Tokyo (AFP)

Romain Cannone qualified for the epee final of the 2020 Olympic Games, where he will be opposed on Sunday (9.15 p.m. local, 2.15 p.m. French) against Hungarian Gergely Siklosi, 2019 world champion, and is therefore guaranteed to offer to France a third medal since the start of the Olympics.

Benjamin of the French selection at 24, Cannone beat in the semi-final 15 to 10 the Ukrainian Igor Reizlin, 37, third at the Worlds-2019 and World No. 3.

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