2024 Olympics program: Armand Duplantis’ hour, the Blues aim for the final in football, a medal in triathlon? The Olympic events of August 5
The French delegation has just broken its record for medals at an Olympic Games (if we exclude the exceptional edition of Paris 1900 and its 102 medals) and does not intend to stop there. The French could continue their harvest very early, on Monday August 5, by aiming for a 45th medal in the mixed team triathlon event. The day will extend into a busy evening, with the pole vault competition in athletics, but also the football semi-final between France and Egypt.
Don’t forget to set your alarm. From 8am, on France 3, you will be able to follow the mixed triathlon relay where you will find the two individual medalists Cassandre Beaugrand and Léo Bergère. The finish is scheduled on the Alexandre III bridge at around 9:40am, with good chances of medals in this event where France had stolen the bronze in Tokyo.
A highlight of the Games is expected in athletics with the men’s pole vault final. Superstar Armand Duplantis is eagerly awaited. He may try to beat his own world record, set at 6.24m last April. The final will nevertheless take place without Renaud Lavillenie, who failed to qualify for the Olympics, and without Thibaut Collet, who was eliminated in the previous round.
If you are hunting for the French medal, we advise you to turn on your television before 9 p.m., on France 3. The French men’s football team coached by Thierry Henry is playing for its place in the final of the Olympic tournament against Egypt. In case of victory, a new medal will be assured for the French delegation even if it will not be officially awarded. The footballers, for their part, only dream of gold, forty years after the coronation of their glorious predecessors in 1984 in Los Angeles.
Three years after her disappointment in Tokyo, Koumba Larroque is back to play the leading roles in wrestling, in the -68 kg category. The 2018 vice-world champion and 2021 European champion enters the competition around 3 p.m. on France 2. If all goes well, she will continue with a quarter-final (around 4:30 p.m.) and a semi-final (around 9:40 p.m.).
