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At first glance, between the swimming, fencing, cycling and even skateboarding events, I would say that the clear favorite is with close behind. Bolder choices : as pointed by @phelps, but also with a bit of chauvinism ! I think French delegation is a serious favourite for a medal in two events : Rugby Shirine Boukli in Judo W -48kg ... and a clear outsider in many more : Marie-Florence Candassamy is the reigning World Champion / Auriane Mallo was 1st and 3rd in the last two events this year (W Epee) Our male sabre team is maybe our weakest in the six events of Fencing, but they still scored many podiums this year in the World Cup Luke Mkheidze was 3rd in 2021, won one Grand Chelem and finished 2nd in two Grand Chelem tournaments this year (Judo M -60kg) Océanne Muller et Lucas Kryzs had really good results this year too in the mixed event (Shooting - Mixed Team Air Rifle) Aurélien Giraud was world champion in 2023 (and current world champion ?) in Street Skateboarding

Her race was very impressive, hope she can get a medal for Slovakia !

His last complete Decathlon was in Eugene in 2022..

Don't be so drastic, it's the French athletics federation that has been a joke for a long time! (however you are allowed to lose all your respect for us when the Olympics will start )

I'm pretty sure they already knew about the first part ! But yeah, the trust between Thibus and the rest of the team is certainly broken because of this case. A shame because they were on the podium of the last two World Cups without Thibus, so they were even pretty good without her. Well, we'll see !

Her return into the national team will be awkward.

In 2021 I was very bad at this little game. But I want to be very, veeeery optimistic about in 2024 : I strongly believe in the "home advantage" for this type of event. (I'm stealing your "Day by Day" method ) Day 1 Saturday 27 July Judo : Shirine Boukli (W -48kg) - Luka Mkheidze (M -60kg) Rugby Sevens : M Team Skateboarding : Aurélien Giraud (M Street) Day 2 Sunday 28 July Archery : W Team Cycling Mountain Bike : Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (W Cross Country) Fencing : Romain Cannone (M Epee) Judo : Amandine Buchard (W -52kg) Shooting : Camille Jedrzejewski (W 10m Air Pistol) Swimming : Leon Marchand (M 400m Medley) Day 3 Monday 29 July Canoe Slalom : Nicolas Gestin (M C1) Equestrian : Eventing Team Fencing : Sara Balzer (W Sabre) - Enzo Lefort (M Foil) Shooting : Oceanne Muller (W 10m Air Rifle) Day 4 Tuesday 30 July Fencing : W Épée Team Judo : Clarisse Agbegnenou (W -63 kg) Rugby Sevens : W team Triathlon : Dorian Coninx (but it could be anyone really) (M Individual) Day 5 Wednesday 31 July Cycling BMX Freestyle : Anthony Jeanjean (M) Judo : Marie-Ève Gahié (W -70 kg) Surfing : Kauli Vaast (M) & Vahine Ferro (W) - maybe I overestimate them, but they are both from Tahiti and know the place like no one else Swimming : Leon Marchand (M 200m Butterfly + 200m Breaststroke) - Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (W 1500m Freestyle) Day 6 Thursday 1 August Canoe Slalom : Titouan Castryck (M K1) Judo : Madeleine Malonga (W -78 kg) Sailing : Erwan Fischer / Clément Pequin (M 49er) Swimming : Marwen Tomac (M 200m Backstroke) Day 7 Friday 2 August - I thing our "Super Friday" BMX : 2 of the French racers (M) Fencing : M Epee Team Judo : Romane Dicko (W +78 kg) - Teddy Riner (M +100 kg) Sailing : Nicolas Goyard (M) - Hélène Noesmoen (W) (IQFoil) Swimming : Leon Marchand (M 200m Individual Medley) Day 8 Saturday 3 August Artistic Gymnastics : Coline Devillard (W Vault) Fencing : W Sabre Team Judo : Mixed Team Day 9 Sunday 4 August Fencing : M Team Foil Day 10 Monday 5 August Basketball 3x3 : W Team Canoe Slalom : Titouan Castryck (M Kayak Cross) Shooting : Clement Bessaguet (M Rapid Fire Pistol) Triathlon : Mixed Team Day 11 Tuesday 6 August No one ! Day 12 Wednesday 7 August Boxing : Sofiane Oumiha (M -63.5 kg) Cycling Track : W Pursuit Team Sailing : Camille Lecointre/Jeremie Mion (Mixed Dinghy) Day 13 Thursday 8 August Athletics : Wilheim Belocian (M 110H) - at least one medal in Athletics please Boxing : Billal Bennama (-51kg) Cycling Track : Benjamin Thomas (M Omnium) Sailing : Lauriane Nolot (W) - Axel Mazella (M) (Kitefoil) Day 14 Friday 9 August Cycling Track : Clara Copponi/Victoire Berteau (W Madison) Table Tennis : M Team Taekwondo : Magda Wiet-Henin (W -67kg) Day 15 Saturday 10 August Handball : W Team Taekwondo : Althéa Laurin (W +67kg) Day 16 Sunday 11 August Handball : M Team Any day Maybe some more medals in Fencing, or Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos who will have a resurrection, and some surpring medalists. Let's say three more medals. Total prediction (in the very optimistic spectrum) 63 Medals, +/- 17 gold medals

