The resurrection of Manaudou, the feat of volleyball players … what you missed last night

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From our special correspondent in Tokyo,

Already two medals to start the day, and not the most obvious. What if the harvest on Saturday had freed the Blues? France is halfway there

French results

He railed against average sensations even in recent weeks. But Florent Manaudou is an incomparable matchmaker in the 50m, his favorite discipline. Laure’s brother, if we can still present it like that, brought his first and only medal in the French swimming after a comeback in 20’55. Dressel was untouchable, as expected, but no one will spit on a third Olympic medal over the distance, after gold in London, and silver in Rio. “Team Yavbou” also released a capital perf against defending Olympic champion Brazil. Despite the defeat at the end of the tie-break, the Blues won the two sets they needed for qualifying in the quarter-finals, including a second with an incredible outcome (25-22, 27-39, 25-17, 21- 25, 19-17).

Great morning also for our foilists. After beating Egypt and Japan, they will play for gold against Russia in the evening in Japan. What else ? It’s not the hair in athletics where Alexandra Tavernier still qualified for the hammer throw final with a centimeter of margin on the minima. Anthony Jeanjean, who had given birth to great hopes in BMX qualifying, missed out on his final (7th). In boxing, Mourad Aliev, out of it for long minutes, was unfortunately severely disqualified in the quarterfinals of his fight against Clarke, which means that boxing will be fanny in Tokyo after the card in Rio …

The other star of the night (with Dressel)

Australia’s Emma McKeon dropped out on Sunday his fourth gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics by winning the 50m freestyle. McKeon beat the Swedish Sarah Sjöström and the Danish Pernille Blume, the companion of Florent Manaudou.

McKeon could end Olympic week with seven medals, which would make her the most successful woman in a single Olympic Games. In 2004 and 2008, American swimmer Michael Phelps won eight medals, the all-time high. Besides her three gold medals, she also won three bronze medals in Tokyo, in the 100m butterfly, the 4x200m freestyle relay and the 4x100m mixed medley relay.

The tweet of the night

Or rather an image that captures the incredible joy of Charlotte Worthington when she learns of her Olympic gold medal in BMX Freestyle.





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