DIRECT. 2024 Olympics: the Blues of the hand on fire, the quarter of the Lebrun brothers, Ravet dreams of the semi-final… Live

The medals will be back this Wednesday August 7 with a guaranteed medal in boxing in the evening.

The essential

• After a difficult day for the Blues on Tuesday, medal hopes are back on Wednesday with the table tennis players who will be back in team competition where the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy will face Hugo Calderano's Brazil. Mathilde Gros in track cycling is launching an assault on the medal in keirin while we will also follow Cyrian Rivet in taekwondo who is aiming for the semi-finals. In climbing, Paul Jenft qualifies for the final of the bouldering/difficulty while Sam Avezou missed.
• In team sports, the French basketball players will try to secure a ticket to the last four, against Germany. The same opponent, very tricky, for the handball players who are currently playing their quarter-final. At the end of the evening, Sofiane Oumiha will be in the ring at Roland-Garros to win Olympic gold.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

14:33 – Start of the individual pursuit heats

It is now the men's individual pursuit that continues at the Olympic velodrome with the 32nd finals.

14:29 – ÇIt does not work for the women's pursuit

Les Bleues will play for the classification of 5th-6th place despite their French record. It went faster in the other series.

14:16 – Full house for the canoeë-kayak sprint

Like yesterday in doubles, all the boats go through to the semi-finals in individual canoeë-kayak with the victory of Maxime Beaumont in his quarter-final in the 1000m kayak.

14:08 – Les Bleus ahead at half-time

Very good first half for the French men's handball team, surely the best since the start of the tournament. They return to the locker room with a three-point lead over Germany, 17-14.

14:03 – French record for women's pursuit

New French record for female chasers in 4min08sec29. They will have to wait for the time of the other series to know if they will be able to play for the medal.

13:57 – Place &agrav; the female pursuit

After the Keirin, it's the turn of the team pursuit for the team ;Olympic stadium of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, with the French facing the Australians

13:55 – Kouamé will have to go through the repêchages

Marie-Divine Kouamé finished 3rd in its series and will have to go to the repechage to hope to reach the quarter-finals.

13:49 – Good start to the match for the French!

Very good start by the French team, which found its offensive game again at the start of the match. They lead 12-8 after a little over a quarter of an hour.

13:39 – Manon Haustens without difficulty

The Frenchwoman is in the five qualifying places for the semi-finals of the 500m individual kayak without forcing.

Ça passes for Mathilde Gros who qualifies directly for the quarter-finals of the keirin.

13:34 – Mamadassa Sylla éeliminé in the quarter-finals

The Frenchman loses on points, and must now wait for a possible qualification of the Armenian in the final to be drafted for the bronze medal.

13:30 – Start of the quarter-final of the Blues

The French handball players have a date with Germany to hope to continue their quest for a double Olympic. 

13:20 – Mamadassa Sylla for a place in the semi-finals

The Frenchman faces the Armenian Slavik Galstyan in Greco-Roman wrestling, 67 kg category.

13:17 – Good start for Céline Boutier

The Frenchwoman is currently 5th after the first four holes at -1 under par.

13:05 – Rayan Halal qualified for the 32nd

No worries for the Frenchman on this 200m phase, who passes with the 7th provisional time.

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From July 24 with the first events of rugby 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, always a very prolific sport.