Check out the Paralympic Games medal table with France’s ranking, which broke Tokyo’s gold medal record.
As with the Olympic Games, the medal target for France is very high.”The ambition is the Top 8, to get France into the Top 8 of the Paralympic nations”announced on Monday, August 12, at the microphone of franceinfothe president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF), Marie-Amélie Le Fur. A very ambitious ranking that the French delegation has not achieved since Sydney in 2000 (7th, with 86 awards, including 30 gold). “The goal will be to get 20 gold medals, that’s what will count.” As a reminder, Three years ago in Japan, France finished 14th with 55 medals, including 11 gold, 15 silver and 29 bronze. The top three countries in the Tokyo Paralympic Games rankings were: China (207 medals, including 96 gold), Great Britain (124 medals, 41 gold) and the United States (104 medals, 37 gold). With just a few days to go before the end of the Paralympic Games, France has already broken the gold medal record and is now attacking the total.
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20:43 – A day with 11 medals
After a very prolific day yesterday, France is back with 11 more medals in 24 hours. The Blues are having a blast at these Paralympic Games.
20:35 – The bronze foil!
Maxime Valet, Damien Tokatlian and Ludovic Lemoine finished the day with a medal around their necks, bronze. The French beat the Italians 45-36.
19:14 – 5th medal in athletics
Timothée Adolphe’s silver in the 100m T11 final is the 5th medal for French athletics.
19:04 – New medal assured!
Officially, France does not yet have a 60th medal. But it is just as well! The Blues of blind football are in fact in the final after beating Colombia 1-0.
18:45 – The 60 medal mark within reach
With the two new medals in para swimming, the French delegation is very close to reaching the sixty medal mark. There are now 59.
18:41 – Silver and bronze!
There were two places to take on the podium. Our Frenchmen did it! Ugo Didier and Hector Denayer came 2nd and 3rd in this 200m medley.
6:31 p.m. – Sandrine Martinet is once again Paralympic vice-champion!
Beaten by ippon, the Frenchwoman Sandrine Martinet acquired her 5th Paralympic medal, her fourth in silver.
18:05 – New medal record
With the three new French medals (Laurent Chardard in para swimming and Mathieu Bosredon and Johan Quaile in para cycling), the Blues have surpassed the old record of medals from the Tokyo Paralympic Games which was 54.
17:46 – 22nd medal for para cycling!
With the two new medals just won, the French delegation brings its total to 22 medals!
17:43 – New double for France!!
Mathieu Bosredon is the Paralympic champion. This is his second gold medal in the Games. Johan Quaile is the Paralympic vice-champion. He came in almost a minute behind his compatriot. But this is another double for our Blues.
15:05 – The 20th medal of para cycling
New medal for French para-cycling with second place for Loïc Vergnaud, behind the Dutchman Valize.