French paracycling has decided to go on a medal raid this Wednesday. Kevin Le Cunff et Gatien Le Rousseau both climbed onto the top two steps of the podium. The first in gold, the second in silver.
Cursed on the track, with four fourth places in two participations in the Paralympic Games, Le Cunff and his 36 years took a resounding revenge on the demanding roads of Seine-Saint-Denis. Four days after having let Le Rousseau, 21, steal the bronze medal from him in the individual pursuit, Le Cunff was imperial to win a new Paralympic gold medal, three years after the one in the road race in Tokyo.
Both riders are competing in the C4 category, intended for para-athletes with a tibial amputation, severe leg injury, or mild injury to all 4 limbs and the trunk. Cunff has two club feet and an atrophied calf, while Rousseau has paralysis of the levators in both feet.
With this new victory, Le Cunff offers a 13th gold medal to France during these Paralympic Games, the fifth for the Blues of cycling.
