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After a very prolific day this Thursday, August 8, the Blues are once again going after medals this Friday, August 9 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The essentials

• Logan Fontaine and Marc-Antoine Olivier failed to win a medal in the 10km open water event early this morning. Disappointment for the French. Another disappointment was the elimination of Magda Wiet-Hénin in the round of 16. Since 10am, Paul Jenft, in the combined final, is already very far from the medal after the blocks. The Lebrun brothers and Simon Gauzy are also playing for bronze against Japan this Friday morning.
• In team sports, after the men's qualification, we will be closely following the French women's basketball team who are facing Belgium and especially the French football team who are playing the Olympic final at 6 p.m. against Spain.
• Discover all the news of the day.

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It's terrible for Simon Gauzy, who saved two match points and almost won this fourth set with a return from Harimoto that grazed the edge of the table. It's Félix Lubrun who will play the decisive match.

12:26 – Simon Gauzy with his back to the wall

Harimoto won the third set 11-8 by tightening the game in the end of the set. He now leads two sets to one against Simon Gauzy, who must win the next two sets.

The Frenchwoman finishes fourth but she is qualified on time in this extremely fast semi-final.

12:19 – Cyrena Samba-Mayela's turn

The Frenchwoman is in a very tough semi-final, with notably Ackera Nugent, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Masai Russell. You have to be in both first.

12:18 – Simon Gauzy catches up

11-8 for the Frenchman in this second round, who comes back to one set all! 

12:09 – Simon Gauzy loses the first set

A set to zero for the Japanese in this third singles of the small final. The Frenchman was good from the middle of the set but had fallen too far behind at the start of the match.

Alexis Lebrun loses his duel against Shunsuke Togami in four sets. The Japanese offers the first point of this small final to his country, which therefore returns to 2-1. Simon Gauzy will now face Tomokazu Harimoto, who has set lots of problems for Félix Lebrun just now.

11:50 – Alexis Lebrun wins the third set

Great reaction from Alexis Lebrun who concludes this third set 11-9 and returns to the lead. two sets &agrav; 1.

11:48 – Adrien Bart cracked

In the first four until'à 100m from the end, Adrien Bart did not last the distance in the canoe semi-final. C1 1000m and finished sixth in his heat. There won't be a final for him either. All the canoe-kayak sprint crews of the day were completed. Eliminated in the semi-final.

11:42 – Gabriel Tual advances to the final

The Frenchman will be well in the final with a well-controlled race. and a second place in his series.

11:38 – Alexis Lebrun back to the wall

Çhas made two rounds to nothing in favor of Togami now. Alexis must win the next three to hope to bring the decisive point to France in this small final.

11:35 – Gabriel Tual for a place in the final

In a few moments the Frenchman will enter the competition in his semi-final. You have to finish in the top two of the series to go through.

11:31 – 9.8 points for Paul Jenft in the last block

The Frenchman finishes the first part of this final with 24.4 points. ÇIt risks being too far to come back on the difficult part.

11:30 – Alexis Lebrun loses the first set

Tremier set released 11-8 by the French opponent &agrav; Shunsuke Togami in this second single of the small final of table tennis.

11:21 – Very big relays 4×400 men

The French win their series with their best performance of the year and move on to the final just like their female counterparts just before.

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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 medal record dailles. Several big French stars are expected during the Olympic Games. We are thinking in particular of L&eacuteon Marchand in swimming who could be the biggest star of these Games. But team sports with handball, basketball, volleyball, football, could also bring its share of trinkets. Finally, what about judo with notably its spearhead Teddy Riner or fencing, always a sport very prolific.