From our special correspondent,

No medal tonight for the French delegation, as expected, but an explosion at the Olympic stadium on the 400m hurdles

The night of the French

We would not have bet our PEA in yen on such a well-controlled course, but here are our French handball players in the semi-finals of the tournament after having crushed Bahrain in a very early match, Guillaume Gilles even allowing himself to rotate his squad after the rest (42-28).

It was less satisfying in kayaking where the Guyot-Hostens pair finished 7th in their final.

IN sailing, Lecointre and Retornaz are still third before the penultimate regatta.

In athletics, Raffin qualified for the final of the triple jump hard.

The big meetings arrive during the day, with the basketball quarterfinal between France and Italy at 10:30 am, and the France-Poland volleyball quarterfinal at the start of the afternoon.

Finally, Lavillenie and Tavernier play their respective finals at the athlete from 1pm.

THE RACE OF THE NIGHT

A 400m hurdles for history under the already aggressive Tokyo sun: Norwegian Karsten Warholm, who couldn't believe his eyes, smashed the world record in the final of eight tenths, becoming the first man to pass under the mythical bar of 46 seconds. The feat is immense for the 25-year-old Norwegian. In one month and two races, he twice lowered a 29-year-old world record. First 46.70 on July 1 to erase the American Kevin Young, 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​then 45.94 in Tokyo. The podium was completed by the American Rai Benjamin (46.17) and the Brazilian Alison Dos Santos (46.72), who also clocked a time that would have been synonymous with a world record a few weeks ago.

🚨 New world record in the 400m hurdles final 🚨



Karsten Warholm and Rai Benjamin both beat the world record with stratospheric lap times, 45''94 for the Norwegian and 46''17 for the American 🎉 # Tokyo2020



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Ripped biceps for Aït Saïd

Gymnast Samir Aït Saïd, and flag bearer of the France team, which finished fourth in the rings final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, suffers from "two tears in the biceps".

The medical examinations carried out after the final on Monday revealed "two tears of several centimeters in the short biceps", indicated his trainer, Rodolphe Bouché to AFP.

These injuries were triggered "during the warm-up and during the movement," he said, knowing that Samir Aït Saïd had felt pain three days before the final and had stopped training.

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