OLYMPIC GAMES.Swimming. Already a first title for King Dressel? The American dives as a favorite with his teammates in the 4x100m freestyle relay for what could be the start of his Japanese harvest.
Some finals to follow. Fencing: ladies’ individual saber (1:45 p.m.), men’s individual foil (2:10 p.m.); taekwondo: – 67 kg ladies (2:30 p.m.), – 80 kg men (2:45 p.m.); table tennis: mixed doubles (14 hours).
TUESDAY JULY 27
OLYMPIC GAMES.Gymnastic. First opportunity to shine for Biles, in search of gold with the all-around team competition.
Judo. The French Clarisse Agbegnenou has been crushing the competition on the tatami mats in recent years, accumulating 5 world titles, including the last mid-June, and five European titles (-63 kg). All that is missing is Olympic gold after being beaten in the final at the Rio Olympics in 2016.
WEDNESDAY JULY 28
OLYMPIC GAMES.Swimming. Celebrity day in the Tokyo Basin with the finals of the women’s 200m freestyle (Italian veteran Federica Pellegrini, Australian Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky), the women’s 200m medley with Katinka Hosszu, the 4x200m freestyle relay men and possibly Dressel, and again Ledecky in the 1,500m freestyle, an event in which this is the first Olympic appearance for women.
Basket. The Dream Team continues its journey by facing Iran. If the match is of little sporting interest as the Americans are superior to the Iranians, it is above all the political rivalry between the two countries that makes this poster interesting and always highly commented on. While the Americans and Iranians explain themselves, the French will play their second game on the Saitama court against the Czech Republic.
Basket 3×3. Another form of basketball and a new discipline at the Games, 3×3 (3 players against 3 on a half-court with a single basket) delivers its first two Olympic champions, men and women.
THURSDAY JULY 29
Swimming, gymnastOLYMPIC GAMES.ique. Two of the biggest stars of these Olympics will try their luck in the queen events of their sport. American Caeleb Dressel is favorite in the 100m freestyle, as is fellow gymnast Simone Biles in the individual all-around.
BMX, Golf. The day also marks the debut of the always spectacular BMX and golf events with the men’s tournament.
FRIDAY JULY 30
OLYMPIC GAMES.Athletics. Swimming is not yet over when the other great sport of the Olympic Games begins, athletics. Sprinters enter the arena with the 100m heats, while long-distance runners will compete in the 10,000m with a direct final.
Judo. Judo enthusiasts will only have eyes for Teddy Riner. In the mythical Budokan, the French are looking to win a third Olympic title, unprecedented in the heavyweight, which would make him the greatest among the greatest of this sport, almost sacred in Japan.
SATURDAY JULY 31
FOOTBALL. Ligue 2 (2nd day): Nîmes – Dijon (15 hours); AC Ajaccio – Amiens; Guingamp – Valenciennes; Nancy – Toulouse; Niort – Caen; Paris FC – Dunkirk; Quevilly Rouen – SC Bastia; Rodez – Pau; Sochaux – Le Havre (7 p.m.).
OLYMPIC GAMES.Athletics, tennis and swimming. Gala weekend in Tokyo, with the final of the 100m ladies in athletics, and the classic USA / Jamaica duel, the final of the women’s tennis tournament and the pool that will wriggle at the passages of Dressel, which could go on to the finals the 4×100 mixed medley relay and the 100m butterfly but also the 800m final with Katie Ledecky.
In athletics, Allyson Felix is competing for his fifth and last consecutive Olympic Games, during the 400m series. The 35-year-old American has one of the biggest achievements in Olympic history (6 in gold and 3 in silver). Sevens rugby: these will also be the last bounces of the oval ball with the final of the women’s tournament.
SUNDAY AUGUST 1st
OLYMPIC GAMES.Athletics. Make way for THE race for the Olympics, the men’s 100m final. Without the retired Usain Bolt, crowned in the last three finals (2008, 20012 and 2016), the American Trayvon Bromell is the favorite, five years after leaving the Olympics on a wheelchair, injured in the final of the 4x100m relay.
Swimming. As the day before, Dressel has the opportunity to adorn himself with gold twice with the finals of the men’s 4x100m medley relay and that of the 50m freestyle.
Gymnastic. Five years after a terrible injury (tibia fibula fracture when landing a jump) at the Rio Olympics, Samir Aït Saïd returns for the first day of the apparatus finals with the intention of “coming for this medal”, then promised. The rings specialist is not alone in aiming for the podium, but he promises “a surprise” in these movements. Biles will continue his quest for history with the jump and uneven bars.
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