Rio 2016: Justin Rose took the lead in the Olympic tournament after a superb 3rd round (-6) with a lead over Henrick Stenson. Last chance for a medal for Frenchman Grégory Bourdy, with bronze in his sights.

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Gregory Bourdy in Rio / AFP Jim Watson

Justin Rose took the lead in the tournament on his own, making the first hole in an Olympic Thursday in the first round, the 36-year-old Briton playing fire for his third day. Two eagles and a birdie on the first five holes. A bogey at 14 was quickly erased by two birdies at 15 and 16. Here is our winner of the US Open 2013, leading at the start of the last day, which will see the successor of George crowned on Sunday with Olympic laurels. Lyon, last Olympic gold medalist… in 1904.

Will Olympic Gold be Pink ...

Win a gold medal ..."It would really mean something »Rose already imagines.
Gold the Grail of all athletes " We can see what that represents for all those who are here in Rio.
Moreover, the players present got caught up in the game and, despite a more relaxed atmosphere on the courses than usual, the best have stepped up and are now fighting for a medal. So to land one would be just amazing“, He underlines, expressing in hollow, the lack of Olympic tradition among golfers. A state of mind that has prompted 12 of the 20 best players in the world to decline their participation in these Olympics where their sport is making a comeback after 112 years of absence ...

Last chance for a medal for French golf ...

Grégory Bourdy stumbled at the end of the day. The Bordelais had a good start to this third round, 4 points behind the leader, remaining in contact most of the day. Unfortunately 6 bogeys were conceded including three on the last three holes, and ended the day with a score of +1. The Frenchman is now in 7th position, 7 strokes behind the leader.

The other Frenchman, Julien Quesne, had another difficult day (+1) and remains in the depths of the standings: 57th on a field of 60 reduced to 59 after the abandonment of the Taiwanese Lin Wen-Tang, to 21 strokes of Pink.

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What a day for 's Justin Rose as a -6 score for the day has him top of the leaderboard on -12