Saturday July 31 - day 8
The French of the day
Here is Teddy Riner again the day after his untimely defeat followed by a bronze medal.
The legend of world judo will have the opportunity to claim a third career Olympic gold medal in the mixed event.
When we see the face of our France team, we still really want to believe it, even if Hell Friday forbids us to be optimistic for at least two, three days.
Since we are talking about teams, a little earlier, the mixed relay of the French triathlon will also be one to watch, especially as here too, the headliner Vincent Luis will seek to redeem himself.
Finally, to complete the collective page, the French sabers will also be on track this Saturday, as will a slew of French athletes in the Tokyo stadium.
Can Renelle Lamote go get us a final?
The star of the day
AGAIN CAELEB DRESSEL?
Yes again.
The already double Olympic gold medalist continued his harvest on Sunday with the final in the 100m butterfly.
He has already flown over the semifinals with an Olympic record in the key, as much to say that except improbable cracking, the American should add a gold medal around his neck.
It might get heavy, by force.
The medal that can no longer escape us
Exceptionally, the section is adjusted to signal in advance that Charline Picon is guaranteed to slam a new Olympic medal in RS: X windsurfing. The color of the metal remains to be determined.
Everything will be decided during the “medal race” for the Frenchwoman who is third at six points behind the Chinese Lu Yinxiu, provisional leader.
The reading tip of the day
Let us exorcise the evil once and for all by analyzing cold (finally lukewarm) what happened during these 40 minutes of hell where Olympic France lost almost everything on Friday.
And let's never reproduce that scenario again.
Thanks in advance.
Sport
Tokyo 2021 Olympics: No more laughing, this Friday day shook French sport
Fencing
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