Halfway through the Paris 2024 Games, France has already racked up its biggest medal haul in over a century. The country is aiming to finish in the top five, but with some of its strongest sports already wrapped up, there are no guarantees its second week will be as glittering as its first.
By the 10th day of competition on Monday, France had amassed 45 medals – more than it collected over the entire Olympics in Tokyo (33), Rio (42), London (35) or Beijing (43).
