From our special correspondent in Tokyo,

The days go by and medals are becoming increasingly rare.

Even if team sports will save the homeland, France has still not reached the threshold of 30 charms three days before the closing ceremony

The night of the French

It was nice to put all the chances on his side by training for a long time in Portugal in conditions of heat similar to what he encountered in Sapporo, Yohann delivered the fight too many.

At 43, the 2017 world champion in the 50km walk did not go the distance for the last race of his career, giving up at the halfway point.

“I'm disappointed with this ending, but frankly, I didn't have the weapons.

And then it was the one too many.

I approached it with envy, but not with this gauntlet of a big fighter.

I was more in the spirit of trying to take as much pleasure as possible, but it really did not respond muscularly, at the level of the back, the adductors… I am starting to be old… I worked hard, all for that c ' is a pity, I took a lot of people behind me, I am especially disappointed for them.

I will manage to get over this, but it is sure to be complicated to think that I will end on this.

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It was not a great success either Leïla Heurtault, beaten three times out of three in the karate hens.

The only good news is Adrien Bart's great qualification in the semi-final of the canoe in line (1000m).

🏃🗣️ “I think it's too much competition (...) I didn't have the keys”



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The star waiting

It will be necessary to wait until the beginning of the afternoon in France to see one last time at work the American legend Allyson Felix, who is playing his fifth Olympics at 35, will try one last outing with the final of the 400m.

The Californian, the only athlete in history to win six Olympic gold medals, can become the most successful female athlete in Games history if she steps onto the podium before retiring.

She currently has nine medals in all.

For the title, the 2016 Olympic champion, the Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo, seems a little faster

The delayed courage of the IOC

The International Olympic Committee sanctioned two Belarusian coaches on Friday by withdrawing their accreditations for the Tokyo Olympics, due to their role in the Krystsina Tsimanouskaya affair, this athlete threatened with being forcibly repatriated to Belarus after criticizing sports bodies of his country, now safe in Poland.

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