2024-07-29 20:00:05
Manon Apithy-Brunet gave France her first practice gold on Monday by winning the Franco-French saber final of the Paris Olympics against Sara Balzer.
Published on: 07/29/2024 – 22:00
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She is the first French fighter to win a gold medal in this weapon since the introduction of women’s saber to the Olympic Games in 2004. Manon Apithy-Brunet won, Monday July 29, the French duel in the saber final of it was against Sara Balzer, offering France a second gold medal on the day after defeating Nicolas Gestin in the shuttle.
In the grand setting of the Grand Palais, spectators witnessed a history for French practice since Lyonnaise became the first tricolor sabreuse to win Olympic gold, and the third fencer after Pascale Trinquet (foil) in 1980 in Moscow and Laura Flessel (epee). ) in 1996 in Atlanta.
More precisely in facing the aggressive attacks of Sara Balzer, Manon Apithy-Brunet based her victory on a great start to the game. He quickly took a 6-2 lead and was able to get his opponent back to finish at 15-12.
After raising his head in his hand, he certainly did not know what he had just done, and embracing him with the victor of the evening, he was carried in triumph by his husband, Boladé Apithy, the sabreur of France.
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This is his first individual Olympic final after his semi-final in Rio in 2016 then Tokyo in 2021. After winning bronze in Japan, he took the tricolor saber to team silver, the combination for which Sara Balzer was a substitute.
France now has 16 medals in total, five gold, eight silver and three bronze.
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