LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: Merrien and Vautier secure medals in para table tennis, Léauté favourite for gold, live

Second day of the Paralympic Games this Friday August 30 with a shower of medals expected.

The Essential

• For this second day of the Paralympic Games, Alexandre Léauté is highly anticipated and could achieve a double in the individual pursuit after Tokyo. He broke the world record during the qualifications. We will follow in the 100m breaststroke the Frenchman Hector Denayer who can also bring a medal in the evening.
• In mixed doubles, Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien qualified for the semi-finals and secured an incredible medal.
• At the end of the afternoon, the French double Lamiraut and Michaud are aiming for a qualification for the table tennis final, but will leave what that he arrives with a medal.
• Follow all the news and results of the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Live

15:33 – Tanguy de La Forest in the final of the para sport shooting

The Frenchman finished first in the qualifications in the 10m standing rifle shooting, setting a Paralympic record.

15:23 – Frédéric Cattaneo wins the first round

The Frenchman took the lead in this match by winning the first set six games to four.

15:15 – Ça plays on all courts at Roland-Garros

The rain stopped &agrav; Paris and the matches were able to begin on the outdoor courts.

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15:07 – Jakobs and Toupe lose

Second defeat in two matches for the two Frenchmen, who lose in two sets 21-15 21-15.

14:58 – Thomas Jakobs and David Toupe in the running

The wheelchair para badminton duo lost a set to zero against South Koreans Jeagun Jeong and Sooyoung Yu.

14:48 – The first French medal at 15:49

Alexandre Léaut&eacute will play for gold against Belgian Ewoud Vromant in the 3000m C2 pursuit. He is obviously aiming for the gold medal, after his world record this morning

14:39 – The French goalball team loses

The French men's goalball team recorded a second defeat in the tournament against Iran, 12 goals to 8.

14:31 – Djelika Diallo in the semi-final!

The Frenchwoman qualifies with the golden score in the quarter-finals of the under 65 kg in para taekwondo and will be in the semi-finals.

14:20 – The second Frenchwoman of the day in para taekwondo

Djelika Diallo begins her match in the quarter-finals of the -65 kg para taekwondo.

14:14 – The first Frenchwoman on the courts of Roland-Garros

Frédéric Cattaneo is the first Frenchman on the wheelchair tennis courts. He faces the Dutchman Maarten ter Hofte on the Philippe Chatrier court.

14:04 – Sophie Caverzan loses

The Frenchwoman is beaten from the start and goes into the repechage in the hope of getting a bronze medal.

13:58 – Sophie Caverzan enters the arena

The Frenchwoman begins her day in para taekwondo -57 kg against the Chinese Yujie Li.

The French mixed doubles pair XD7 beats the world number four and qualifies for the semi-finals! They will have the bronze medal at worst, and ensure a second medal for France in para table tennis

13:43 – Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien win a fifth set

The French are back again in this quarter-final! There will be a fifth set!

13:32 – Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien lose the third set

The South Korean pair accelerated in this third round and the French were unable to keep up the pace. They are trailing two rounds to one.

13:31 – Faustine Noël bows out

Defeat in two sets for the Frenchwoman, who will absolutely have to win her second group match to hope to move on to the final phase.

Alexandre Léauté is in great shape for this pursuit! Best time of the series and world record to boot with more than a second and a half ahead of her previous time. He will play for gold at 3:40 p.m.

13:23 – Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien return

Very nice reaction from the French pair, who win the second set 11-8 and come back to one set all. 

13:22 – Faustine Noël loses the first set

Tough start for the Frenchwoman against the number three seed Cheng. She lost the first set 21-12.

13:12 – Flora Vautier à again on the court

A few hours after her frustrating defeat in women's doubles, Flora Vautier is back on the court with Florian Merrien in mixed doubles against the number four seeded Korean pair. They lost the first set 11-9.

13:03 – The start of the pursuit C2

Alexandre Léauté will soon enter the fray in these Paralympic Games in the pursuit. He is aiming for gold in this event where he is the world record holder.

13:01 – No medal for Delya Boulaghlem

The Frenchwoman jumps 4.20m in her last attempt and does not improve. She finished fifth in the long jump final.

12:58 – Lucas Mazur unrolled

21-9 21-7 victory for the Frenchman, seeded number two, for his entry into the competition. He takes an option for qualification.

12:52 – The PR3 mixed doubles also in repechage

Second place for Guylaine Marchand and Laurent Cadot, who will also go to repechage tomorrow.

12:45 – The first set for Lucas Mazur

The Frenchman wins the first set 21-9 for his entry into the singles competition.

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The goal for these 2024 Paralympic Games is quite high for the French delegation, which hopes to break all records, as for the Olympic Games.  "The goal is mainly gold medals, because that's what counts most in the ranking of nations," recalls Marie-Amélie Le Fur. "[…] I was asked if this wasn't a discounted ambition compared to the Olympic top 5. But we had so much lost in performance, we've come a long way. We were 14th in Tokyo; aiming for the top 8 means doubling the number of gold medals, so a real ambition,'' said Marie-Am&eacutelie Le Fur, president of the French Paralympic Committee. As a reminder, in 2021, the French Paralympic delegation won 54 medals, including eleven Olympic titles.