LIVE. JO 2024: Biles beaten on the beam and without a medal, good news in sport climbing, live

The day of August 5 could be the quietest for the French delegation.

The essentials

• After Cassandre Beaugrand's title and Léo Bergere's bronze, the French mixed relay team wanted to take the lead. #39;gold in the mixed event, but a fall by Pierre Le Corre in the first relay condemned the race the chances of the French who have never really played well the medal. Olympic champion Cassandre Beaugrand still did the work to finish second. 4th place. After the bouldering, the French Avesou and Jenft are in a good position in the semi-finals of sport climbing.
• In the rest of the program, we will follow the finals of the kayak slalom events with two great chances of medals for Boris Neveu and Camille Prigent. But also surfing at the very end of the day or the semi-final of the 3×3 basketball with the Blues. The nice surprise could come from the mixed team event in skeet.
• Simone Biles for her part was unable to obtain the gold medal at the beam with a fall, she does not take a medal.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

13:35 – Time problem at the climb

A rather exceptional situation in the speed (climbing) qualifications for the girls, the clock did not stop on a duel between two competitors. They had to redo the event separately.

13:33 – Japan snatches the first set

Very efficient in serving, the Japanese won the first set in volleyball against Italy (25-20). They lead 6-5 in the second set.

Alice D'Amato is the Olympic champion with 14,366 pts ahead of China's Zhou 14,100 and Manila Esposito 14,000 pts (Italy). Andrade against all odds finished fourth despite a convincing performance 13,933 pts. Simone Biles who fell, takes 5th place with 13,100 pts

13:22 – Andrade imperial!

Rebecca Andrade puts in a magnificent performance on the beam even though she must be missing a few tenths on the difficulty score.

13:16 – Biles leaves the podium

13,100 for Simone Biles for her performance on the beam. She left the podium before Rebecca Andrade even got there

13:14 – Simone Biles' fall

It's Simone Biles' turn to fall. Big disappointment for the American who should still secure a medal

13:13 – Alice D'Amato secures a medal

Alice D'Amato takes the lead on the beam with 14.366 after an almost perfect performance. Biles and Andrade remain.

After a disappointing final round, 4 misses out of 25 shots for Lucie Anastassiou and 1 miss for Eric Delaunay, France finished the qualifications with 143 points (9th place). Many regrets for the French who could have played for the bronze medal this afternoon with 3 fewer misses. The final will be played between Italy and the United States

13:05 – Two falls for Voinea

A lot of falls in this beam final, Romanian Voinea fell twice

13:01 – Esposito takes provisional 2nd place

Manila Esposito, European champion on the beam, takes provisional 2nd place with 14,000 the beam

12:54 – Sunisa Lee misses on the beam

One of the big favorites for the medal, American Sunisa Lee gives a very laborious performance on the beam (score of 13.100)

12:45 – Anastassiou misses the target

After a clear round by Eric Delaunay (50/50), Lucie Anastassiou misses a target, another misstep would seriously compromise a qualification for the final

12:40 – The beam finalists on stage

Biles and her competitors make their appearance at the Bercy Arena for the beam final

12:38 – Hungary has taken the lead

The Hungarians are ahead of Serbia at the Walter Polo. They lead 11-7 in the third period

12:31 – Italy leads the skeet qualifiers

The Italian selection has taken the lead in the skeet event in sport shooting with 149 points ahead of the USA with 148 points. France will have to make a clean sheet in the last 50 shots to hope to qualify for the final (98 points for the moment)

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