Second day of the Paralympic Games this Friday, August 30 with a shower of medals expected.
10:26 – Alexandra Saint-Pierre and Flora Vautier in difficulty
It’s getting a little more difficult for the French pair, now trailing two sets to one.
10:10 – The first round for Alexandra Saint-Pierre and Flora Vautier
Perfect start to the match for the two French women who won the first set 11-5.
10:04 – Alexandra Saint-Pierre and Flora Vautier play for the medal
The French para table tennis pair face the number three seeded Serbians for a place in the semi-finals and already secure the medal.
09:56 – No final either for Dimitri Granjux
Fifth place also for Dimitri Granjux who is ninth overall and first non-qualifier.
09:52 – David Smetanine fifth in his series
The Frenchman finished far from the lead for his last Games at 49 years old and will certainly not be in the final.
09:38 – Nathalie Benoit will go through the repechages
The Frenchwoman finished second in her series and will go through the repechage tomorrow to seek her place in the final of the PR1 para rowing single scull, where she is aiming for a medal.
09:30 – Start of the para swimming session
Second day of para swimming with French from 9:48 am with David Spetanine and Dimitri Granjux in the 100m freestyle S4 series. Hector Denayer will be in the pool at 10:46 am while Alex Portal will already be back at 11:02 am with the 100m backstroke
09:21 – The start of para rowing
This discipline could bring several medals to France with the series of skiff and mixed doubles starting this morning.
09:09 – France 5th in the medal rankings
With three medals, including one gold, France currently occupies fifth place in the medal rankings, already dominated by China, which won five medals, including four gold.
09:03 – Lucas Mazur back around 11:50
The Frenchman begins his singles tour after the defeat with Faustine Noël in mixed doubles yesterday. He faces the Brazilian Rogerio Oliveira
08:55 – What are the chances of medals this Friday?
New medals could fall this Friday for the French delegation. In addition to Hector Denayer in para swimming, we will have to watch Alexandre Léauté in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines who could open his counter and begin his medal harvest with the individual pursuit. Finally, in the event of defeat in the semi-final, the pair Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud will be in bronze this Friday, and if they win the final and the medal will be tomorrow.
08:38 – Three medals for the first day
As in Tokyo, it was Marie Patouillet who gave France its first medal, with silver in the 500m C5 in track cycling. In the evening, the Marseillaise resounded for the first time with the coronation of Ugo Didier in the 400m freestyle, while Alex Portal took second place in the 100m butterfly.
08:35 – Start of the second day
Hello everyone and welcome to the second day of competition at the Paralympic Games, with many events on the programme.
08/29/24 – 10:44 p.m. – Have a good evening everyone!
Thank you for following this wonderful day with us, we will see you tomorrow for the second day of these Paralympic Games.
08/29/24 – 10:35 PM – Great chances for medals tomorrow
There are four major medal chances for France tomorrow. Alexandre Leauté is the big favourite in the C2 cycling pursuit. He can also hope for a medal in the C2 kilometre. Hector Denayer in the S9 100m breaststroke can also dream of gold while the Lamirault-Michaud pair in the MD4 table tennis doubles will have a hard time doing better than bronze.
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The goal for these 2024 Paralympic Games is quite high for the French delegation, which hopes to break all records as for the Olympic Games. “The goal is mainly gold medals, because that’s what counts most in the table of nations,” recalls Marie-Amélie Le Fur.[…] I was asked if this was not a discounted ambition compared to the Olympic top 5. But we had so neglected performance, we have come a long way. We were 14th in Tokyo; aiming for the top 8 means doubling the number of gold medals, so a real ambition” said Marie-Amélie Le Fur, president of the French Paralympic Committee. As a reminder, in 2021, the French Paralympic delegation won 54 medals, including eleven Olympic titles.