DIRECT. 2024 Olympics: triathlon postponed, Agbegnenou returns to battle

After a prolific day with 8 new medals, the French team will have new chances this Tuesday, notably in team fencing and judo with Clarisse Agbegnenou. The men's triathlon was postponed to Wednesday due to the insufficient quality of the waters of the Seine.

The essentials

• The Paris Olympics organizers announced on Tuesday the postponement of the men's triathlon event, scheduled for this morning starting at 8 a.m. The quality of the water in the Seine was deemed insufficient. The event was postponed to Wednesday at 10:45 a.m., following the women's event scheduled for 8h.
• This Tuesday sees the entry into the competition of the reigning Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou in judo category -63 kg. The women's epee team is also aiming for a team medal. In swimming, Emma Terebo and Beryl Gasteldello will be in the final of the 100m backstroke while Léon Marchand will make his return to the pool for the heats of the 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly.
• Monday was a prolific day for the camp with 8 medals including two golds for Nicolas Gestin in canoeing and Manon Apithy-Brunet in foil. Silver medals for Sara Balzer in foil, in team eventing in equestrian, in mountain biking for Victor Koretzky, in team archery and in judo for the surprise Joan-Benjamin Gaba. Bronze at last for Sarah-Léonie Cysique in judo.
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07:30 – Léon Marchand back this morning

The swimmer, Olympic champion in the 400m medley, will be back in the pools from 11am for the heats. Two hours will separate those of the 200m butterfly and the 200m breaststroke. Here is his program:

• Tuesday, July 30, 11:11 a.m.: 200m butterfly heats
• Tuesday, July 30, 1:03 p.m.: 200m breaststroke heats
• Tuesday, July 30, 8:42 p.m.: 200m butterfly semifinals
• Tuesday, July 30, 9:47 p.m.: 200m breaststroke semifinal

07:15 – The women's 3×3 basketball team enters the fray today

The women's 3×3 basketball team kicks off its Olympics at home this Tuesday on the first day of the group stage. At the Concorde, they will face China to enter the competition. It will be at 9:30 p.m.

06:55 – Agbegnenou's big day ?

Three years after her demonstration in Tokyo, the queen of judo Clarisse Agbegnenou has a date with history to win a third Olympic title, the second in individual. The Frenchwoman, who returned from maternity in 2023, had again won the world title a few months after her return but has suffered more in recent months with a 7th place in the European championship and then a bronze medal at the last World Championships, far from her total superiority of yesteryear. Non-top of the series, she inherited a difficult draw, illustrated by an entry into the competition against the Israeli Gili Sharir, the reigning European vice-champion.

06:37 – A new surprise in judo ? Alpha Oumar Djalo will open the day

The day after the sensation Joan-Benjamin Gaba, 35th in the world and silver medalist in -73kg, another French outsider is entered in the category above, the -81kg: Alpha Oumar Djalo. He also has as his only international individual medal the bronze won at the 2023 European Championships. He will not have time to think since the Paris native, already bronze in the capital at the 2023 Paris Grand Slam, is scheduled for the first fight of the day at 10am. He faces the Egyptian Abdelrahman Abdelghani in the first round.

06:26 – The competitions will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Badminton will open the day at Porte de la Chapelle at 8:30 a.m. followed by the Olympic trap shooting qualifications and the first handball, volleyball and beach volleyball matches. Judo starts at 10 a.m. followed by the first swimming series at 11 a.m. Note this Tuesday the start of the tournament of a particularly spectacular sport, 3×3 basketball with the two French men's and women's teams qualified for these Olympic Games and engaged in the group stage.

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06:17 – French triathletes forced to wait

The postponement of the triathlon scheduled for this Tuesday will be closely followed on the blue side. Pierre Le Corre, Léo Bergère and Dorian Coninx are three good medal chances for the French clan. Léo Bergère was crowned world champion in 2022, followed a year later by Dorian Coninx while Pierre Le Corre is also among the best in the world. French triathlon has never won an individual medal at the Olympic Games but had opened its counter at Tokyo in 2021 thanks to the mixed relay.

The male triathletes competing in the Olympic Games will have to wait. The organizers announced this Tuesday morning the postponement of the Olympic individual triathlon event after analyses showed insufficient water quality in the Seine. The competition was scheduled for this Tuesday morning starting at 8 a.m. The decision was made at following a meeting held last night between the Olympic organisers, the International Triathlon Federation, the IOC and local authorities. “Analyses carried out in the Seine today revealed water quality levels that did not offer sufficient guarantees to allow the “event” to take place. A postponement date has already been set. announced: Wednesday in the wake of the women's event scheduled for 8 a.m. The start of the men's event is now scheduled for 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. A postponement is still possible to Friday, the date listed as the last resort.

07/29/24 – 11:30 p.m. – To be continued tomorrow

The Popov brothers in badminton, the French handball players, judo, rowing, basketball players, water polo and even Léon Marchand, tomorrow's program promises to be very busy again. Medals are still likely to fall to the French clan, which already has 16 medals after three days. 

07/29/24 – 11:20 PM – The sabre double is historic!

Sara Balzer and Manon Apithy-Brunet is the 5th post-war double in history at the Olympic Games. 

07/29/24 – 11:04 p.m. – French Kauli Vaast and Joan Duru in quarterfinals face to face

In Tahiti, the Blues perform. Unfortunately, one of the two French surfers will stop in the quarter-finals because Kauli Vaast and Joan Duru will face each other on the wave of Teahupoʻo.

07/29/24 – 10:58 PM – The recap of today's medals

What a great day for the French surfers who had a sensational day with 8 new medals. 

• Canoë : Nicolas Gestin, gold
• &Equestrian: complete by éteams, Karim Laghouag and Triton Fontaine, Stéphane Landois, silver
• Fencing: saber, Manon Apithy-Brunet, gold
• Fencing: sabre, Sara Balzer, silver
• Judo: Sarah-Léonie Cysique, bronze
• Judo: Joan-Benjamin Gaba, silver
• Shooting à the arc  by éteams:  Baptiste Addis, Thomas Chirault and Jean-Charles Valladont, silver
• MTB: Victor Koretzky, silver

29/07/24 – 22:42 – American women follow in the footsteps of men

American basketball players are passing on the message like men. They are not here to joke around. They scored more than 100 points like their male counterparts. 

07/29/24 – 10:39 PM – Hockey girls too fair

The Blues did not come back in the score against ; a Belgium clearly above. 

07/29/24 – 10:35 PM – Les Bleues du volleyball lose face against Serbia

The French women's volleyball team lost heavily to Serbia 25-17, 25-17, 25-22.

Alexis Lebrun didn't hang around in his round of 16, winning in four sets 11-9, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9. 

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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, still the most prolific sport.