Record for Quentin Fillon Maillet, the XV of France shines against Ireland, the Girondins in pain… Discover our tops and flops after the sports weekend.
TOPS
Fillon Maillet in the legend of the Olympics
And four for Quentin Fillon Maillet. At 29, the French biathlete became Olympic pursuit champion on Sunday at the Beijing Olympics. His second title after the individual and his fourth Olympic medal in China. Monstrous, and it may not be over… He became the first Habs to win four medals during the same Olympics. Martin Fourcade nevertheless remains the national record holder at the Winter Olympics with seven charms in total, including five in gold. Fillon Maillet still has two opportunities to approach this total with the men’s relay on Tuesday and the mass start on Friday.
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And three for the XV of France
The adversary showed up with neon lights. European number 1, world number 3, authoritative winner of the All Blacks in November and the Welsh a week earlier. In short, danger for the Blues against the Irish who had announced to come “silence the Stade de France(the captain, James Ryan). It was in an enclosure as unleashed as its players that the XV of France of a found Antoine Dupont, with a furious pack and a Gabin Villere in warrior mode, dominated the XV of Clover (30-24). A Clover that no longer brings happiness to the Irish: third defeat in a row against France. Who remains the only nation in the running for a Grand Slam, all their rivals having already lost at least one match (the 6 nations ranking here).
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Dupraz has given color to the Greens
The psychological shock did take place in Saint-Etienne. If they took the door against the National 2 club of Bergerac, the Greens remain on three rank victories in the championship. Enough to leave the unenviable position of red lantern and find hope in view of the maintenance. Sunday, they won in Clermont, a direct competitor (1-2). “We are no longer last. It counts but it’s anecdotal and the credit goes to the players. My team does not know renunciation. The players performed admirably. We still have to remain vigilant with fourteen matches to play“, indicated Dupraz after the meeting, without forgetting to address a tackle to Pascal Gastien, “a great boy but he is not fair play. He’s always squealing, all the time, it’s annoying».
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FAA, first
Felix Auger-Aliasssime, 21, is promised a great future. However, he had to get rid of an annoying statistic for a player who would one day be announced as world number one. In eight finals played on the circuit, he had always lost in the final and without ever winning a single set… With art and manner, Toni Nadal’s protege outclassed Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday in the final in Rotterdam (6- 4, 6-2). His arm, this time, did not tremble. And his serve, along with his surgical precision from the baseline, made the difference. Very moved during the award ceremony, the world number 9 did not hide his joy and relief: “It’s the best day of my career“. And certainly not the last.
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FLOPS
Stade Toulousain can’t stop unscrewing
Good, okay. The reigning French double champion was missing ten internationals. It is therefore less strong. But it’s a bit of a short explanation to justify such a series of defeats. Five in a row in the Top 14: after UBB, Clermont, Racing 92 and Perpignan, Stade Français won in Toulouse (28-29), where the Parisians had not won since 2006 Five losses in a row, it had not happened at Stade Toulousain for eight years. Ugo Mola will quickly have to find the key. Because with only 3 bonus points taken out of the 25 put into play, things go wrong: 5th in the championship standings, 11 points behind the Bordeaux leader. Wake up expected next Saturday on the lawn of the Section Paloise (the program of the 18th day here).
Sad dress rehearsal for PSG before Real
Jostled by Stade Rennes and… by their own supporters, the Parisians were not reassured on Friday, for their last match before facing Real Madrid. Certainly, they finally won thanks to a late goal signed Kylian Mbappé (1-0). But in the content, the account is not there. It will clearly be necessary to raise the tone on Tuesday, against Casa Blanca, in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League. Note that the people of Madrid, themselves, were looking for a draw on the ground of Villarreal on Saturday (0-0), in the Spanish championship.
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Bordeaux keeps flowing
David Guion has a job… Announced on the Girondins bench, the ex-Reims coach will recover a drifting team, last in the Ligue 1 standings after a defeat at Lens (3-2) on Sunday, during the 24th day of Ligue 1. Bordeaux, which has conceded at least one goal in each of its matches in the French league since the start of the season, definitely does not succeed, despite the departure of Vladimir Petkovic. Good news ? The last five teams of L1 stand… in two points: 21 units for Troyes, Lorient and ASSE, 20 to the credit of Metz and Bordeaux. 15th with 24 points, Clermont is not that far from the gruppetto.
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Qualified for the World Cup, the Bleues du basket pale in comparison
Admittedly, Endy Miyem and Sandrine Gruda were missing. Admittedly, the goal was achieved in Belgrade with qualification for the 2022 World Cup. But Jean-Aimé Toupane’s daughters did not shine in Serbia… They did the minimum by winning their first match against Mali ( 77-66) on Thursday, before giving in against Nigeria (65-67) on Friday and taking the tide against China (70-103) on Sunday. What leave a feeling of “shameTo Gabby Williams. «The only positive point to remember is the qualification“Summarizes the coach of the French women’s basketball team. And to add:We still have a lot of things to put in place but I remain convinced that we will move forward“. It would be better…
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