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France 71 Russia 59

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SYDNEY, Sept 29 (AFP) - Olympic women's basketball classification result on Friday:

5-8 Places

France 71 Russia 59 (HT 30-27)

France: le Drean (4), Antibe (8), Fijalkowski (10), Lawson (3), Melain (13), Moussard (4), Sauret (17), Savasta (2), Souvre (7), Vivenot (3).

Russia: Abrossimova (2), Arkhipova (1), Chakirova (17), Nikonova (18), Pchikova (10), Zassoulskaia (2), Stepanova (9).

Referees: Bill Mildenhall (AUS) and David Jones (USA)

Box score

France PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Sandra le Drean 4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 12:03

Nicole Antibe 8 3-5 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 3 22:39

Isabelle Fijalkowski 10 3-6 0-0 4-6 1 0 0 6 4 27:56

Edwidge Lawson 3 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 1:14

Nathalie Lesdema 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1:14

Catherine Melain 13 4-10 0-1 5-6 4 2 2 5 3 31:50

Laetitia Moussard 4 1-3 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 1 1 17:42

Audrey Sauret 17 5-9 1-2 4-8 2 1 1 5 3 34:53

Laure Savasta 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 9:19

Yannick Souvre 7 1-2 1-1 2-2 1 2 4 4 2 29:27

Dominique Tonnerre 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1:14

Stephanie Vivenot 3 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 1 4 10:29

Russia PTS 2P 3P FT AS ST TO RB FL MI

Svetlana Abrossimova 2 1-5 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 2 3 12:59

Anna Arkhipova 1 0-4 0-3 1-2 4 1 1 3 4 35:33

Elen Chakirova 17 4-7 0-1 9-10 0 1 2 4 4 26:32

Elena Khoudachova 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 3:26

Evguenia Nikonova 18 5-9 2-3 2-2 0 1 2 0 3 37:05

Elena Pchikova 10 1-3 0-0 8-8 0 0 0 5 1 15:06

Irina Routkovskaia 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 4 1 4 24:49

Natalia Zassoulskaia 2 0-10 0-1 2-2 1 1 1 5 2 19:26

Maria Stepanova 9 4-5 0-0 1-4 1 0 2 5 2 22:18

Olga Artechina 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 2:46

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