LIVE. JO 2024: Marchand, Ferrand-Prévot, Cannone… An anticipated fireworks display, live

Second day of competition in these 2024 Olympic Games this Sunday, July 28, with French stars galore.

The essentials

• Second day of competition, Léon Marchand makes his entrance in the 400m medley. In fencing, six French representatives are competing today, including two big favorites, Thibus (Foil, women), and Cannone (Epee, men). Ferrand Prévot is also expected in the Cross Country (MTB) event. Alexis and Felix Lebrun start the table tennis singles draw.
• France won four beautiful medals this Saturday. Gold for the Rugby 7s team, Silver for Mkheidze (Judo, -60kg) and Mallo-Breton (Epee, women). Boukli was content of a bronze medal (-48kg, Judo)
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

09:36 – Buchard one of the favorites in her category

Amandine Buchard who won silver in Tokyo (-52 kg, Judo) is the main French competitor today. 4th in the world, she will aim for one of the three medals. Start of the fights at 10 a.m.

09:22 – Let's go for gymnastics

Start of the gymnastics day at Arena Bercy. We start with the qualifications on the uneven bars (women) with the participation of the former European champion, Mélanie Jesus Dos Santos

09:18 – Great atmosphere at Club France last night

The players of the French Rugby 7 team created a magnificent atmosphere at their return to Club France yesterday evening

09:14 – Brazil wants to confirm against Hungary

The Brazilian women's team (handball) is opposed this morning to Hungary (7-6, after 15 minutes). The South American team wants to confirm its nice success against Spain in the first match (27-18)

09:05 – Thibus against all odds

The Tokyo Olympic vice-champion, Ysaora Thibus will indeed participate in the Foil event today. However, the Frenchwoman almost missed the competition after very eventful months. The world champion was hit by an abnormal anti-doping test in January before being cleared at first instance. A request for a 4-year sanction (non-suspensive) has been made against her. This did not dissuade the foil fencer from showing up for these fourth Olympic Games.

08:56 – Handball players must bounce back

Rolled out by the Danes, the French handball players had a catastrophic evening. Ludovic Fabregas wants to quickly focus on Norway “Yes, it clearly stings. When you lose by eight goals at home, even if it's Denmark and they're a very good team, it hurts. We wanted to win our first match, even if we knew that everything wasn't at stake today. I think we gave them too many solutions, we lost a lot of balls on our attacks, we conceded easy goals in an empty net, on ball runs. This was a big black mark. We will have to quickly look ahead to the next match against Norway”

08:51 – The shock at Basketball at 5:15 p.m.

It's a final before its time. The US Basketball Dream Team is entering the competition against Nikola Jokic's Serbia. The match is scheduled for 5:15 p.m.

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08:49 – 4 medals on the first day, a historic feat

As a reminder, France won four beautiful medals this Saturday. Gold for the Rugby 7s team, Silver for Mkheidze (Judo, -60kg) and Mallo-Breton (Epee, women). Boukli was happy a bronze medal (-48kg, Judo). Since the London Olympics in 1948, the first after the war, this is the first time that France has won four medals on the first day of competition (the one following the opening ceremony)

08:39 – Cannone would happily take back the Gold

Romain Cannone who experienced an Olympiad very excited after his feat in Tokyo admitted on Thursday that an Olympic title has good and bad sides but that he would relive the coronation with pleasure “I wouldn't mind getting back into the shoes of an Olympic champion for four more years, but I still have a lot of pressure from those three years. It changed my life, I discovered all that, the media, the requests; the obligation to produce results. But on the other hand, I also discovered the good side, especially this respect for the Olympic champion. We listen to you, we respect you, we ask for your opinion, it was really nice to have this role. There are good and bad sides, but I will happily take the status back, eh!”

08:28 – Debut at badminton

The rest of the group stage matches in badminton (Singles W and M, Doubles W and M) are scheduled for 8:30. 

08:19 – Antoine Dupont on a cloud

Antoine Dupont, who succeeded in his sacred bet of winning the Gold medal with the French team, had no words to describe his joy last night “It's crazy. It's hard to find the words when you experience emotions like that. To be able to wear this legendary medal around your neck and to be able to do it at the Stade de France in front of our fans, it's an immense joy. We realized that we represented rugby, but also all of French sport. When you enter this Olympic Village, it just hits you. We knew we had a role to play.”

08:12 – First triathlon training cancelled

The first triathlon training in the Seine, scheduled for this Sunday morning, was cancelled because the water is too polluted by the rains of Thursday and Friday. The organisers remain “confident” for the holding of the events on Tuesday and Wednesday. The triathlon is the first Olympic event to be held in the Seine, before the open water swimming in the second week of the Paris Olympics.

08:10 – Marchand makes his entrance today

Among the main French participants today, Léon Marchand makes his debut in the 400m medley. In fencing, six French representatives are in the running, including two big favorites, Thibus (Foil, women), and Cannone (Epee, men). Ferrand Prévot is also expected in the Cross Country event (MTB). Alexis and Felix Lebrun start the singles draw in table tennis.

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