LIVE. Athletics at the 2024 Olympics: Robert-Michon in the final, Gletty far from the podium, no first medal, live
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Here we go for the events athletics of the Olympic Games which will take place from 1st to 11 août.
The essentials
On this second day, many athletes will be competing at the Stade de France this Saturday, August 3, starting with the return of decathlete Makenson Gletty. The mixed 4x400m relay will try to get an Olympic medal and the repechage in 800m (W) and 1500m (M) will have their last chance.
For her debut at the 2024 Olympics, Mélina Robert-Michon began her discus qualifications this Friday evening with her best throw of the year. She finished 3rd in her qualifying series and will compete in her fourth Olympic final. Engaged in the triple jump, Ilionis Guillaume is heading to the final. It doesn't work for Sarah Madeleine, 17th in her 5000m series. In the decathlon, Makenson Gletty finished the first day at provisional 10th place after two personal records broken in the shot put and 400m. The decathlete is more than 200 points from the podium. In the mixed 4×400 relay, the French finished 2nd and broke the national record, which means they qualified for the final. In the 800 meters, Rénelle Lamotte finished second in her heat. On the other hand, Anaïs Bourgoin, who broke her personal record, and Léna Kandissounon will go through the repechages this Saturday. No first medal for French athletics. In the 10,000m final, Jimmy Gressier finished at 13th place in a stratospheric race, finishing under the mythical 27-minute mark.
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22:10 – The French engaged
For this second day of athletics events, several French athletes will be at the Stade de France:
Makenson Gletty: final five events in the decathlon (110m hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1500m)
Anthony Ammirati, Thibaut Collet and Robin Emig: qualifications jumping à the perch
Anaïs Bourgoin and Léna Kandissounon: scouting in 800m
Azeddine Habz and Maël Gouyette: repêchages in 1500m
Ilionis Guillaume: triple jump final (F)
Muhammad Abdallah Kounta, Louise Maraval, Téo Andant and Amandine Brossier: 4x400m relay (mixed)
22:00 – The program for August 3
This Saturday, the queens of world athletics will be honored with the 100m final. Makenson Gletty will be back for the final events of the decathlon including:
10:05 – Decathlon (M): 110m hurdles
10:10 – High jump pole vault (M): Qualifications
10:35 – 100 m (M): Preliminary round
10:55 – Décathlon (M) – Discus Throw (Group A)
11:20 – 800 m (F): Repêchase
11:55 – 100 m (H) : 1st round
12:05 – Décathlon (M): Discus throw (Group B)
1:40 p.m. – Décathlon (M) nbsp;Jump & the perch
19:10 – Décathlon (M): Javelin throw (Group A)
19:15 -  ;1,500 m (M): Repêchage
19:35 – Shot put (M):  ;Final
19:50 – 100 m (F): Semi-finals
20:10 – Décathlon (M): Javelin throw (Group B)
20:20 – Triple jump (F): Final
20:55 – 4×400 m relay (Mixed): Final
21:20 – 100 m (F): Finale
21:45 – Dé ;cathlon (M): 1 500 m
21:55 – An update on the d& eacute;ecathlon
After the first day, German Leo Neugebauer leads the Olympic decathlon event. Here is the provisional podium after the first five events, as well as Makenson Gletty's place:
After a crazy race, Jimmy Gressier finally finished in 13th position. He became the first Frenchman to go under 27 minutes in the 10,000 m with a stratospheric time of 26.58.67. The first title awarded on the Stade de France track was awarded to Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei, who smashed the Olympic record (even Jimmy Gressier beat it) in 26,43,14. Berihu Aregawi (Ethiopia) and Grant Fisher (United States) complete the podium.
21:45 – Robert-Michon in the final!
It's now official, Mélina Robert-Michon will compete in her fourth Olympic final.
21:38 – What a look!
After the halfway point, Jimmy Gressier can break the French record and become the first Frenchman in less than 27 minutes.
21:25 – Gressier in the lead
At the start of the race, Jimmy Gressier is among the leaders of the race.
21:20 – Only final of the day
Tonight, only one final is on the program in athletics, that of the men's 10,000m. The race has just started.
21:10 – Two chances for medals
This evening, Jimmy Gressier and Yann Schrub will try to win the first medal in French athletics at the 2024 Olympics. The two athletes are lined up in the final of the 10,000m which will start in ten minutes.
After the first day, Makenson Gletty is 10th in the decathlon rankings with 4381 points. The tricolor athlete is 'agrave; 207 points on the podium, the last place being held by the Norwegian Sander Skotheim.
21:02 – Personal best for Gletty!
What a trick from Makenson Gletty! For his last event of the day in the decathlon, the Frenchman finished second in the 400m in 47'48' ;quot;, thus beating his personal record at the same time.
20:43 – Gletty is back!
After failing to clear 2.02m in the high jump, Makenson Gletty will make his comeback in ; 8:50 p.m. to compete in the 400m. The decathlete will be in the second race.
20:35 – Cruel for Bourgoin!
