And 16! The day aftera day rich in medals and titles, The French Paralympic team continues its harvest on Thursday, September 5. Paracyclist Florian Jouanny brought a 16th victory to the blue delegation, during the road race. For his part, Loïc Vergnaud won the silver medal in the road race (H5 category). Other podiums came in swimming and judo… Follow the eighth day of events with us.
The Blues of blind football in the final. Twelve years after the London Games, the French blind football team was back in the semi-finals of the Paralympic tournament. Toussaint Akpweh’s men managed to win against Colombia (1-0), with a goal from the inevitable Frédéric Villeroux, in the theatre of dreams that is the Stade Tour Eiffel. The other semi-final promises to be fiery, as it will pit Argentina against Brazil from 8 p.m.
Timothée Adolphe is on the podium again. Author of the best performance of the season among the four finalists, winner of his semi-final and favorite of the race, Timothée Adolphe, accompanied by his guide Charles Renard, failed to come second in the 100 m (T11) behind the Greek Athanasios Ghavelas. Gold still eludes him.
Chardard, Didier and Denayer once again climb onto the podium in swimming. Laurent Chardard, already in bronze in the 50m butterfly, won a new bronze medal in the 100m freestyle S6. Also qualified for the final, Ugo Didier, who has already won two medals (gold and silver), took second place behind Australia’s Timothy Hodge and ahead of his compatriot Hector Denayer.Olympic vice-champion in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Florian Jouanny remains in gold, Mathieu Bosredon and Johan Quaile are inseparable. As in Tokyo, the paracyclist won the road race on Thursday morning in the H1-2 category with his handcycle. In the rain, he won the race alone, after dropping his first rival, the Spaniard Sergio Garrote, in the final kilometers. The day after their double in the time trial, Mathieu Bosredon and Johan Quaile again finished in the same order in the road race (H3 category) to continue the exceptional performance of the French cyclists.
A new bronze medal in shooting. He didn’t hit the nail on the head, but he almost did. For his first Paralympic Games, Jean-Louis Michaud won bronze in the mixed 50m rifle prone (SH1). This is the third medal for French shooters in Châteauroux after the gold and silver of Tanguy De La Forest.
Money to end Sandrine Martinet’s career. Sandrine Martinet, a four-time Paralympic medallist, was dreaming of another gold medal, eight years after her title in Rio. But the Frenchwoman, who came out of retirement for Paris, lost in the final of her -48kg category against the Kazakhstani Akmaral Nauatbek (category J2), that of visually impaired judokas. For his part, Anatole Rubin fell in the -60 kg (J2) during his entry into the competition. He was not selected. Here is the full program for the day.
A chance for a medal in fencing. On the Grand Palais side, the French men’s team lost in the semi-final against the British (25-45). They will try to win the bronze medal at 6:45 p.m. In the women’s game, the Tricolores (Clémence Delavoipière, Brianna Vidé and Cécile Demaude) fell to Hungary (19-45) in the quarter-finals and will not win a medal.
