Cover image: French swimmer Ugo Didier on September 3, 2024, during the Paris Olympics. Andrew Couldridge / REUTERS
Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What’s on today’s schedule?
For the French, the day will start at 9am with Aziza Benhami’s archery round of 16 and Chiara Zenati’s para-equestrian event. This will be followed by the 50m sport shooting qualifications, which will be contested by Didier Richard and Jean-Louis Michaud.
From 9:30 am, it will already be time to head to the Paralympic pool, where the French swimmers will follow one another to try to get their ticket for the afternoon finals. Ugo Didier will be competing in the 100 m backstroke (S9), Dimitri Granjux and David Smétanine in the 200 m freestyle (S4), Laurent Chardard in the 50 m butterfly (S6), Solène Sache in the 50 m backstroke (S5) and Alex Portal in the 200 m medley (SM13).
After Aurélie Aubert’s title the day before, the boccia events continue, this time with team matches. Sonia Heckel and Jules Ménard will open the show at 11:50 a.m. by challenging Australia in mixed doubles in the BC3 category.
This Tuesday will also be marked by many table tennis matches, including the quarter-finals of Thu Kamkasomphou (WS8, at 1 p.m.), Fabien Lamirault (MS2, at 1:45 p.m.), Alexandra Saint-Pierre (WS5, at 6:30 p.m.) and Léa Ferney (WS11, at 7:15 p.m.). It will also be the debut of wheelchair fencing in these 2024 Paralympic Games. Clémence Delavoipiere will enter the competition at 1 p.m. in category A.
At the Stade de France, in the evening, many French players will be in the running to aim for a medal. Valentin Bertrand will compete in the long jump final (T37) at 7 p.m. Soane Luka Meissonnier will follow him at 7:04 p.m. in the shot put (F20), before the Blues take on the 400 m. Charles-Antoine Kouakou (T20) will start at 8:47 p.m., and Laure Ustaritz (T37) at 9:38 p.m. Also noteworthy is the entry into the running, in the morning, at 11:04 a.m., of French flag bearer Nantenin Keïta in the 100 m (T13).
Finally, the French women’s team will face China in sitting volleyball at 8 p.m., while the French blind football team will face Turkey at 8:30 p.m.
Classification at the Paralympic Games? To understand everything about the different categories of disabled sports, click here
What is it about? The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which run until Sunday, September 8. The last edition took place in the summer of 2021 in Tokyo.
What time? Since Wednesday, August 28, Le Monde has been broadcasting live every morning to follow the latest news from the Games, right up until the closing ceremony.
To go further
The Paralympic Games calendar
Paralympic Games Results
The Paralympic Games medal table
A classification necessary to aim for fairness between athletes
2024 Paralympic Games: Competitive sports and their adaptation to different types of disabilities
Paralympic Games 2024: why there are no athletes with Down syndrome
The Seven Differences Between the Olympics and the Paralympics
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How Paralympic Athletes Train Their Minds
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