Are para-athlete guides rewarded?

Are para-athlete guides rewarded?
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Published on 05/09/2024 23:30

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Paralympics 2024: Are para-athlete guides rewarded?
Paralympics 2024: Are para-athlete guides rewarded?
(France 2)

Like other visually impaired para-athletes, Timothée Adolphe ran with a guide at the Paralympic Games. But are guides entitled to a medal and financial rewards? That’s the Paralympic question for Thursday, September 5.

For Paralympic athletes, they are guardian angels often connected by a bond. Are these partners called guides, assistants or pilots ultimately medalists and financially rewarded? This is the Paralympic question of Thursday, September 5. Since the London Olympics (United Kingdom) in 2012, the companions of Paralympic athletes have been medalists. They can even get on the podium provided they have played an active role. The pilot of a visually impaired person in paracycling will be medalist, just like a guide in an athletics race, for example.

But what about the bonuses? France pays all medallists the same. Another example, in paratriathlon, Thibaut Rigaudeau received 40,000 euros for his victory at the top of the podium, as did his guide Cyril Viennot. In total in the French delegation, there are about twenty people accompanying our champions.

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