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This is historic. For the first time, the team of France face Iceland, victorious (36-30) on the other semi-final against Spain. will face Iceland in the final Sunday. (Reuters) A harsh, like Claude Onesta. It does not turn the last two Olympic champions (Russia in 2000 and Croatia in 1996 and 2004) without putting all its guts. The quarter-final against Russia had revealed the mental and physical resources of the Bleus. The semi-final against Croatia, has sublimated. Not the France team handball has seemed so strong. Never had the Blues reached the final of the Olympic Games. In the bronze "Barjots" by Daniel Costantini succeed today "Costauds" (or "Experts" for the Federation ...) by Claude Onesta able to win Sunday the Olympic gold medal.

Symbol of a witness passage between these two generations, Jackson Richardson, now in Beijing as a consultant, a position better than anyone the strength of this team to France today. "They managed to impose their rhythm in this competition. They had given objective is to fetch the gold. They are on track. They have enormous potential, enormous talent to materialize. This is the strength of this team then, they never doubted. They know they are the best team in the World ", slipping a" Jack "always asked if there even guess his impatience to go kiss his mates . "I say this since 2005 or 2006, not since the beginning of the preparation it takes. At the time, I wanted to continue because I had confidence in this team is the best generation with which I 've evolved. They confirmed. "