At the end of the suspense, the American Nelly Korda triumphed and won Olympic gold with a score of -17 (267). The Japanese Mone Inami (-16) collects the silver in the play-off against the New Zealander Lydia Ko who hangs the bronze. Perrine Delacour and Céline Boutier finished 29th (-4) and 34th (-2) respectively.

2021 Olympics: Nelly Korda crowned Olympic champion

2021 Olympics: Nelly Korda crowned Olympic champion

As it turns out, her first major title on June 27 (KMPG Women's PGA Championship) was just the start for Nelly Korda. The American now Olympic champion held on to her rank as the number one player in the world, with a score of 267 (-17) and a final card of 69 (-2) for a victory by one stroke.

Korda, at 23, and his compatriot Xander Sc Chaudele who won the men's title on Sunday, offer a second gold medal in the United States. Nelly has now won three of her last four individual tournaments.

The American kept her cool in this last lap, during a medal hunt full of twists and turns despite a double bogey on the 7 (par 3) that she quickly filled with two new birdies in the 8 and the 9.

The younger of the Korda sisters did not weaken on the return with two birdies against a bogey, although she saw the Japanese player Mone Inami return to her height at 17 (-17) just after the hour-long hiatus. following thunderstorms. Tied at the start of the 18th, it was a fatal error by the Japanese with a bogey that finally benefited the American who entered par.

It was the Japanese Mone Inami who finally collected the silver by winning the first play-off hole against the New Zealander Lydia Ko, also -16 after three rounds, who will have to settle for bronze five years after the Rio money.

Blue side

The French Céline Boutier with a second card under the par this week gained six places on the leaderboard and finished with a final score of 282 in 34th position at -2.

Perrine Delacour, could not transform her chance for a medal, six strokes from the podium at the start of the last lap. the other tricolor engaged in the event finally finished in 29th place in par (71) with a total score of 280 (-4).

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