15:05 – The 20th medal of para cycling
New medal for French para-cycling with second place for Loïc Vergnaud, behind the Dutchman Valize.
12:08 – Bronze medal for Jean-Louis Michaud
For his first Paralympic Games, Jean-Louis Michaud won the bronze medal in the 50m prone rifle shooting SH1! It was the second medal of the day.
11:52 – Florian Jouanny Paralympic champion!
In the H5 category, the Frenchman controlled his race from start to finish to take a very nice gold medal, the first of the day and in the finest metal!
11:07 – China leads medal standings by a wide margin
China leads the medal table at these Paralympic Games with 136 medals, including 62 gold. France is still fifth, with 15 titles for 50 medals, just one gold behind the Netherlands.
11:03 – New medals this Thursday?
Another busy day for the French delegation with significant medal chances in road cycling.
Timothé Adolphe, Athletics, 100m T11
Pierre Fairbank, Athletics, 800m T53
Anaïs Vincent, Cycling, H3 road race
Florian Jouanny, Cycling, H2 road race
Mathieu Bosredon, Cycling, H3 road race
Loïc Vergnaud, Cycling, H5 road race
Fencing, Foil H by teams
Sandrine Martinet, Judo, -48 kg/J2
Laurent Chardard, Natation, 100 m S6
Ugo Didier, Swimming, 200m medley S9
Hector Denayer, Natation, 200 m 4 nages S9
09:18 – France clings to 5th place
The French Paralympic team is in 5th position in the medal table with 3 days left before the end of these Games. The gold medal record has already been broken with 15 medals and the Tokyo total (54) is hanging by a thread.
