After Ugo Didier on Tuesday, September 3, Laurent Chardard, in turn, won a medal at these Paralympic Games, in swimming. The Frenchman was entered in the final of the 50m butterfly S6, which includes different disabilities. The French swimmer has had his right arm and leg amputated after a shark attack.
Tokyo Revenge
Despite a flying start, which is not usually his strong point, the Reunion native fell short in the swimming part but still did better than in Tokyo, where he finished 4th. Because this time, it was bronze that awaited the Frenchman in Paris, behind the Colombian Nelson Crispin Corzo and the new Chinese Paralympic champion Wang Jingang.
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“In Tokyo it was very hard for me without a medalconfessed Laurent Chardard to the microphone of France TV. There I have the bronze, it’s not what I came for, but in this atmosphere I still loved it. My asset is the end of races, there I didn’t manage to come back.” He recovered the 37e medal for the French delegation, the 9the for the French swimming team.
