Paris 2024 Olympics: Thanks to the foil fencers, France beats its absolute record for medals at the Olympic Games

Les Français ont remporté la médaille de bronze ce dimanche 4 août. MAXPPP – MARTIN DIVISEK

Ce dimanche 4 août, les fleurettistes français sont allés chercher la médaille de bronze en battant les États-Unis, trois ans après avoir décroché l’or à Tokyo.

French fencing did not perform as expected in its Olympic Games. But after many disappointments, it ended on a high note with the bronze medal for the foil fencers. The team, made up of Enzo Lefort, Maxime Pauty, Maximilien Chastanet and Julien Mertine, crushed the United States in the small final (45-32).

Pauty's last touch freed the French clan, under the eyes of a certain Lewis Hamilton, a luxury spectator at the Grand Palais.

Record of medals

With this third medal of the day (after the bronze of Félix Lebrun and the men's 4x100m swimming relay), the French delegation beats its absolute record for medals at the Olympic Games. The record dated from Beijing in 2008 (43). It has risen to 44.

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The Blues are sure to have three more. Boxers Sofiane Oumiha, Billal Bennama and Aboudou Moindze secured, at a minimum, two silver medals and one bronze.