PARALYMPIC GAMES 2021. Two new gold medals for the French Paralympic team with Benjamin Daviet and Maxime Montaggioni.
Rain of medals for the French Paralympic team this Friday, March 11! If Marie Brochet took a disappointing 4th place in giant slalom, Benjamin Daviet took gold in the 12.5km biathlon and won his second title of these Games. At 32, snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni also became Paralympic champion this Friday in banked slalom and did not hide his emotion. “Yes, yes! It’s fun. I dreamed of it, and it is coming true today. It’s incredible. It was played with so little and, this time, the hundredths are on my side. VSs everyone had improved their time, I figured he could too. The question was how much. At the intermediary, I see that he is not in front, that it can do it. I’m starting to believe it…”
- March 11 : Para-alpine skiing – giant slalom (F) (9.30 a.m.-11.30 a.m., 1 p.m.-3 p.m.), Para-biathlon – 12.5km (F&H) (Seated 10 a.m.-11.30 a.m., standing 12.30 p.m.-2 p.m., visually impaired 2.30 p.m., 4 p.m.).
- 12th of March : Wheelchair curling – final (2:35 p.m.-5:30 p.m.), Alpine para-skiing – slalom (H) (9:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.), Para-cross-country skiing – 10km free (H) Visually impaired/Standing (10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.) ) and 10km free (F) Visually impaired/Standing (12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.), Para snowboard – inclined slalom finals (F&H) (12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.).
- March 13 : Para-hockey on ice – final (1.00 p.m.-3.30 p.m.), Para-alpine skiing – slalom (F) (9.30-10.30 a.m., 12.30-2.00 p.m.), Para-cross-country skiing – 4×2.5km mixed relay (10.00-11.30 a.m.), open relay 4×2.5km (12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.).
The French delegation is made up of 19 athletes, including four guides for the Para Alpine Skiing (2) and Para Nordic Skiing (2) events, including Marie Bochet. The para-skier, with nearly eight Paralympic titles in the standing category, four in Sochi in 2014 and as many in Pyeongchang in 2018 can again bring back medals in downhill, super-G, giant, slalom and super-combined.
The 19 French people competing for the Paralympic Games are: Arthur Bauchet, Marie Bochet, Hyacinthe Deleplace, Valentin Giraud-Moine (guide), Maxime Jourdan (guide), Manoël Bourdenx, Jordan Broisin, Lou Braz-Dagand, Oscar Burnham, Victor Pierrel , Jules Segers, Benjamin Daviet, Anthony Chalençon, Brice Ottonello (guide), Alexandre Pouyé (guide), Maxime Montaggioni, Mathias Menendez, Laurent Vaglica and Cécile Hernandez.
China is currently by far at the top of the medal table of these Paralympic Games with, at the time of writing, with a total of 47 medals ahead of Ukraine with 25 medals. France, with 9 medals, is 4th.