The first events of the Paralympic Games begin this Thursday, August 29, discover all the results. The essentials Live In para badminton, the French pair of men's wheelchair doubles is currently tied by the Japanese Takumi Matsumoto and Osamu Nagashima. The French had won the first set 21-15 but saw the Japanese come back to one set each. For their first Paralympic Games, the two French women did not manage to achieve the feat against the German favorites of this match. They lost in four sets. The French pair are now trailing two sets to one. The two French women had lost the first set in this eighth final of the WD14 para table tennis, but came back to one set each against the number three seeds, the Germans Stephanie Grebe and Juliane Wolf. The two men qualified for the quarter-finals of the men's doubles by winning three sets to zero against the Slovaks Peter Mihalik and Boris Travnicek. The Frenchwoman finished with the eighth time in the heats and will not be in the final. Léane Morceau is in lane number eight and will have to beat her personal record to reach the final in the 100m butterfly. Second place for the Frenchman behind the big favorite in the discipline, the Belarusian Boki. He will be on lane number five tonight with the second time in the series. The Frenchman is aiming for a medal in the 100m butterfly, and must already qualify for the final tonight. The two French players win the first set 11-8. The French player finishes third in her series while the American Christie Raleigh-Crossley broke the world record. Emeline Pierre has the sixth time in the two cumulative series. Emeline Pierre, third in the last European championships, wants to qualify for the 50m freestyle final. In wheelchair para table tennis, MD8 classification, the two French start their round of 16 against Slovakians Mihalik and Travnicek. The Frenchman is lined up in the second series of the 100m butterfly classification S13. He will swim to enter the final around 11:05. The Frenchman is lined up in the second series of the 100m butterfly classification S13. He will swim to enter the final around 11:05. READ MORE
11:36 – Thomas Jakobs and David Toupe at one set each
11:32 – Morgen Caillaud and Lucie Hautière eliminated
11:27 – Caillaud and Hautière lose the third set
11:20 – Morgen Caillaud and Lucie Hautière come back to one set each
11:18 – Emeric Martin and Maxime Thomas in the quarter-finals
11:17 – No feat for Léane Morceau
11:15 – The last Frenchwoman of the morning
11:10 – Alex Portal qualified without any worries
11:09 – Here we go for Alex Portal
11:05 – The first set for Martin and Thomas
11:03 – Ça passes for Emeline Pierre
11:00 – Emeline Pierre wants to go for her qualification
10:54 – The Martin and Thomas pair start their match
10:43 – Alex Portal soon in the pools
10:43 – Alex Portal soon in the pools
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116