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Third day of competition this Monday, July 29 with great chances of gold medals.

The essentials

• The second triathlon training was canceled this Monday, July 29 due to pollution in the Seine. “The water quality levels do not provide sufficient guarantees”, Paris 2024 and World Triathlon indicated in a press release published this morning. À 24h of the first triathlon, pessimism is de rigueur.
• This Monday, fencing could bring some great medals to the Olympics with Enzo Lefort and Sara Balzer. Judo will also be in the spotlight with Sarah-Léonie Cysique. In shooting, Océanne Muller finished in 5th place in the 10m shooting final.
• Sunday was a festive day for the Blues with two gold medals, one for Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and the other for Léo Marchand. Amandine Buchard in bronze and Yannick Borel in silver took part in this celebration.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

10:29 – Continue the perfect journey in rugby sevens

The French rugby sevens players started their tournament with a bang, with two big wins yesterday without conceding a single point. At 3:30pm, they will play their last group match against the United States before the quarter-finals tonight. The full program: 

• 2pm: Great Britain – South Africa
• 2:30pm: Australia – Ireland
• 3pm: Japan – Brazil
• 3:30pm France – United States
• 4pm: Canada – Channel
• 4:30pm: New Zealand – Fiji

10:22 – Thierry Henry's Les Bleus want to secure first place

The French men's football team is off to a good start in this Olympic tournament with two wins in two games. Facing New Zealand this Tuesday evening, they can finish first in the group in the event of a victory. Full football schedule:

• 3pm: Dominican Republic – Uzbekistan
• 3pm: Spain- Egypt
• 5pm: Ukraine – Argentina
• 5pm: Morocco – Iraq
• 7pm: New Zealand – France
• 7pm: United States – Guinea
• 9pm: Israel – Japan
• 9pm: Paraguay – Mali

10:21 – Successful debut for Jia Nan Yuan

Morning start re perfectly managed by the Frenchwoman, who won four sets at the end of the match. zero face to face Nigerian Fatimo Bello.

10:13 – A first test for the basketball players

The basketball players of the French team begin their Olympic tournament this Monday against Canada, at 5:15 p.m. at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Lille. The full program of the day: 

• 11 a.m.: Nigeria – Australia
• 1:30 p.m.: Germany – Belgium
• 5:15 p.m.: Canada France
• 9 p.m.: United States – Japan

10:08 – Handball players absolutely must win

After the After the Blues' opening rout against Denmark, Nikola Karabatic's teammates must win this evening against Norway to avoid compromising their chances in the Olympic tournament. The complete program of the day: 

• 9 a.m.: Japan – Germany
• 11 a.m.: Slovenia – Croatia
• 2 p.m.: Egypt – Denmark
• 4 p.m.: Sweden – Spain
• 7 p.m.: France- Norway
• 9 p.m.: Argentina – Hungary

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10:01 – A Nadal-Djokovic shock, Alcaraz also on the program

In the rest of the favorites , the main poster of the day at Roland-Garros pits Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic, for a 60th duel between the two tennis legends. Carlos Alcaraz is on his side; programmed in night session facing à Tallon Griekspoor. À also follow Coco Gauff against Maria Lourde Carle, Casper Ruud against Vavassoriet displays it in men's doubles between Félix Auger-Aliassime and Milos Raonic against the Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz.

09:59 – The tennis program

Three French players are on the courts in singles this Monday, with Diane Parry facing Iga Swiatek at noon on Philippe Chatrier court, French number one Ugo Humbert facing Facundo Cerundolo in the second rotation on Simonne Mathieu court, and Clara Burel against Marta Kostyuk. In doubles, Arthur Fils and Ugo Humbert start against the Belgian pair Sander Gill and Joran Vliegen while in mixed doubles Caroline Garcia and Edouard Roger-Vasselin are up against the Japanese Shibahara and Nishikori.

09:52 – Océane Muller finishes fifth

Disappointment for the Frenchwoman, who finishes in fifth place in this final. She has the same result as three years ago at Tokyo.

09:46 – Océane Muller continues!

10.8 on the barrage! The adventure continues for the Frenchwoman.

09:45 – Océane Muller on probation

Equality between the Frenchwoman and the Indian. They will shoot an extra lead to avoid elimination.

09:41 – Océane Muller third!

The Frenchwoman is on the provisional podium after the first shot of the elimination phase.

09:39 – Océane Muller climbs back to fourth place

Very good series from the Française, which returns to fourth place è 1 point of the head.

09:34 – Océane Muller seventh after the first salvo

The Frenchwoman missed her first shot and finds herself second to last in this final.

09:30 – Here we go for Océane Muller

Start of the rifle shooting final 10 m, with Océane Muller at the E shooting range.

09:25 – Gold and nothing else for Sarah-Léonie Cysique

We left her in tears in Tokyo, after a final lost on a technical disqualification for a head collision in the under 57 kilos final. She then won her fight in the final of the team competition to offer the gold medal to the Blues. This year, Sarah-Léonie Cysique wants to go for the gold medal.

In the men's event, Joan-Benjamin Gaba is up against in the first round to the Georgian Lasha Shavdatuashvili in the under 73 kilos category. Start of the fights at 10am for both categories.

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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.