Judo-mania for the hostspublished at 19:22 British Summer Time 3 August
Amy Lofthouse
BBC Sport in Paris
On my way to La Defense Arena, there were a lot of people standing around outside bars and restaurants watching the judo.
Judo is massive in France - Teddy Riner, who won men's +100kg gold yesterday, is an actual icon - and the team were going for gold in the mixed event.
It was a stunner of a match as well - France had come back to send it to Golden Score, where the first score decides the match.
And unsurprisingly, it was Rinner who got the crucial score to hand France their 12th gold medal.
There's something to be said about the impact of hosting a Games on the nation's athletes.