More than 33: on the stated objective of 35 medals brought back from Japan, the French Paralympic team took two first steps.
In 400 meters freestyle, Ugo Didier (category S9) won the first silver medal of the French team: "
The pride and the accomplishment of five years of work
", relishes the 19-year-old student in school. engineers.
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"I was charred in the last 100 meters"
He failed at 1 sec 08 behind the Australian William Martin, one of the ten “Aussie” medalists on Wednesday who allowed the mainland island to dominate the medal table. Including the first Paralympic champion of these Games, cyclist Paige Greco in individual pursuit (category C1-C3). Ugo Didier, born with club feet and atrophied lower limbs, could not catch up with the winner, who started early in the race: "
I was charred in the last 100 meters
"
Before him, at the Izu velodrome, Marie Patouillet had opened the counter for the French team by winning the bronze medal on the track in individual pursuit (category C5).
“
I don't really realize.
For my first Games, the first event and the first medal,
”reacted the 33-year-old female racer, more of a sprint specialist.
She is also trained by Grégory Baugé, quadruple world champion in individual speed and silver medalist in the same event at the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Revelation during the cycle tour in 2017
General practitioner, the paracyclist, born with a defect in one foot, has a good chance of podium again Friday in the 500 meters standing start, her specialty of which she is vice-world champion (2020) and bronze medalist (2019). Having arrived late in cycling, Marie Patouillet had a revelation by running the stage of the Tour cyclotouriste in 2017.
Another late rider (since 2018), Alexandre Lloveras, 21, fails at the foot of the podium in pursuit. A disappointment for the pair that he forms with Corentin Ermenault, third in the specialty at the world championships among able-bodied in 2020. “
When we were going to win gold, finishing fourth is clearly not a good thing
”, judge the tandem pilot, in this category dedicated to the visually impaired. In wheelchair rugby, the France team lost 53-51 in their inaugural match against host country Japan.
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