Tokyo (AFP)

French sabers Cécilia Berder, Manon Brunet, Sara Balzer and Charlotte Lembach became Olympic vice-champions on Saturday in Chiba, beaten by Russia competing under neutral flag 45 to 41, thus winning the 19th medal for France.

After the gold of the swordsman Romain Cannone on Sunday, the bronze of Brunet on Monday and the silver of the foil girls on Thursday, this medal is the fourth for French fencing since the start of the Tokyo Games, a performance already and already better than Rio-2016 (three medals).

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