The fabulous day of the French paracycling team

The Marseillaise is going round and round. Smiles parade across the podium. Emotion embraces a united group. The French paracycling team lived up to its ambition in the time trials with gold medals for Alexandre Léauté (C2), Kévin Le Cunff (C4), Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (C3) and Mathieu Bosredon (H3); silver for Heïdi Gaugain (C5), Elie de Carvalho (B), Gatien Le Rousseau (C4), Loïc Vergnaud (H5) and Johan Quaile; bronze for Florian Jouanny (H2) and Dorian Foulon (C5).

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Complicated to orchestrate behind the scenes with sixteen athletes competing (in twelve races), the day of time trials concentrated dreams and anxieties at all levels for the French team who knew the circuit by heart, traced around Clichy-sous-Bois, with traps, changes of trajectory, restarts, bumps. Registered in the first race, Heïdi Gaugain (born with agenesis of the left arm), responsible for launching the Blues well…