The French Laetitia Guapo, Mamignan Touré, Marie-Ève Paget, Ana-Maria Filip, beaten by China (16-14) in the match for third place, failed to get bronze in 3×3 basketball, which was making its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games on Wednesday.
The Blue, who had previously been beaten by the United States (18-16) in the semifinals, thus missed two opportunities to win a medal, in the dampness of the Aomi Urban Sports Park.
They were unable to recover after the frustrating setback conceded earlier against Team USA, which gleaned the first gold medal in history in the final against the Russians.
Against the Chinese who had already beaten them (20-13) in a group match, the Blue have always chased after the score. And only the Montpellier Mamignan Touré (8 pts) was able to maintain the suspense, without them managing to find a second wind in the last moments when they had glued to two lengths.
