. The step was too high! The Blues did not manage to create the feat against the Australians in the team sprint who won bronze. In the men's team pursuit, the French will compete for fifth place this Wednesday. No trinkets in athletics either. Despite a sublime comeback in the final meters, Alice Finot finished 4th in the 3000m steeplechase, breaking the European record for the discipline.
• What a performance by the French basketball players! Facing the Canadians, Olympic gold contenders, Victor Wembanyama and the Blues won (82-73) and qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 Olympics where they will meet Germany. In handball, France qualified for the semi-finals by dominating quite “calmly” Germans have been very sluggish since the start of the tournament.
• A Cuban in the history of the Olympic Games! Thanks to his victory in the -130 kg final in Greco-Roman wrestling this Tuesday evening, Mijain Lopez became the first athlete in history, all disciplines combined, to win the title in the same Olympic event in five consecutive editions.
• Discover all the news of the day.

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On this eleventh day of competition, only the two medals won by Kauli Vaast and Johanne Demay were added to the counter of the tricolor delegation, 4th:  

1. ÉUnited States: 86 medals, including 24 in gold

60~li>China: 58 medals, including 22 in gold

2. Australia: 35 medals, including 14 in gold
3. France: 48 medals, including 13 in gold
4. Great Britain: 46 medals, including 12 in gold
5. South Korea: 26 medals, including 11 in gold
6. Japan: 29 medals, including 11 in gold
7. Italy: 26 medals, including 9 in gold
8. Netherlands: 19 medals, including 8 in gold
9. Germany:&amp ;nbsp;17 medals, including 8 in gold

23:11 – The final square known !

Team USA has just won brilliantly against Brazil (122-87) and qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 Olympics. Here is the last square of the Olympic basketball tournament: 

• Germany – France
• Serbia – ÉUnited States

23:09 – The Brazil the feat!

After eliminating Les Bleues in the quarter-finals, Brazil is now in the final of the 2024 Olympic Games. The Brazilians will face the United States in the final this Saturday after having “bitten” the Spanish world champions (4-2).

23:06 – “L&eacuteon Marchand”

&Agrave Accor Arena, Léon Marchand steals the show from the American stars! Present to watch the Team USA match, the French swimmer is cheered by the crowd.

23:01 – Imane Khelif in the Olympic final!

Famous in spite of herself after a huge controversy, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has just qualified for the Olympic final of the -66kg in boxing. She won against the the Thaiïlandaise Janjaem Suwannapheng.

22:49 – Durant in history

By scoring six more points at the end of the third quarter against Brazil, Kevin Durant became the leading scorer in Team USA history, men and women combined, surpassing Lisa Leslie.

22:46 – Spain has not said its last word!

On a corner kick by Putellas, Hermoso heads the ball back. The ball comes back to Paraluello who heads the ball into the goal. 3-1 with five minutes left in regulation time.

22:34 – 3-0 !

Full of realism, the Brazilians are heading more than ever towards an Olympic final against the United States. They lead 3-0.

22:24 – Spain in great danger!

&At the hour mark, Spain is still trailing 2-0 to Brazil.

22:18 – Team USA has passed the second

&At half-time, the United States lead 63-36 against the Brazilians who have a great game despite the huge gap in the score.

22:08 – "We're in the semi-finals, we're in the semi-finals"

In the middle of the second quarter between Team USA and Brazil, French spectators took advantage of a stoppage in play to loudly chant “We're in the semi-finals, we're in the semi-finals,” referring to the qualification of the French basketball players a few hours earlier.

21:58 – Team USA in control

Facing Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympics, the American basketball players are in total control. Team USA leads 33-21 after the first quarter.

21:50 – Spain with its back to the wall!

Stupor at the Orange Velodrome! Reigning world champion Spain is trailing 2-0 after a goal from Gabi Portilho in added time of the first half.

Twelve years after the last American title in the women's 200m, Gabrielle Thomas is the Olympic champion of the 2024 Olympic Games. She dominates this final in 21'83" ahead of Julien Alfred and Brittany Brown.

21:40 – Time for the 200m!

Last race of the evening, time for the final of the women's 200m with Julien Alfred and Gabrielle Thomas, two favorites for Olympic gold. 

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