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You suspect, all things told, Paris and these Olympics really needed Saturday night.

It only took the first day after the launch ceremony to relaunch all Olympic opening extravaganzas. Images and metaphors and symbols abound. Thank you Antoine Dupont, France's rugby hero extraordinaire. Thar be gold in Saint-DenisLet's…

The Stade de France sang in perfect harmony to the words of Charles Aznavour as Antoine Dupont had done just that, taking France to dreamland and delivering the first home gold of Paris 2024.

World Rugby needs to recalibrate its international calendar to enable more players like Antoine Dupont to switch between sevens and 15s, according to its CEO, Alan Gilpin.

Antoine Dupont’s poker-face is probably the best in the business. So when he discards it for a glorious smile, he can create as powerful a connection as any welcome party. The Stade de France was a glorious riot of celebration and high…

France 28-7 Fiji: Les Bleus became the first host nation to win the men’s sevens title thanks to their No.11’s magical second-half display

Dupont has been revelling in victory

Not content with any normal coronation, Antoine Dupont ascended the Olympic throne and carried a nation with him.

The France scrum-half says it took 'a lot of commitment, sacrifices and work' to reach his peak in sevens for the Games

When everything is considered and stacked up side-by-side, Antoine Dupont might be France's greatest player of all-time, but certainly not the world's.

Nine months on from their heartbreaking quarter-final loss in the World Cup to South Africa, Antoine Dupont inspired France's Sevens side to win Olympic gold at the Stade de France.

Ledecky gets bronze, Wembanyama stuns for France, diving gets medals In the pools, Team USA is off to a great start. Mackenzie Salmon breaks down our favorite moments from Saturday’s events. PARIS – Antoine Dupont received the loudest…

France superstar Antoine Dupont became an Olympic gold medalist in rugby sevens as France defeated Fiji 28-7, and in Dupont fashion he scored a double at Stade de France.

STADE DE FRANCE — As the ball tumbled out of the Saint-Denis sky, it seemed destined to reach the hands of one man: French rugby superstar Antoine Dupont.

France’s Olympic poster boy fired the host nation to their first gold medal of the games after scoring two tries in the rugby sevens final.

NIK SIMON AT THE STADE DE FRANCE: Almost single-handedly, Dupont delivered Paris its poster moment. Its first gold medal of its first Olympics for 100 years.

Antoine Dupont’s wizardry lit up the Olympics to deliver a moment, perhaps the moment of Paris 2024 so far, scoring two tries to win France the gold medal in rugby sevens on Saturday, 27 July. The match was tied 7-7 at half-time but Dupont…

Antoine Dupont’s wizardry lit up the Olympics to deliver a moment, perhaps the moment of Paris 2024 so far, scoring two tries to win France the gold medal in rugby sevens on Saturday, 27 July.

The Toulouse scrum-half has won the European Champions Cup, France’s Top 14 and now rugby sevens Olympics gold in the space of nine weeks.