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00:00Lots of fans already queuing up for this afternoon's session here at the Champs-de-Mars because
00:05there is a superstar, Teddy Riner, of course bidding for his fourth Olympic gold medal and
00:11his third individual medal having won one with the team event back in Tokyo in 2021.
00:19He's expressed his desire that he's very hungry to get a gold medal here on home turf. Teddy Riner,
00:25who was the last torch relay in the opening ceremony. He's a big star here, one of the faces
00:36of the French team. If he does manage to win a gold here, he would be the outright greatest of
00:43all time in his category in judo. Nobody in his category has managed to win three individual
00:49gold medals at Olympics. It started off rather... it was a complicated one for him this morning in
00:55his opener, which he managed to win eventually in the golden score. For people who don't know,
01:01that's a bit like the equivalent of extra time in football because of his opponents
01:05getting a third penalty. He then came out on top of a very tough encounter with
01:11Jordan judoka Sousa Livi, who is a very well-known judoka. He's a very well-known judoka.
01:20Teddy Riner now has his big semi-final at around 4pm this afternoon.
01:24And disappointment for the French table tennis sensation who lost his semi-final earlier today,
01:31Selena. That's right, the table tennis sensation, Félix Lebrun. Disappointment for him,
01:41the 17-year-old who lost in straight sets against his Chinese opponent, Fan Zhe Dong,
01:48the world number four. The atmosphere was absolutely incredible for that one. All of
01:54the French fans in the arena were behind him for that one, though it wasn't to be.
01:58He was hoping to become the first non-Asian to win Olympic gold in table tennis since Barcelona
02:05in 1992. This is a sport that is dominated by Asians and the Chinese in particular,
02:11though he will now have a chance to go for that bronze medal even on Sunday. And he'll be reared
02:17on, of course, by his brother Alexia, who is also a table tennis player who was knocked out in the
02:23last 16, Annette.