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

The essentials

• In horse riding, France won a fine medal on the&amp ;nbsp;team competition. Olympic champion in Rio, bronze in Tokyo, France takes silver in Paris.
• Fencing could bring some great medals to the Olympics with Enzo Lefort and Sara Balzer. Judo is also in the spotlight with Sarah-Léonie Cysique impressive since the start of the day.
• Legends Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal face off in the 2nd round of the Olympic tournament at Roland-Garros.
• Discover all the news of the day.

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The French finish second in the team eventing competition behind Great Britain and win a new medal in equestrian, after Tokyo and Rio.

13:35 – The medal is assured in the eventing competition by éteam

A foul for St&phane Landois and France will finish at worst second in the team competition. Great Britain is four faults ahead.

13:31 – Stéphane Landois sets off

The last French rider sets off with the silver medal in his sights.

13:29 – Iga Swiatek wins in two sets 6-2 6-4

The Frenchwoman Diane Parry did not exist; face &agrav; world number one Iga Swiatek, who won 6-1 6-1.

13:27 – D& start of the judo quarter-finals

The quarter-finals of under 73 kilos will begin, with Joan-Benjamin Gaba scheduled for in the third fight.

13:18 – The last French fencer soon to compete

Julien Mertine is up against Kyosuke Matsuyama for his entry into the men's foil competition, with the aim of continuing 100% for French fencing this morning

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13:00 – Update on team sports

In handball, the Germans beat Japan 37-26 this morning, as did the Slovenians against Croatia. The Nigerian basketball players beat the Australians 75-62.

12:58 – A foul for Karim Lakhouag

France remains the team silver medalist for the moment, with just one additional foul.

12:57 – Karim Lakhouag in the race

The second French rider enters the arena.

12:52 – Swiatek wins the first set

The Polish rider wins 6-1 in this first set against the French Diane Parry.

12:51 – Maxime Pauty qualifies

It's still 100% for the men's foil, with Mauxime Pauty winning 15-9 for his entry into the competition.

What a performance from the Frenchwoman, who qualifies against the Japanese Funakubo, yet one of the tournament favorites. Sarah-Léonie Cysique is in great shape in her quest for Olympic gold.

Victory by ippon by immobilization for the Frenchman, who is in the quarter-finals. He will face the Japanese Soichi Hashimoto.

12:31 – Joan-Benjamin Gaba's second fight

The Frenchman must continue his race in a fight where he is this time the favorite.

12:24 – Diane Parry broken from the start

difficult start to the batch for the Frenchwoman, led 3-0 by Iga Swiatek.

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From July 24 with the first events of rugby at 7 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, still the most prolific sport.