Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola won the silver medal in rowing, in the lightweight two pair category, at the Tokyo Games.
Maxime Grousset came close to the podium in the 100m freestyle, a race won by American star Caeleb Dressel.
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And a second medal for French rowing!
In the aftermath of the gold won by Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron, the duo Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola won silver in the two lightweight pair category on Thursday at the Tokyo Olympics.
The French, who have gone to a breath of being Olympic champions, bring the tricolor clan a ninth medal.
There could even have been a tenth in the 100m freestyle, but Maxime Grousset failed at the foot of the podium in the most prestigious race in swimming.
It was Caeleb Dressel, the American star, who won the title over the distance.
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The information to remember:
Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola in silver in rowing, in the two lightweight pair category
Maxime Grousset fourth in the 100m freestyle, a race won by the American Caeleb Dressel
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What you missed last night: Maxime Grousset at the foot of the 100m freestyle podium, Caeleb Dressel king of the sprint.
It is THE most prestigious race in swimming, and a Frenchman almost achieved a huge feat.
But 22-year-old Maxime Grousset finished in a frustrating fourth place in the 100m freestyle.
It was Caeleb Dressel, the American star, who won the sprint in 47 sec 02 / 100th, ahead of the Australian Kyle Chalmers (47.08), Olympic champion in 2016, and the Russian Kliment Kolesnikov (47.44).
For his first Olympic Games, Maxime Grousset completed the 100m with an excellent 47.72.
Not enough, unfortunately, to be the first French to win a medal in the sprint since Alain Bernard, titled in 2008 in Beijing.
What you missed last night: Claire Bové and Laura Tarantola in silver rowing !!! The French gave France their ninth medal at the Tokyo Olympics by finishing second in the rowing lightweight two-couple final. They even went to a breath of gold, being beaten only a few centimeters by the Italians Valentina Rodini and Federica Cesarini.
FRANCE WINS THE SILVER MEDAL!
An incredible ending with an unbearable suspense.
Laura Tarantola and Claire Bove come a few hundredths behind the Italian Olympic champions.
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Not enough to mitigate the immense happiness of the two French women: "When we cross the line, we do not really know how many we are. And when I see the panel (of the results), I say to myself 'it's not true they have must have been wrong. It was a big dream "for us, reacted Laura Tarantola at the microphone of France Televisions after the race. Their silver medal comes on top of the gold medal of Matthieu Androdias and Hugo Boucheron, won on Wednesday as a couple.