From our special correspondent in Tokyo,

Didn't you plan to set the alarm clock to shoot yourself on the last day of work before the weekend?

You did well.

Between 5 and 6 am, the French sport has lived an hour in hell, the worst that we can remember in the recent past, France-Switzerland aside.

The French of the night

No words. It started with the elimination of the swordsmen in the quarter-finals, who had won all the Olympic titles in the category since Sydney. New fail of Yannick Borel after the individual. The following ? Three French in the BMX final, zero medals, and a fall for Daudet who had almost assured bronze. Finally, the blast of the night: Teddy Riner released in the heavyweight quarterfinals by Bashaev. The world number 1 in the category did nothing in the fight, but a poorly controlled counter from the French gave him the victory in the golden score. Teddy can still play bronze in the draft, like in Beijing, but he was imagining something else entirely. U.S. too.

Good news in the storm anyway with the qualification of the Bleues du rugby in the quarterfinals of the women's tournament.

Very affordable game against China.

But given the day, we are not going to ignite.

Ah and Romane Dicko, who succeeds Emilie Andéol in the girls' category in the heavy category, sent two ippons to qualify for the semi-finals.

A star in Tokyo

The American Caleb Dressel, already crowned Olympic champion in the 100m freestyle and the 4x100m relay in Tokyo, flew over the semi-finals of the 100m butterfly of the Olympic Games with a time of 49 sec 71 / 100th, Dressel, double champion of the world and holder of the world record for the distance (49.50), clearly dominated his main rival, the Hungarian Kristof Milak, who had crushed the final of the 200m butterfly on Wednesday and who is aiming for the double like Phelps in 2008. Dressel, 24 years old, is aiming, in addition to the 100m butterfly, whose final is scheduled for Saturday, three other gold medals in the 50m freestyle, 4x100m medley and 4x100m mixed medley.

The tweet of the day

Dédé Gignac puts a small one at the clubs of L1.

We are with him

🇫🇷 @FFF pic.twitter.com/abKjPi9XLn

- Gignac Andre-pierre (@ 10APG) July 29, 2021

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