Fourth in her series, Anaïs Bourgoin can have regrets. She will have to go through the rep&echages after having beaten her personal record.
20:26 – Bourgoin in the rep&echages
Although she set a new personal record in 1'58"47, Anaïs Bourgoin finished at fourth place in her series and should compete in the repechages alongside Léna Kandissounon.
20:20 – Second group
While Mélina Robert-Michon was in the first group where she was 3rd, the qualification of the second group in discus lacing (F) has just started.
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When are the Olympic Games athletics events held?
Athletics will be held from Thursday 1st to Sunday 11th August.
Where the athletics events will take place ?
Athletics will take place at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis for all events, the exception of the marathon, which will start from the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, and the 20-kilometer walk, which will start from the Pont d'Iéna.
The final selection of the list of athletes participating in the athletics events will be published on July 8, 2024 (May 14 for the marathon). However, some athletes have already achieved the Olympic minimums and are expected to be included in the list, which allows a maximum of three athletes per discipline. 50% of places will be allocated by the minimums, and 50% via the world ranking.
Women
Gémima Joseph: 100m, 200m and 4x100m
Hélène Parisot: 200 m and 4×100 m
Anaïs Bourgoin : 800 m
Léna Kandissounon : 800 m
Ré nelle Lamote : 800 m
Agathe Guillemot: 1 500 m
Sarah Madeleine& nbsp;: 5 000 m
Alessia Zarbo : 10 000 m
Mélody Julien : marathon< /li>
Méline Rollin : marathon
< li>Mekdes Woldu: marathon
Laëticia Bapté: 100 m hurdles
Cyréna Samba-Mayela : 100 m hurdles
Shana Grebo : 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Louise Maraval : 400 m hurdles, 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Alice Finot : 3 000 m steeple
Flavie Renouard : 3 000 m steeple
Solène Gicquel : high jump
Nawal Meniker& ;nbsp;: high jump
Marie-Julie Bonnin : high jump ; the pole
Ninon Chapelle : jump à the pole
Margot Chevrier : jump à pole vault
Hilary Kpatcha: long jump
Ilionis Guillaume: triple jump
Mélina Robert-Michon : discus throw
Rose Loga : hammer throw
Alexandra Tavernier : hammer throw
Auriana Lazraq Khlass : heptathlon
Chloé Pebble : 4×100 m
Orlann Olière< /strong> : 4×100 m
Maroussia Paré : 4×100 m
Sarah Richard-Mingas : 4×100 m
Marie-Ange Rimlinger : 4×100 m
Amandine Brossier : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Alexe Déau : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Diana Iscaye : 4×400 m and 4×400 ;nbsp;m mixed
Sounkamba Sylla : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Marjorie Veyssière : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Clémence Beretta: 20km walk and relay walk
Camille Moutard: 20km walk and relay walk
Pauline Stey< /strong>: 20km walk and relay walk
Men
Pablo Matéo : 200 m and 4×100 m
Ryan Zézé : 200 ;nbsp;m and 4×100 m
Gilles Biron : 400  ;m, 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Corentin Le Clezio: 800 m
Benjamin Robert : 800 m
Gabriel Tual : 800 ;m
Maël Gouyette : 1 500  ;m
Azeddine Habz : 1 500 m
Jimmy Gressier : 5 000 m and 10 000 m
Hugo Hay  ;: 5 000 m
Yann Schrub : 5 000 m and 10 000 m
Morhad Amdouni : marathon
Mehdi Frère : marathon
Nicolas Navarro : marathon
Wilhem Belocian : 110 m hurdles
Raphaël Mohamed: 110 m hurdles
Sasha Zhoya : 110 m hurdles
Clément Ducos : 400 m hurdles
Wilfried Happio: 400 m hurdles
Ludvy Vaillant : 400 m hurdles
Nicolas-Marie Daru : 3 000 m steeple
Louis Gilavert : 3 000 m steeple
Alexis Miellet : 3 000 m steeple
Anthony Ammirati: jump à the perch
Thibaut Collet : jump à the perch
Robin Emig : jump à the perch
Tom Campagne: long jump
Thomas Gogois: triple jump
Jean-Marc Pontvianne : triple jump
Lolassonn Djouhan : discus throw
Tom Reux : discus throw
Yann Chaussinand : hammer throw
Teuraiterai Tupaia : javelin throw
Makenson Gletty : décathlon
Kevin Mayer~6 0~/strong> : decathlon
Harold Achi-Yao : 4×100 m
Jeff Erius : 4×100 m
Aymeric Priam : 4×100 m< /li>
Dylan Vermont : 4×100 m
Méba-Mickaël Zézé : 4×100 m
Téo Andant : 4×400 m and 4x 400 m mixed
Thomas Jordier : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Muhammad Abdallah Kounta : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Loïc Prevot : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Fabrisio Saïdy : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
David Sombé : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Yann Spillmann : 4×400 m and 4×400 m mixed
Gabriel Bordier : 20 km walking and relay walking
Aurélien Quinion : 20 km walking and relay walking
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