By the end of the day, the French team’s total medal count reached 26, including 6 championship titles, which raised the French team to fifth place in the national rankings.
However, the day got off to a rocky start for the French delegation, with the triathlon postponed to Monday due to poor water quality in the Seine.
Benoit and Pattuyer’s last-ditch effort
French woman Nathalie Benoit wins PR1 rowing bronze medal at the Paris Paralympic Games in Varès-sur-Marne on September 1, 2024AFP/Bertrand Guy.
Regardless, the medals kept coming, starting with a bronze medal for Nathalie Benoit in Para Rowing. The 44-year-old skipper earned the bronze medal by battling it out in the final push at the quarry.
Marie Patouillet was also completing the final laps at the National Circuit in Saint-Quentin, Yvelines. The final lap was one of honour: the man who opened the counter on Thursday gave a French paracyclist his first Paralympic title.
At the age of 36, she defeated another Frenchwoman, the young Heidi Gauguin, 19, who collapsed under the pressure in the final of the C5 Chase.
Patouille will hang up her bike at the end of the Olympic road race, having managed to push herself to the limit to the point where she was almost uncomfortable on the podium.
“The heat, the emotion, the physical exertion,” the champion said dozens of minutes later, after taking time to regain his strength and strength.
from forest double
On September 1, 2024, French athlete Tanguy De La Forest won the championship in the 10-meter prone rifle shooting (SH2 category) at the Paralympic Games in Chateauroux. AFP/Aranchoca.
Marie Patouillet was crowned almost simultaneously with parachute shooter Tanguy de La Forest. The 46-year-old came home empty-handed after five appearances, adding two more medals to his tally after claiming silver on Friday. “This is more perfect than a dream,” he exclaimed.
After the gold medal slipped through his fingers in Friday’s final shot, he “focused” on himself, this time hitting the final target in the SH2 category, where obstacles involve one or more Upper limbs.
24-year-old swimmer Emeline Pierre stands out in this photo of a French Para gold medalist. But this is the image she showed: no one expected that this athlete could not compare with her opponents throughout the 100m S10.
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In track and field, 34-year-old sprinter Timothée Adolphe, also a visually impaired athlete, also has a lot to learn. But in his favorite distance of 400 meters, the gold medal was once again beaten by Venezuela’s Endersen and German Santos Gonzalez. However, the French team protested against the winner, who they said was drawn by their tour guide.
The silver medal disappointed him, while earlier the same metal had delighted Gloria Agblemagnon in the F20 shot put. And Manon Genest was also delighted to win the bronze medal in the T37 long jump with a jump of 4.59 m.
If they had not already won a medal, other French veterans of the time also expressed their sentiments: 53-year-old Stéphane Oud won both of the day’s matches at Roland Garros and has reached the quarter-finals of the doubles Frey Derek Cattaneo, 45. In track and field, 53-year-old Pierre Fairbank finished sixth in the final.
If Damien Letulle was eliminated in the round of 16 in Para Archery, he also received the applause he deserved: at the Atlanta Olympics, 28 years after he competed with able-bodied people, he He completed his second game at the hospital opposite the Invalides where he was undergoing rehabilitation after a fall as a quadriplegic.
Triathlon green light
View of the Seine, Paris Paralympic triathlon canceled on September 1, 2024 and postponed to the next day AFP/Dimita Dilkov.
France finished with 9 medals, a better performance than Friday (also 9 medals, but only 1 title). She also ensured the safety of others, such as in the bocce competition on Monday, as Aurelie Obert qualified for the finals, a first in history.
In badminton, Paralympic SL4 champion Lucas Mazur and SH6 (young athlete) Charles Knox will also participate in the finals.
The triathlon, postponed a day due to pollution in the Seine, will take place on Monday and could bring other medals, including that of flag-bearer Alexis Hanquinquant, the top performer in the category. Popular player.
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