This Thursday, August 9, the French ais will be absolutely everywhere and a rain of medals could fall. The essentials Live The events kicked off early in the morning with the open water event. The French women Caroline Jouisse and Océane Cassignol are still in the running and close to the lead. The program looks set to be very full this Thursday, August 8 at the Olympic Games. Here is the schedule for all the finals of the day: Thank you all for following us for this new day of the 2024 Olympic Games. Three medals have been added to the French counter! Good evening to all and see you tomorrow for the rest of the Olympic adventures. On the program for this Thursday in these 2024 Olympic Games a new discipline! Indeed, the day will start early, at 7:30 a.m. with the marathon swimming if the water quality of the Seine allows it. À 9am, at the golf course, Frenchwoman Céline Boutier will try to keep her first place. In kitesurfing, Lauriane Nolot will try to do the same in the race for the medals (1:13pm). Just before, in the men's event, Axel Mazzella will defend his chances an hour before. Team table tennis also continues with the Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy who advance against the Chinese, ultra favorites, at 10am. Also in the morning, French taekwondo player Souleyman Alaphilippe will try to imitate Cyrian Ravet or even do better in the -68kg category. He will fight his round of 16 at 9:21 a.m. In canoe kayak sprint, the French duo Loïc Léonard and Adrien Bart will be on the water at 11:20 a.m. for a semi-final. Team sports will continue with the French handball team at 4:30 p.m. with a semi-final against Sweden while the French basketball players will also play for a place in the final at 5:30 p.m. face & Germany. &At 5:18 p.m., the best French chance in track cycling will be in the quarterfinals of the keirin final. If all goes well for Mathilde Gros, she will be in the final at 7:11 p.m. Finally, at 10:34 p.m., Bilal Bennama, in boxing, will try to win the gold medal. After a quiet day on Tuesday, Wednesday's was full of great medals, even though everything settled down by the end of the day. The big midday hiccup was for the French handball players. Leading with five seconds to go and with possession, the French ultimately lost in overtime and said goodbye to the Olympic title and Nikola Karabatic in the worst possible way. In women's basketball, Les Bleues did better by easily dominating Germany. They will face Belgium in the semi-finals. Just before, the Lebrun and Gauzy brothers took the French table tennis team to the semi-finals as well. The first medal of the day had to wait until 8:30 p.m. with the bronze for the French Taekwondo fighter Cyrian Ravet who took advantage of his opponent's withdrawal to win his first Olympic medal. This launched the evening in the most beautiful way. The volleyball players secured a medal by surpassing Italy and reaching the final. And to end this beautiful evening, the French boxers brought home two new medals, even if they were certainly the ones they did not want. Sofiane Oumiha and Djamili Aboudou lost their fight and left with a silver and a bronze medal. ""I wanted to end on a high note, çit didn't go the way I wanted. That's life. “I can't be happy with a silver medal because that's not what I came for. I don't think there will be another opportunity. I'm getting older and it's starting to show,” said Sofiane Oumiha, particularly surprised. TERRIBLE… Sofiane Oumiha is beaten in the final by a split decision. The Frenchman is defeated. Erislandy Alvarez is the Olympic boxing champion in the -63.5kg category. The gold medal will be awarded in a few moments after this boxing final. The judges will give their verdict. It's very uncertain. There's one minute and thirty seconds left in this boxing final and it's particularly tight. Sofiane Oumiha wins the second round according to the judges. But the French boxer still has to give a lot in this third and final round, which is decisive for the gold medal in these 2024 Olympics. 
08:35 – The 10km swim is underway
08:28 – What a program!
07/08/24 – 11:15 p.m. – A mixed day
07/08/24 – 23:04 – Oumiha's disappointment
07/08/24 – 22:59 – The fight is over!
07/08/24 – 22:57 – It's very uncertain
07/08/24 – 22:55 – Oumiha gets going again !
07/08/24 – 22:53 – Oumiha in the hard!
The Cuban continues and Sofiane Oumiha is clearly in difficulty in this boxing final.
07/08/24 – 22:51 – End of the first round
Sofiane Oumiha loses this first round in the eyes of the judges. 5 points to 0 in this final. We'll have to do more from now on.
07/08/24 – 22:49 – Oumiha suffers
This first round turns to the advantage of the Cuban. Sofiane Oumiha is struggling to get into this final of the 2024 Olympics.
07/08/24- 22:48 – And here we go!
The start of this final! Sofiane Oumiha is aiming for gold in these 2024 Olympics. Time for the first round.
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