Tokyo (AFP)
They are not all Olympic champions but they are also writing the history of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Perf of the day
It is that of Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah, who not only won a second Olympic champion's title in the 100m, after her victory in Rio in 2016, but also achieved the second fastest time in history in 10 sec. 61, behind the world record of the American Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49) dating back to 1988. The Jamaicans signed a hat-trick on Saturday at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
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Face of the day
That of Djokovic, angry, and who smashes his racket against the post of the net, during his match for the bronze medal in singles, against the Spaniard Pablo Carreno.
Djokovic will lose the match, and will in the process declare forfeit the match for the mixed doubles bronze, which he was to play with Nina Stojanovic, officially because of "an injury to the left shoulder", announced the International Federation. of tennis.
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Story of the day
The French judo team, led by Clarisse Agbégnénou and Teddy Riner, achieved a superb feat by beating Japan in the final of the mixed team event, to win the first gold medal awarded at the Olympic Games in this event. , in Tokyo on Saturday.
At home, at Nippon Budokan, Japan was a huge favorite, especially since they fielded several fighters crowned Olympic champions this week.
But the Blues thwarted the forecasts and won 4 to 1, thanks in particular to the victories of Agbégnénou and Riner.
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Unusual of the day
Bad luck for Lydia Jacoby ... and Caeleb Dressel.
By losing her glasses during the effort, the American probably lost a few precious hundredths in the US 4x100m medley relay, 5th in the race.
Hundredths which precipitated its failure, and therefore that of Caeleb Dressel who hoped to win a 4th gold medal in Tokyo.
But Jacoby's time (1: 05.09, 6th time) achieved during his 100 m breaststroke, excellent, rather suggests that it was the entire US relay that missed its meeting.
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Photo of the day
From the ground, there isn't much to distinguish the rice stalks in this field in Gyoda, Japan. It is only when viewed from above that an impressive work of art emerges to mark the Olympic Games. This immense living work features iconic Japanese images: The Great Wave off Kanagawa with Mount Fuji in the background, directed by artist Katsushika Hokusai, as well as a kabuki theater actor with striking makeup, similar to that of the ceremony. opening of the Olympics, held on July 23 in Tokyo. These images are part of an annual tradition started in 2008 by the city of Gyoda, north of Tokyo, with the aim of attracting tourists. In 2015, Gyoda even landed a Guinness World Record for creating the world's largest piece of rice field art: 27.195 square meters.
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