LIVE. JO 2024: team sports save a dark day for the French, live

The day of August 6th started very well this Tuesday with two medals in surfing, but the rest of the day was more delicate.

The essentials

• &In Tahiti, the Frenchman Kauli Vaast won Olympic gold at Teahupoo by dominating the Australian Jack Robinson in the final. A few minutes before, it was the Frenchwoman Johanne Defay who took the bronze medal.
• For the rest of the day, medals should be rare for the French delegation. Main chance in the show jumping, Julien Epaillard finished fourth. No French medal in track cycling. The step was too high! The Blues did not manage to create the feat against the Australians in the team sprint who won bronze. In the men's team pursuit, the French will compete for fifth place this Wednesday. No trinket in athletics either. Despite a sublime comeback in the last few meters, Alice Finot finished 4th in the 3000m steeplechase, beating the European record for the discipline.
• What a performance by the French basketball players! Against the Canadian contenders for Olympic gold, Victor Wembanyama and the Blues won (82-73) and qualified for the semi-finals of the 2024 Olympics where they will meet Germany. In handball, France qualified for the semi-finals by rather “calmly” dominating the Germans who have been very sluggish since the start of the tournament.
• A Cuban in the history of the Olympics! Thanks to his victory in the -130 kg final in Greco-Roman wrestling this Tuesday evening, Mijain Lopez became the first athlete in history, all disciplines combined, to win the title in the same event of the Olympic Games in five consecutive editions.
• Discover all the news of the day.

Live

22:24 – Spain in great danger!

&At the hour mark, Spain is still trailing 2-0 to Brazil.

22:18 – Team USA has shifted into second gear

&At halftime, the United States lead 63-36 against the Brazilians who have a great game despite the huge gap in the score.

22:08 – "We're in the semi-finals, we're in the semi-finals"

In the middle of the second quarter between Team USA and Brazil, the French spectators took advantage of from a stoppage in play to loudly chant “We're in the semis, we're in the semis”, referring to the qualification of the French basketball players a few hours earlier.

21:58 – Team USA in control

Facing Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympics, the American basketball players are in total control. Team USA leads 33-21 after the first quarter.

21:50 – Spain with its back to the wall!

Stupor at the Orange Velodrome! Reigning world champion Spain trails 2-0 after a goal from Gabi Portilho in added time of the first half.

Twelve years after the last American title in the women's 200m, Gabrielle Thomas is the Olympic champion of the 2024 Olympic Games. She dominates this final in 21'83" ahead of Julien Alfred and Brittany Brown.

21:40 – Time for the 200m!

Last race of the evening, time for the women's 200m final with Julien Alfred and Gabrielle Thomas, two favorites for Olympic gold. 

21:37 – Finot: “I am happy”

On France 2, Alice Finot did not hide her pride: “Thank you to the public. You participated in my performance. Nothing was missing to win a medal. I am seven seconds away from my personal best. I am breaking the European record. I had a blast. I managed to express myself. This is the moment when you want to be there. It was great. I felt the vibrations around me. It's a unique moment. I'm happy.”

21:34 – Tentoglou Olympic champion!

With a jump &agrav; 8.48m, Miltiadis Tentoglou retains his Olympic long jump title ahead of Jamaican Wayne Pinnock and Italian Mattia Furlani.

What a comeback ;apos;Alice Finot! Distanced & Halfway through the race, the Frenchwoman finally finished 4th, beating the European record in 8'58"67. Winfred Yavi, Peruth Chemutai and Faith Cherotich finish on the podium.

21:20 – Finot poorly placed

À mid-race, Alice Finot was é distanced by a group of seven runners who dugé a gap of around 50m.

21:13 – Brazil leads!

&To everyone's surprise, Brazil leads against Spain after a goal won. The Spanish goalkeeper cleared on the back of Brazilian striker Priscila and then on that of Spanish defender Paredes before entering the empty goal.

21:13 – “Come on Alice”

The last chance for a French medal today, Alice Finot will start the 3000m steeplechase final (F) in a few moments.

In the hammer throw, Canada confirms its supremacy! After Ethan Katzberg's victory in the men's event, Camryn Rodgers won the women's event with a fifth attempt at 76.97m. She finished ahead of American Annette Nneka Echikunwoke and Chinese Jie Zhao who completed the podium.

Thanks to à his victory in the -130 kg final in Greco-Roman wrestling this Tuesday evening, the Cuban giant Mijain Lopez became the first athlete in history, all disciplines combined, à win the title in the same Olympic event in five consecutive editions.

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