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The French women’s team captivated the 6,000 spectators at the Chapelle Gate Arena with a wild French cancan and won fourth place in the rhythmic gymnastics team final, seduced by the judges.

The Blue Orchestra received 68,800 points at the end of the qualifying round and will be on the podium for the first time in the discipline on Saturday.

Ainhoa ​​Dot, Manelle Inaho, Célia Joseph-Noël, Justine Lavit and Lozea Vilarino, all aged between 18 and 21, have reason to believe they have a chance of winning a medal, although they are just 0.15 points away from third place.^Egypt of the places are occupied by Ukrainian women (68,950).

China is next, one point behind (5^Egypt; 67,900).

Qualifying showed that anything is possible, with defending world champion Israel finishing sixth (67.150).

On the other hand, Olympic champions Bulgaria maintained control (1st in qualifiers; 70.400), ahead of also-favorite Italy (69.350).

In front of the audience, the French, who has been trained for three years by the new duo (Belarusian Anna Baranova and Spaniard Sara Bayon), performed two programs, each combining three ribbons and two balls, very solidly executed.

In their first performance of Johnny Hallyday’s song “Vivre,” they took third place, then performed a second time to the tune of the French Cancan, with corsets and an atmosphere of blue, white and red.

France has never won a medal in rhythmic gymnastics.

Personal best ranking is 5^Egypt Eva Serrano qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and finished 4th^Egypt In 1996 the band performed in Atlanta.