Dear France:
It is generally unwise to say that you are going to “smash the Americans”. What usually happens is that you get your ass handed to you in one of the most amazing upsets in sports history.
(Seriously: France holds the world record; they have a 2.5 second lead through almost the entire race; they’ve pretty much got a lock on it. Then we come from behind in the last half of the last length of the last leg and own them by 8/100s of a second. It’s phenomenal.)
There is video here, but dunno how long it will last. Oh, and it is the Chinese feed, so good luck understanding them – however, they get REALLY excited at the end.
The last Frenchman’s arms were tired from too much self-congratulatory wanking!