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After a historic day with 8 medals and the fabulous double of Léon Marchand, this Thursday, August 1st could be rich in emotions with judo, kayaking, the Bleues of foil and the entries in the competition of Manaudou and Marchand in the 50m freestyle and 200m medley.

The essentials

• Olympic competitions resumed early this Thursday August 1 with the start of the men's 20 kilometer walk won by the Ecuadorian Brian Pintado. Side blue, the day could be rich in new medals with Madeleine Malonga in judo, Charline Picon and Sarah Steyaert in single sculls or even Titouan Castryck in kayak slalom.
• On Wednesday, the Blues gleaned 8 new medals including three titles for Cassandre Beaugrand in triathlon and L&n Marchand twice in swimming (200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke). France has already 26 medals and pointed this morning at 2nd place in the medal table.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

09:35 – A new medal this morning ?

The Shooting Final à the 50m rifle three positions has just started, with Lucas Kryzs who has a real chance of a medal.

09: 31 – The handball program

The French want to go for first place in the group against Angola this Thursday at 4:00 p.m.

• 9:00 a.m.: Netherlands – Brazil
• 11:00 a.m.: Korea – Sweden
• 2:00 p.m.: Spain – Hungary
• 4:00 p.m.: Angola – France

Ecuador wins the men's 20-kilometer walk with Brian Pintado in 1:18:55 ahead of Brazilian Caio Bonfim and Spaniard Alvaro Martin. Frenchman Aurelien Quinion finishes ninth.

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09:17 – Brian Pintado takes off

The Ecuadorian accelerates and no one can follow him with only 500m left!

09:15 – Second red card for Bonfim

Brazilian Caio Bonfim gets a second red card red card me! He no longer has a joker.

09:09 – A quartet breaks away

There are four of them à competing for victory in this 20 km walk: the Italian Stano, the Brazilian Bonfim, the Ecuadorian Pintado and the Spaniard Martin. There are two kilometers left.

08:59 – The Blues give up, the 20 km walking peloton breaks up

It's getting too hard to follow for our two French competitors in the 20 km walk. Aurélien Quinion and Gabriel Bordier have not managed to catch up with the leading group. At the 14th kilometer, they have moved up to 17th and 20th position, 6 and 8 seconds behind the leader. A group of 10 seems to be breaking away in front with the favorites Stano, Martin, Pintado and Zhang all there. Only the Swedish European champion Kallstrom also dropped out.

08:56 – In judo, start of the Olympic tournament at 10 a.m. for Diesse in -100kg

Aurélien Diesse is the French representative in judo in the -100kg category this Thursday. On the eve of Teddy Riner's entry into the competition, the Blue is among the outsiders in his category. Not a top contender, he will start his day at 10am with the 3rd fight on the day's schedule. His opponent will be Tajik Dzhakonghir Madzhidov.

08:55 – Zhang still sets the pace in the 20 km walk

No acceleration at the front with a regular pace under 4 minutes per kilometer. The Chinese Zhang has taken things in hand. If Aurélien Quinion is hanging on to 12th place after 13 kilometers and is just a second behind, it seems more difficult for Gabriel Bordier who is falling back in the hierarchy. He is 19th at 3 seconds at the 13th kilometer.

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08:52 – 25 men still in the leading group

24 competitors are clinging to the pace now set by the Chinese Zhang after 12 kilometers of the 20 kilometers walk to be completed this Thursday. The two Frenchmen Gabriel Bordier and Aur&eacutelien Quinion are still in this group. On the other hand, the penalties are piling up. Note that a red card is now synonymous with a penalty of two minutes and more of automatic disqualification. Guatemalan Barrondo has just paid the price and leaves with a 2-minute penalty. Mexican Doctor, already penalized, has just been sanctioned again by the judges. This time, he will not leave…

08:47 – We have passed the halfway point of the 20-kilometer walk, the Blues are hanging on

13th place, just one second behind the leader for Gabriel Bordier, Aurélien Quinion moved up to 22nd place in a race that passed the 11th kilometer. For the time being, no one has broken away while the pace is regular. However, there have been a few disqualifications for not supporting themselves on the ground. This is the case for Mexican José Luis Doctor for whom the Olympic race has just ended with a two-minute penalty!

08:40 – Less than 30 walkers grouped together at approaching the halfway point of the 20km race walk

The rhythm begins à &be hard à follow and the peloton stretches. The Ecuadorian Brian Pintado set the pace at the 9th kilometer out of 20 ahead of the Italian Olympic champion Massimo Stano. The Blues have fallen back in the hierarchy before the halfway point. Aurélien Quinion passed by in 23rd position at the 9th kilometer, Gabriel Bordier was 28th. However, the two men remained in the good peloton.

08:34 – Picon-Steyaert à follow in sailing this Thursday for the medal race, a possible medal ?

This would be one of the great French exploits of these Olympic Games. Double Olympic medallist in windsurfing (including a title in Rio), Charline Picon has taken on a crazy challenge by switching to skiff dinghy sailing in a duo with Sarah Steyaert. The two French women, outsiders before the competition, occupy the top of the ranking with the last regatta, the decisive medal race which counts double! To pocket the gold, they will have to get ahead of the Dutch duo, not finish three boats behind the Swedes and four behind the Norwegians. The medal race will take place in the middle of the afternoon in Marseille.

08:30 – The Blues still well placed in the 20km walk peloton

The Swede Perseus Kallstrom moved to the front of the peloton after 7km. The Spaniard Alvaro Martin and the Italian Massimo Stano are just behind as is the Chinese Jun Zhang. The two Frenchmen are there, Aurélien Quinion has moved up to 8th, 1 second behind the leader, Gabriel Bordier follows in 11th place and remains in the rhythm of the leading men.

08:28 – A third of the way through the race, the peloton is still well-stocked for the 20km walk

We are approaching the 7th kilometer of the 20km walk, therefore a third of the way through the race, and the peloton is still well-formed. The reigning Olympic champion, the Italian Massimo Stano, is among the top places.

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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, always a very prolific sport.