This Wednesday, September 4, should bring a shower of medals to the French delegation.
08:49 – Léauté 3rd in the intermediate time
Alexandre Léauté is currently in provisional third place in this time trial.
08:37 – Alexandre Léauté has left
Alexandre Léauté aims for gold in the C2 time trial. He left a few minutes ago.
08:31 – Marie Patouillet fifth
It was a bit tight for the Paralympic track pursuit champion who finished 1’27 behind Sarah Storey.
08:27 – Silver medal for Heidi Gaugain!
The Frenchwoman is beaten by only four seconds by the legend Sarah Storey! It is cruel for the young 19-year-old cyclist but she consoles herself with the silver medal.
08:20 – Heidi Gaugain in the lead at the first intermediate time
Seven seconds ahead for the Frenchwoman against Sarah Storey, who is used to starting very strongly.
08:06 – The road time trials are underway
Rain of potential medals this morning with the road time trials, and already French women on the road since Marie Patouillet and Heïdi Gaugain, already medallists on the track, have just started in the C5 classification.
03/09/24 – 22:55 – We take stock of this day!
The only thing missing was gold to have a perfect day! The medals came from the pool thanks to Laurent Chardard (bronze), Ugo Didier (silver), and Alex Portal (silver). Matéo Bohéas won bronze in para table tennis. The French delegation thus has 38 medals (5th best record of the participating countries).
03/09/24 – 22:53 – France is eliminated in wheelchair basketball
There was no great feat in this quarter-final of the Paralympic Games. France was no match for the United States (82-47).
03/09/24 – 22:31 – The last quarter begins in this France – United States
The Blues are still largely dominated by the incredible players of the United States (68-37).
03/09/24 – 22:30 – The gap is widening between France and the United States
The Americans now have a lead of more than twenty points (58-33). The public continues to encourage the Blues.
03/09/24 – 22:07 – It’s break time for wheelchair basketball
At the end of the first period, the Blues lacked accuracy. The United States opened up a nice gap in this quarter-final of the Paralympic Games (41-27).
03/09/24 – 22:03 – No miracle for Laure Ustaritz
Competing in the 400m final (T37), the Frenchwoman finished in sixth place in 1’09″20, more than five seconds off the podium.
03/09/24 – 22:02 – One last event to follow in these Paralympic Games!
Until the end of the evening, we will focus on the wheelchair basketball quarter-final: France faces the United States. For the moment, the Blues are trailing (37-25).
03/09/24 – 21:58 – Brianna Vidé remains at the foot of the podium
Having almost reached Tibilashvili’s level (12-11), the Frenchwoman cracked in the face of the Georgian’s malice (15-11). The bronze medal has flown away!
03/09/24 – 21:56 – Vidé is always late!
The Frenchwoman can’t find the solution and she gets more and more annoyed (12-9). The bronze is at stake, and the public is pushing!
03/09/24 – 21:48 – France is out of the running in wheelchair basketball
Faced with the American power, the Blues still had a good first quarter (24-13).
03/09/24 – 21:43 – Brianna Vidé is in trouble!
In this final for the bronze medal, the Frenchwoman is led by the Georgian Tibilashvili (7-5).
03/09/24 – 21:40 – France has qualified for blind football!
Les Bleus join Colombia in the semi-finals of the Paralympic Games thanks to their victory against Turkey (2-0). Baron’s team will now play this Thursday at 5:30 p.m., for a place in the final of the queen of competitions.
03/09/24 – 21:38 – Brianna Vidé will play a final for the bronze
In wheelchair fencing (Cat. A), the Frenchwoman challenges the Georgian Tibiashvili! Fingers crossed!
03/09/24 – 21:37 – Let’s go to wheelchair basketball!
In the quarter finals of the Paralympic Games, France plays against the United States. The Blues must achieve a feat!
03/09/24 – 21:21 – The Blues are heading towards the semi-finals in blind football
There are less than two minutes left in this last match of the group stage. Turkey is still dominated by France (2-0).
03/09/24 – 21:08 – GOAL FOR FRANCE!
On a corner kick from left to right, Baron, after eliminating two players, sent a shot into the top corner! The Blues put themselves out of harm’s way against Turkey (2-0). They are heading towards the semi-finals of the Paralympic Games.
03/09/24 – 21:04 – Another disappointment in para athletics
In the long jump (T37), Valentin Bertrand finished in last place in the final, with a jump of 5.15 m.
03/09/24 – 21:01 – No medal for Charles-Antoine Kouakou!
In the final straight, the Frenchman completely cracked. He ran two seconds slower than usual (49.04). He finished in last place in this 400m final (T20).
03/09/24 – 20:57 – Here we go for Charles-Antoine Kouakou!
The Frenchman made a good start in the fourth lane! We have to go for it!
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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.