Handball: French win gold in the final against Russia

After men, France's handball players have also won Olympic Gold. The French celebrated on Sunday through a 30:25 (15:13) against the selection of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the final of Tokyo their first Olympic victory and thus successfully revealed for the 2016 final defeat in Rio de Janeiro (19:22) .

The French men had gotten the day before a 25:23 against World Champion Denmark Gold. After the Soviet Union in 1976 in Montreal and Yugoslavia in 1984 in Los Angeles, France is thus the third nation, which in the same year in both men and women the Olympic Handball Tournament.

Powered by the Men's team, which pursued the final in the Yoyogi National Stadium on the grandstand, the French women worked out in the first section. The Roc team could only close this in the first half, after the rest, the French people sat down around their best throwers Allison Pineau and Pauletta Foppa (7 Goals each).

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Bronze secured himself in Rio 2016 and Sidney 2000 the three-time world champion Norway, which prevailed clearly 36:19 (19: 7) against the Sweden. The German women's team did not qualify for Olympics.