I'm obviously happy for Simon-JBB-Jeanmonnot-Chauveau But I don't want the French girls to become the Norwegian men I hope for more exciting future races (the Pursuit seems already decided...)

Very, very happy for Lena Häcki-Gross, she's such a joy to watch racing, and she often seemed so close to a first victory (and usually a podium) ! The French girls team is so good this season, I love it ! And there is still such a good team in IBU Cup and Junior Cup too...!

Braisaz-Bouchet back with the "super mom power"

Que d'informations que je découvre pour la première fois, merci beaucoup ! Je ne suis aucun de ces sports (à part aux JO), donc très heureux d'apprendre qu'un projet en patinage de vitesse (masculin..) ait été mis en place ! Est ce que c'est aussi en lien avec la possible candidature en 2030 ? Car je pensais la fédération des sports de glace perdue à jamais. 😬

Yeah, she hasn't been arrested at all, the police (or in this case "gendarmerie") only got her testimony in the presence of her lawyer But don't worry it's French justice, we'll have the results of this case in 2 years

Wrestling is unfortunately considered as a (very) minor sports discipline in France (especially compared to other combat sports like boxing or judo). I think his gold medal will make a page in l'Equipe (the largest sports magazine in France), but it will be the only media coverage for him. I myself admit to having learned of Ibrahim Ghanem's existence yesterday.

We have really bad and evil federations in the country, but Artistic Gymnastics's is clearly one of the worst. For the specialists here : do you think Melanie de Jesus dos Santos has any chance to win medals in 2024?

Disastrous championships for for the moment, with maybe only one boat that will get a quota. For the moment, no plausible explanations from the federation. The two Lightweight boats were contenders for the podium, and here we are now with the men eliminated and the women in difficulty for the last quota in Final B.

Je ne suis absolument rien au pentathlon, mais depuis qu'ils ont changé leurs règles suite à la polémique de l'équitation, j'ai l'impression que les francais(e)s ont bien baissé au terme de niveau non ?

Wonderful World Championships, and it was very nice to follow it with reading all Totallympics users comments!

Un petit espoir demain avec le K2 femmes et le C2 hommes (les résultats de tous les championnats du monde de cet été pour la France sont pour le moment très décevants )

We learned today that the leaders of the French athletics federation will be summoned to the Ministry of Sports to explain the poor results of French athletes... ... But as usual nothing will change

Estomaqué de lire l'article de l'Equipe sur ces championnats du monde et comment l'équipe de France les envisageait : plusieurs des français.e.s engagé.e.s ont dû dépenser de leur argent personnel pour réussir à venir à ces championnats...

Only two individuals TOP8 (and a 4th place in the mixed relay) for the moment.. Athletics never was our best sport, but it's getting worse.

Kevin Mayer might be out in the Decathlon (achilles tendon pain). Could be a bluff, or goodbye only (realistic) medal chance.

Si seulement il ne pouvait y avoir que Maryse Ewanjé-Epée et Stéphane Diagana aux commentaires sur France TV Pas folichon les résultats français pour le moment (sans surprise), minus Gabriel Bordier et Schrub, à voir si un des deux hurdleurs fait médaille tout à l'heure.

What's going on?

En 6 ans je pense qu'il y avait moyen de construire de belles équipes (ils l'ont bien fait pour le quatre de couple femmes), mais bon on ne saura jamais !