The French foilists took second place on Sunday in the Team World Cup in Tbilisi where they lost in the final to the Italian armada (45-36) three months before the 2024 Olympics. Even deprived of their lead poster Ysaora Thibus, suspended for a positive test, the Blues dismissed the United States in the semi-final (43-35), however deprived of their reigning Olympic champion Lee Kiefer.
The day before, Pauline Ranvier, the best French shooter, was ranked 13th in the individual tournament. The Italians, in the wake of world champion Alice Volpi, had monopolized the podium. The selection of the French foil team for the Olympic Games must be announced on July 5, according to the Federation, i.e. as late as possible, taking into account the situation of Ysaora Thibus, temporarily suspended due to a positive test. to an anabolic agent, ostarine, while waiting to perhaps prove contamination.