While France surpassed the number of titles won at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Wednesday, September 4, with the new gold medal won by cyclist Alexandre Léauté, the morning was followed by a shower of rewards for the French in the discipline.
Three days after the end of the track, the cyclists got back in the saddle on Wednesday morning, September 4, for the road races in Clichy-sous-Bois. Like the triathlon last Monday, the events followed one another at a frantic pace, allowing the Blues of cycling to make a medal sweep.
Alexandre Léauté paved the way
Already crowned on the track, the Frenchman Alexandre Leauté became the Paralympic time trial champion in the C2 category on Wednesday, allowing the French delegation to obtain a 12th gold medal and surpass the number of titles obtained in Tokyo in 2021.
In the women’s event, Heidi Gaugain won the silver medal in the same event in C5, her second at these Games. She finished just behind the British Sarah Storeywho thus wins the 18th title paralympic of his career.
Florian Jouanny, like three years ago in Tokyo, won the bronze medal in the Handbike 2 time trial, a category intended for quadriplegic athletes who operate their recumbent pedals using their arms.
- RFI
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