LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: Portal, Léauté, Foulon all aim for a medal, live

This Saturday, August 31, Alexandre Leauté will try to win a second gold medal in these Olympic Games in the C1-3 time trial. Hopes are placed on Portal and Morceau in para-cycling as well as on Foulon, Le Cunff and Le Rousseau in para-cycling on the track.

The essentials

• After his beautiful medal in the C2 pursuit, Alexandre Leauté is one of the big favorites in the C1-3 time trial. Other French athletes are aiming for the podium in para-cycling, like Foulon (pursuit C5) Le Cunff and Le Rousseau (pursuit C4) Alex Portal can dream of a medal in the 400m freestyle, just like Léane Morceau in the 100m backstroke. 
• On the second day of the Paralympic Games, Alexandre Léauté was crowned in the individual pursuit in para cycling. Other medals were won by French athletes with a shower of silver. This is the case for Tanguy De la Forest in para shooting, Hector Denayer in para swimming in the 100 m breaststroke or Djelika Diallo in para taekwondo. The pair Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud and Alex Portal won the bronze medal.
• Follow all the news and results from the 2024 Paralympic Games.

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09:36 – Jakobs and Toupé defeated

Despite a surge in the second set, the French pair Jakobs-Toupé was beaten by the Korean pair Choi-Kim (WH men's doubles para-badminton, preliminary round) in 3 sets (21-18, 13-21, 21-15). The Blues have already lost in this first round against another Korean pair Jae-Gun/Soo-Young

09:30 – 14-10 for the Koreans

Choi and Kim maintain a solid 4-point lead against Jakobs-Toupé in this third set.

09:23 – The Blues in the hard in para-badminton

Jakobs and Toupé are in difficulty in the last set against the Korean pair Choi-Kim (10-7)

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09:19 – Start of the archery events

At Les Invalides, the archery events have started despite a cloudy sky. We start with the 8th finals women W1 individual, no French in this event.

09:13 – One set each

There will be a third set between Jakobs-Toupé and Kim Choi. The Blue pair brilliantly won the second set (21-13)

09:08 – Things are looking up for the French

Thomas Jakobs and David Toupé are much better in this group stage match against the Korean pair Choi-Kim. They lead 15-9 in the second set after losing the first set 21-18

09:03 – 8-7 for the Blues

Great reaction from the French pair Jakobs-Toupé in the 2nd set of para-badminton (men's doubles) against the Korean pair. 8-7 for the Blues in this second act. The public came out in force for this morning event.

08:57 – Alex with his brother Kylian in the 400m

Alex Portal, silver medalist in the 100m butterfly on Friday, will be competing this morning for the 400m S13 heats (10:23 a.m.), he will be accompanied by by his little brother Kylian Portal (18 years old)

08:53 – Jakobs and Toupé drop the first set

While they were often ahead in the score in the first set against the Korean pair, Jakobs and Toupé conceded the first set (18-21)

08:46 – Short lead for the Blues

Jakobs and Toupé lead by a narrow margin against the Koreans in the first set, 14-13 for the Blues (para-badminton men's doubles)

08:44 – Cloudy skies over Paris

The rain that already disrupted the archery events yesterday afternoon, is present this morning in Paris. The precipitation is very light, but the sky will be overcast all day according to the weather forecast.

08:37 – The Toupé-Jakobs pair rub shoulders with the Koreans

The French para-badminton pair is already in the running this morning. Thomas Jakobs and David Toup&eacute face Koreans Jung-Man and Jung Jun in the preliminary rounds (men's doubles). Les Bleus lead 6-5 in the first set.

08:31 – Alexandre Leauté expected in time trial C1-3

Impressive yesterday in the C2 individual pursuit where he won the gold medal, Alexandre Leautá will compete this morning (10:19) in the C1-3 time trial qualifications with Thomas Peyroton-Dartet. The final of the event is scheduled for 14:07.

Welcome to our site! We will follow the 3rd day of the Paralympic Games together with you. Several medals in the French clan are expected today.

00:30 – Looking forward to tomorrow!

The Portal brothers in para swimming, Alexandre Léauté in para cycling, the French goalball or sitting volleyball team, tomorrow's schedule will be very busy again. Medals should still fall to the tricolor clan. There will be sport on all the Parisian sites! À tomorrow! 

30/08/24 – 23:59 – The set in favor of Mazur and Noël

Lucas Mazur and Faustine Noël snatched away the first set in-extremis 24-22 against à the Indian doublet Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan. 

30/08/24 – 23: 45 – Today's results: 6 medals

In total, it's very satisfactory. France closed this day with 6 new medals: one gold, three silver and two bronze.

30/08/24 – 23:29 – Liek Hou Cheah sweeps Méril Loquette

Mé ril Loquette was clearly no match for Malaysian Liek Hou Cheah in the group stage, who won in two sets 21-10, 21-16.

30/08/24 – 23:22 – Méril Loquette in a bad position

Méril Loquette who started her game during the final of the Olympic para taekwondo vice-champion Djelika Diallo, is largely dominated by Malaysian Liek Hou Cheah. 

08/30/24 – 23:05 – New historic medal for taekwondo

After Alth&eacutea Laurin, it is Djelika Diallo who offers French taekwondo a medal. &Cedil;it is certainly not a gold medal, çit is nevertheless a very beautiful silver medal, the first in the Paralympics. 

Djelika Diallo is now Paralympic vice-champion! Ana Carolina Silva de Moura is therefore crowned with gold.

08/30/24 – 10:57 PM – Jules Ménard pulls it off!

Jules Ménard had a close call against Brazilian Mateus Carvalho in the BC3 boccia category. He won her match 5-4. 

30/08/24 – 22:54 – First timeout

5-5 à less than two minutes from the end. It's hot! The Frenchwoman is on the right track. The hardest part remains & to do. 

30/08/24 – 22:49 – Crazy atmosphere at the Grand Palais

Çit resonates in the magnificent Parisian enclosure. The "allez les Bleus" descend to the ears of Djelika Diallo. 

30/08/24 – 22:47 – Djelika Diallo is now!

The Grand Palais is preparing to experience a unique moment. Djelika Diallo enters the arena for her -65kg final in K44. Opposite the young Frenchwoman, there is the reigning world champion, Ana Carolina Silva de Moura. 

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The objective 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.