This Thursday, August 9, the French will be absolutely everywhere and a shower of medals could fall. The essentials Live The world number one wins the second set 11-8 and returns to a set all. Very good start to the match by the Frenchman, who takes the lead by winning the first set 11-7. Disappointment for the men's C2 500m canoe with the fifth place of the French pair, who do not enter the final. The eldest of the Lebrun brothers absolutely must win to keep France alive in this semi-final. A real challenge against the world number one. Ça pass for Oriane Bertone with 45.1 points on the difficulty and the provisional first place. She will therefore be present on Saturday for the Olympic final. The French 4x100m team finished second in their series behind the British and will go to the final. The Frenchwoman will go for the challenge, she needs at least forty points to secure her place in the final. The sixth match ball was one too many for Félix Lebrun, who lost 16-14 in this fourth set. China now leads 2-0 in this semi-final. Third match point saved by Félix Lebrun in this set. Very good reaction from the Frenchman who wins the third set 11-8 and gets back into this match. In the canoe 200m sprint, the Frenchwoman did not make it into the first two of her series and will have to play for her qualification in a quarter-final. The Chinese saved two set points and won the second round. Félix Lebrun now has his back to the wall and will have to pull off a feat. It was off to a good start for the Frenchwoman, but she is stuck like others before her in the central zone. With 94.4 points in the overall ranking, it should be complicated to get into the final The Frenchwoman finishes fourth in her 100m hurdles repêchage series and does not advance to the semi-finals. The Frenchwoman needs to get a big score if she wants to hope to reach the final. READ MORE From July 24 with the first events of rugby 7s to the finals of team sports such as handball with the women's final, discover all the detailed calendars of the main events of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Match times, results and rankings, discover all the essential information to follow the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 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.
11:38 – Wang Chuqin catches up
11:32 – Alexis Lebrun wins the first set
11:30 – Loïc Leonard and Adrien Bart will not be in the final
11:27 – Alexis Lebrun facing Wang Chuqin
11:23 – The French women's relay qualifies for the final
11:21 – It's Oriane Bertone's turn
11:15 – It's tight in the fourth set
11:03 – Félix Lebrun comes back to two sets to one
11:01 – Eugénie Dorange will have to go through the quarter-finals
10:52 – Fan Zhendong takes off
10:47 – 45.1 for Zélia Avezou
10:46 – Ça does not go through for Laeticia Bapté
10:44 – Zélia Avezou in the running
LIVE. JO 2024: Oriane Bertone in the combined final, the Lebrun brothers and Gauzy in difficulty… Live
ByTeilor Stone
Aug 8, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116