PARALYMPICS – The golden dream is very close. After a sensational victory in blind football on Saturday, September 7, France is in 8th place in the general ranking of the best nations at the Paralympic Games. This Sunday morning, a few hours before the closing ceremony, France has a good chance of achieving the objective of “ Top 8 » final number of delegations, set by the resigning Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
All French medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, updated event by event
“We have 19 titles, we are still in the Top 8”Tony Estanguet said happily this Sunday on franceinfo. ” Optimistic ” On the fact that France is keeping this queen’s place, the president of the Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games recalled that Australia was just behind, as you can hear in the sequence below.
But the land of kangaroos must win two gold medals before tonight to fine the tricolours. Not to mention that the tricolour para-athletes will perhaps also have a new title, with the kayaker Nélia Barbosa, for example.
As you can see in the medal table belowwith its 9 gold medals and 74 medals to its name, France is just behind Ukraine. For the rest of this year’s ranking, it is already outrageously dominated by China, ahead of Great Britain and the United States.
A little stress 36 hours before the end of the Paralympics
With 36 hours to go until the end of the Paralympics on Saturday, the first events were not looking good. In para-cycling, for example, Alexandre Léauté, who was aiming for victory in the C1-3 road race, finished in third place, behind his teammate Thomas Peyroton-Dartet. This silver-bronze double, although impressive, did not allow France to maintain its 6th place in Friday’s ranking. It was in 9th position at midday on Saturday.
It is thanks to the prowess of the French H1-5 handbike relay team in para-cycling and the Blues in blind football that France won its 18th and 19th gold medals. Titles that allowed it to once again rise among the top eight nations.
If France manages to keep this “Top 8” this Sunday, it will have succeeded in its second bet, after the “Top 5” during the Paris Olympic Games.
But beyond the medals, France can congratulate itself on its first successful Paralympics. The Portal brothers made the eyes of the viewers shine, the public was there, and the athletes also praised the atmosphere on site. In terms of media coverage, 165 television channels were to follow the event, a record.
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