The essential
- It is the 10th day of competition in Tokyo, France is in 8th place in the medal table with 23 charms including 6 in gold
- In the night, the big information is the qualification of the Experts in the semi-finals of the handball tournament after their easy victory against Bahrain. All the results of the French are here.
- A great day awaits us in Tokyo, notably with Renaud Lavillenie’s pole vault final. We also hope a lot from Alexandra Tavernier with the hammer. Today’s program is here.
Follow the events of the day live:
7h10. And so far Spain is hurting Team USA very, very badly. 40-31 2 minutes from halftime.
6h55. Note that a very big game has started in basketball. A quarter United States – Spain which promises a lot a lot.
6h40. For our program of the day, the highlights will be especially on the athletics side, from 12 noon, with the pole vault competition of Renaud Lavillenie and the final also of Alexandra Tavernier with the hammer. But let’s not forget basketball either, with the France-Italy quarter for men at 10:20. And we will end the day in volleyball, with a France-Poland quarter that promises to be explosive.
6h15. Little time out this morning in Tokyo, the opportunity to tell you everything about this crazy 400m hurdles race that you missed. It’s this way.
6h06. Here is also some news from our different French people engaged in various competitions tonight:
- Alexis Jandard eliminated in the 3m diving semi-final
- in athletics, Melvin Raffin is qualified for the final of the triple jump. Azzedine Habz is qualified for the semi-finals of the 1500m, as is Amandine Brossier in the 400m.
- In kayaking, Etienne Hubert finished 6th in his semi-final and was eliminated.
6h04. The other image of this morning session in athletics is Adam Gemili, one of the favorites in the 200m, who is injured in series but still ends the race by walking … and crying.
6h02. We will tell you everything very soon about this incredible 400m hurdles race which took place half an hour ago. Three men under the old world record time!
6h. Here’s a little recap of what you missed out on last night if you get up at this time.
- The Experts in the semi-final of the hand after their easy victory against Bahrain (42-28)
- Karsten Warholm Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles in crazy time, almost a second below the world record
- In kayaking, Sarah Guyot and Manon Hostens finished 7th in their K2 final
5h58. The Experts in half after their victory against Bahrain. This is the main event of the night on the French side, the victory of our French men’s handball team largely beat Bahrain (42-28) and will face Egypt or Germany in the semi-finals. Here is the report and the reactions of our Blues, collected by our special correspondent on site.
5h55. Hello everyone! A new day is dawning in Paris, but it’s already lunchtime in Tokyo. We will quickly give you a summary of what happened during the night, but know one thing, our Experts are in half!
