Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou won the gold in the long jump, while Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won in the 100m hurdles.
On the French side, the handball players won against Brazil in their last group match and qualified for the quarter-finals.
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Les Bleues avoided disaster.
The French handball players qualified for the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday by winning against Brazil in their last group match.
Quentin Bigot, he secured his place in the hammer throw final.
Disappointment on the other hand for the wrestler Koumba Larroque, beaten from the start in freestyle wrestling.
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The information to remember
French handball players qualify for the quarter-finals
French wrestler Koumba Larroque beaten from the start
The Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou sacred to the length
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6am: Quiquampoix in the 25m rapid fire pistol final, Bessaguet eliminated.
2016 Olympic vice-champion Jean Quiquampoix secured his place in the 25m rapid-fire pistol final.
The Frenchman finished second in qualifying behind the German Christian Reitz.
Clément Bessaguet, 7th, is eliminated.
5:30 am: the French handball players beat Brazil and go into quarters.
Relief for the Blues!
Back to the wall after two defeats in this tournament, the French handball players snatched their place in the quarterfinals by dominating Brazil (29-22).
Spent the first ten minutes hooked (5-5), the band of Estelle Nze Minko never trembled, and in particular forged its success by long shots.
Les Bleues qualified for the quarter-finals
Thanks to their victory against Brazil (29-22), the handball players are sure to continue the Games Rendez-vous Wednesday for the rest of their competition # Tokyo2020
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The gap was made at the break (17-11) but the world champions (2017) and Europe (2018) experienced a passage of ball losses and efficiency against the cages after returning from the locker room.
They conceded a 5-1 and saw the Brazilians come back from 18-11 to 19-16.
Relieved, the Blue exploded with joy at the final whistle.
However, they risk inheriting the big favorites, the Norwegians, in quarterfinals on Wednesday.
5:20 am: French wrestler Koumba Larroque beaten from the start.
Koumba Larroque, world No. 1, was beaten upon entering the freestyle wrestling competition, losing in the round of 16 against the Mongolian Battsetseg Soronzonbold. She was leading 3-0 until 30 seconds from time before losing 4-3. The Frenchwoman can still compete in the repechage provided that her opponent qualifies for the final. In case of victory in the draft, she will then play a fight for bronze.
What you missed last night: Bigot in the hammer final.
The vice-world hammer throw champion Quentin Bigot easily secured his place in the final during qualifying.
After a first throw at 76.10 m, Bigot managed 78.73 m on the 2nd try (4th best throw in his career), better than the 77.50 m requested to qualify directly for the final.
The 28-year-old pitcher will therefore play his first Olympic final on Wednesday.
He is one of the favorites for a podium, less than two years after his silver medal at the Doha Worlds.
What you missed last night: the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou sacred to the length.
Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou was crowned Olympic champion in length with a jump to 8.41m on his last try. Cuban Juan Miguel Echevarria, long in the lead, had to settle for the silver medal (8.41 m), Tentoglou ahead of him with his second best try (8.15 m against 8.09 for the Cuban) . Another Cuban, Maykel Masso (8.21m), won bronze. At 23, Miltiadis, European champion in 2018, had never been on an Olympic or world podium.
At the last try, the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou becomes Olympic champion in the long jump with a jump measured at 8.41 meters!
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What you missed last night: J
asmine Camacho-Quinn triumphs in the 100m hurdles.
Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won in the 100m hurdles, winning the second gold medal in Games history for her country.
In 12 sec 36, Camacho-Quinn edged American world record holder Kendra Harrison (12.52) and Jamaican Megan Tapper (12.55).
What you missed last night:
the French ladies table tennis team out in the round of 16.
The French ladies table tennis team, made up of Prithika Pavade, Stéphanie Loeuillette and Jia Nan Yuan, was eliminated in the round of 16 by Singapore 3-0 on Monday at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gym.
If the first match, the doubles, was largely dominated by the Singaporeans, the single between Prithika Pavade and Feng Tianwei was tighter (3-2).
The young Frenchwoman won the first two sets (11-8, 11-6), suggesting an easy victory on her part, before being caught in the score by the Singaporean (11-3, 11-8), for finally lose in the 5th set (11-6).
In the second singles match, Jia Nan Yuan was defeated 3 sets to 1 by Yu Mengyu.