France topped the medal table on day one of the London British Open, a senior European Cup event, at K2 Crawley.
The high-flying French team captured eight medals to finish ahead of Spain and hosts Great Britain in the medal table.
France's eight-medal haul featured three gold, one silver and four bronze. Emilie Andeol took gold at +78kg while Sarah Loko and Geraldine Mentouopou took top honours at -63kg and -78kg.
Asma Niang took -63kg silver as Julien Ottaviani took bronze in the -66kg category. Karine Berger took -70kg bronze as did Mylene Chollet. Audrey Thorel took -78kg bronze.
Hosts Great Britain won four medals to finish third in the medal table. An all-British -66kg final captured the imagination of the crowd as their willed on their compatriots.
Faith Pitman and Sarah Adlington earned bronze medals in the -63kg and +78kg categories respectively.
After capturing the bronze medal Faith, who defeated compatriot Kate Walker, said: "I'm pleased with bronze, it's not what my goal was coming in but I put in some pleasing performances to come out with a medal.
"Again there's a good standard of competition and it's great to be able to compete at such an event in front of a home crowd who were fantastic all day long. They really made a difference for the British fighters, they spurred me on and I really appreciate their support."
