Paralympic Games: six medals for France, including one in gold ... what to remember from Friday

The para-athletes of the French delegation can fall asleep serenely after winning six additional medals this Friday!

A nice booty which comes in addition to the three pocketed medals, in particular, those won Thursday by Alexandre Léauté and Axel Bourlon.

We take a tour of what happened in Tokyo during this third Paralympic day.

The runway looking good

Dorian Foulon shouted with joy as he crossed the finish line, ahead of Australian Alistair Donohoe in the individual pursuit final: “It's all the pressure… because last night I couldn't sleep. The screams might have been excessive, but that's what I had on my mind. Everything comes out: the years of work, relentlessness, the ups and downs, ”explains the 23-year-old pistard, born with a club foot on the left side, who won the 2nd French title. Before going on the road, where he is also known at ease, he has some track left. In teams this Saturday, he will compete in speed alongside Kevin Le Cunff (4th in the C5 pursuit) and Alexandre Léauté. Earlier in the morning, the latter, the first gold medalist of the French delegation, won a second medal, silver,in the final of the 1,000m time trial in category C1-3.

🇫🇷 EXCEPTIONAL !!!

Dorian Foulon gleans the 2nd gold medal for the French delegation.

🥇 At the end of a remarkable race, the Frenchman is rewarded for his efforts.

Thank you for this great fight.

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Some time later, another medal fell into the blue-white-red basket.

Sandrine Martinet, the judokate, recovered the money, in tears, against 21-year-old Azerbaijani Shahana Hajiyeva in the final.

We were waiting for him in first place at the end of his fight of - 48 kg (category B2) in the legendary room of the Nippon Budokan.

It is the fourth medal in five Paralympic Games for the visually impaired 38-year-old judoka, the third in silver.

Bronze for Portal, and for athletics

Alex Portal reached the third step of the podium in the 400-meter freestyle (S13).

A few days ago, the young favorite just missed the podium in the 100-meter butterfly.

Today, he finished his race with a time of 4′06 ″ 49 behind the Belarusian Ihar Boki, crowned for the third time in these Games, and the Ukrainian Kyrylo Garashchenko.

💬 "I was hoping for better than that"

🇫🇷🥉 Bronze medalist in the 400m freestyle, Alex Portal is torn between happiness and disappointment.

The Frenchman is still in contention for three more races.

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In athletics, French sprinter Mandy François-Elie won bronze in the T37 200 meters event.

The same metal was awarded to Ronan Pallier in the T11 long jump event, behind American Lex Gillette and Chinese Di Dongdong.

Fact of the day: a judoka hit by an autonomous car in the Paralympic village

Japanese judoka, Aramitsu KitazonoAramitsu Kitazono, was struck by an autonomous shuttle as he crossed the street in the Paralympic Village in Tokyo.

The visually impaired athlete told local media he was suffering from bruises to his head and legs.

His injuries, requiring two weeks of care, the judoka surely risks withdrawing before his first fight, scheduled for Saturday.

The program for this Saturday (and the French engaged):

PARA TRIATHLON

PTVI Hommes with Antoine Perel and Thibaut Rigaudeau at 1:30.

PTVI Women with Annouck Curzillat at 1h31.

PTWC Women with Mona Francis at 11:31 pm.

ARMCHAIR FENCING

Individual Foil Men, preliminary with Maxime Valet (category B), with Damien Tokatlian (category A) at 2h.

PARA SWIMMING

100m freestyle Women S10, heats with Emeline Pierre at 2:29 am.

PARA AVIRON

Women single scull PR1 PR1W1x, repechage with Nathalie Benoit at 2:30.

Mixed doubles single scull PR2 PR2Mix2x, repechage 1, with Christophe Lavigne and Perle Bouge at 3h50.

Mixed four with coxswain PR3 PR3Mix4 +, draft 2 with Remy Taranto, Erika Sauzeau, Robin le Barreau, Antoine Jesel and Margot Boulet at 4:50 am.

ARCHERY PARA

Compound bow Men Free, eliminatory, 32nd final, at 2:34 am with Eric Pereira and round of 16 with Daniel Lelou at 5:39 am.

TABLE TENNIS PARA

Individual Men, quarter-final with Thomas Bouvaix (class 8) from 2 a.m., Matéo Boheas (class 10) from 3.20 a.m.

Individual Men class 2, semi-final 1 with Fabien Lamirault at 4:40 am.

Individual Women semi-final, class 11 with Lea Ferney at 4 a.m., class 8 with Thu Kamkasomphou at 4:40 a.m., class 7 with Anne Barneoud at 7:20 a.m.

PARA JUDO

Men -81 kg, eliminatory, 1/8 final with Nathan Petit at 3.30am.

PARA CYCLING

Speed ​​race on 750 m mixed C1-5, qualification with Alexandre Leaute, Kevin le Cunff and Dorian Foulon at 3:32.

Men's B 1000m time trial with Raphaël Beaugillet at 4:08 am.

PARA ATHLETICS

Long jump Women T64, final with Marie-Amélie le Fur and Typhaine Balance at 3:42 am.

100m Men T38, 1st round, series 1 with Dimitri Jozwicki at 4:10 am.

400m Men T11, 1st round, series 1 with Gauthier Makunda at 4:54 am, series 3 with Timothée Adolphe at 5:12 am.

ARMCHAIR TENNIS

Individual Men, 2nd round, with Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer at 8 a.m.

Individual Women, 1st round, with Emmanuel Morch and Charlotte Fairbank at 8 a.m.

BOCCIA

Individual BC3, group F with Samir van der Beken at 11:25 am.

RUGBY ARMCHAIR

Mixed, ranking 5/6, France-Canada at 1 p.m.