00:00Day three at the Olympics. We cross to one of those Paris monuments. That's a venue for these games
00:06The Grand Palais is usually home to art exhibits and fashion shows
00:09It's never been this loud. What with the 8,000 fans inside cheering on France's fencers
00:16For more, let's turn to France 24's Selena Sykes. Just how loud is it?
00:23Well, I can tell you Francois is definitely one of the best
00:26Atmospheres we've had at the Olympics so far in the Grand Palais and that's because France has a lot of hopes in fencing
00:33It's actually historically at the country's most successful sport at the Olympics before Paris 2024
00:38They had a hundred and twenty three medals in this sport
00:42And they've already added two silvers to that with Emilio Breton and Yannick Borel
00:46Both getting a silvers in their events and there are more hopes for medals today
00:51We have in action as we speak Enzo Lefort in the foil event as well as a Maxime Portier both of these
01:00fencers winning the gold in Tokyo for team the team event three years ago
01:05They'll now be looking for some individual glory for France
01:09And then we have a very big favorites in action later on in the women's sabre
01:15That's a Sarah Balzer who's currently the world number one. So it's really her gold medal to lose a Francois
01:21If you turn right you can see across the Seine from where you are to the left bank
01:25You're right in the heart of the capital
01:27By the banks of the river getting from one venue to the other is I guess one of the big appeals of these games
01:36For sure France while we literally have just a walk to from one venue
01:39It's another very a very nice on a very hot summer's a day are here in the French capital
01:45We were earlier at Place de la Concorde about a 10 minutes a walk from here
01:48and this has to be one of the most magnificent venues of this Paris Games this kind of contrast of
01:55history and new because it is of course the venue for all the urban sports that have most recently been added to the Olympics in
02:01A bid to get younger viewers interested. We saw skateboarding earlier on and there were some French hopes
02:07Although some disappointments as well for Aurelien
02:11Giraud he was kind of the big hope for the French to get a medal here at his home games
02:17He came six in Tokyo for three years ago, and he when won the World Championships at last year
02:23But he has been knocked out in the preliminaries
02:26He failed to get several tricks and fell whilst attempting several tricks
02:31So so he has been knocked out
02:33but there's been a good surprise for the French a crowd of
02:36Favorites as a vessel milou surprise the many and say he is currently looking like he will qualify for the finals
02:43He's currently in fifth spot after his preliminary earlier today
02:47We'll have to wait until all the heats of the men's skater street skateboarding are over
02:53But he looks like he's in a good position to represent France in that final
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