Thursday July 29 - day 6

The French of the day

It was not bad to wake up with an Olympic gold medal in rowing.

And if we did it again with Laura Tarantola and Claire Bové in the final of the lightweight two-pair?

Or at worst, just silver or bronze, but a medal, what.

We will also find two women, Mélanie Couzy and Carole Cormenier shooting in the Olympic pit.

A thought for Lisa Barbelin for her 32nd final in archery, and the handful of French competitors in BMX who will run at the same time.

Finally, the women's handball team will have to bring out a miracle against the Swedish machine, as will Maxime Grousset in the 100m freestyle.

The star of the day

As long as this man is in the pools, he will be entitled to his little mention in this paragraph.

Caeleb Dressel will dive Thursday for gold in the Tokyo pool, this time in the 100m freestyle.

He has already announced the color by slamming the best time in the half.

Inhuman will be the one who succeeds in depriving him of the Olympic title.

The medal that we (really) not expect

What if Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos wasn't going to get us something from the all-around competition?

After all, a place was left vacant for Simone Biles and the Stéphanoise proved at the 2019 European Championships that she was capable of getting big results in this event.

It will be very hard, but you never know.

The other events not to be missed

We will observe with pleasure and delight the BMX events as great fans of beautiful bowls (but not too painful) and badminton matches in memory of our great years of sport in high school.

But above all, we won't forget to take a look at Novak Djokovic's match against local legend Kei Nishikori, who would have needed the fervor of his supporters to try to survive the Serbian combine.

The reading board

In the aftermath of the scandalous elimination of the French women in the semi-finals and of the chocolate medal, our special correspondent Nicolas Camus takes stock of the first steps of 3x3 basketball at the Olympic Games, including the idol Céline Dumerc, however initially resistant to the discipline, ends up giving praise.

Sport

2021 Olympics - Basketball: "It's a sport that you have to see live" ... So, what do we think of 3x3?

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