This Thursday, September 5, could once again be a very productive day for the French delegation. The essentials Live Sandrine Martinet's final in -48kg J2 is scheduled in 12th fight at the Arena du Champ de Mars. The afternoon session starts at 4 p.m. There was no semi-final match between France and Great Britain in wheelchair foil. Maxime Valet, Ludovic Lemoine and Damien Tokatlian will therefore play for a bronze medal. New medal for French para-cycling with the second place of Loïc Vergnaud, behind the Dutchman Valize. Athletes, spectacular performances, disciplines… Find the images of the 2024 Paralympic Games ÇIt gets complicated for Maxime Valet and his teammates in the wheelchair foil semi-final. They lose 25-14. The French fencers have started their semi-final against Great Britain. They are currently trailing 10-6. The Frenchman is 43 seconds behind Valize after three laps, but the silver medal is almost assured since his pursuers are almost two minutes behind. The Frenchman is slightly isolated at the start of the third round with Mitch Valize. They have a lead of about fifteen seconds over the chasing group. The French wheelchair fencing team qualifies for the semi-final of the team foil by beating Japan 45-32. They will face Great Britain. The quarter-final went well for the French wheelchair fencing team in foil. They lead 36-19 against Japan. The Frenchman is aiming for a medal in the H5 category of para road cycling, still in pouring rain. See you from 4 p.m. for the matches at medal in para judo, and Sandrine Martinet still in the running for a fifth medal in six participations in the Games. Resumption of road races at 1:30 p.m. with the men's and women's H5 races, notably Loïc Vignaud, before the men's H3 and H4 races at 4 p.m. The French foil fencers will start directly in the quarter-finals against Japan in a few minutes. Çit goes to Sandrine Martinet who goes to the final by two waza-ari in the golden score ! Here we go for Sandrine Martinet who faces the Chinese Liquing Li. Facing the world number ones, the French women's sitting foil team is currently trailing 28 to 9, with only one relay won, by Brianna Vidé. For his first Paralympic Games, Jean-Louis Michaud won the bronze medal in the 50m prone rifle shooting SH1! This is the second medal of the day. In the H5 category, the Frenchman controlled his race from start to finish to take a very nice gold medal, the first of the day and of the most beautiful metal! The Frenchman is alone in the lead while he has just passed the banner of three kilometers from the finish. In the final ascent, the Frenchwoman does not manage to reach the top. keep the pace of the three other runners and finished fifth in the road race. &Halfway through the race, the Frenchwoman is placed for the medal, 59 seconds behind the second place of the German Annika Zeyen-Giles. Third-fifth place in as many finals for the 2016 Paralympic champion, who is in her place in this 100m T37. The start was a bit difficult in this eighth final against the Brazilian wheelchair foil players. But it works for the French team, which accelerated to win 45-29. 55 seconds of combat and it's already over for Sandrine Martinet, who wins her first fight with an ippon. A title in 2016, three silver medals in 2004, 2008, and 2021. The only time Sandrine Martinet did not bring home a medal was when she fractured her ankle. ankle in the semi-finals in 2012. She starts her day READ MORE Discover a focus on all the sports of the Paralympic Games with the rules, classification and program of the events 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-Amélie Le Fur, president of the French Paralympic Committee. As a reminder, in 2021, the French Paralympic delegation won 54 medals, including eleven Olympic titles. 
15:37 – Sandrine Martinet in 12th fight
3:25 p.m. – The French men's foil team swept away
14:58 – French fencers largely led
14:43 – France plays for a final
14:40 – Loïc Vergnaud distanced
14:19 – Loïc Vignaud well placed at halfway through the race
14:06 – The French foil in the semi-final
13:48 – French foil fencers in the lead
13:37 – Loic Vergnaud's race is launched
13:20 – Martinet fights for a fifth medal
1:00 p.m. – The para-cycling program this afternoon
12:40 – It's the turn of the French wheelchair foilists
12:13 – Sandrine Martinet's semi-final
12:11 – The French foil fencers led
12:07 – Bronze medal for Jean-Louis Michaud
11:44 – Florian Jouanny three kilometers from a new title
11:31 – No medal for Anaïs Vincent
11:20 – Anaïs Vincent à one minute from the podium
11:13 – No medal for Mandy François-Elie
11:10 – The French foil team in the quarter
11:09 – Sandrine Martinet in the semi-final
11:05 – Martinet wants a second gold medal
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LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: silver for Vergnaud in para cycling, Martinet in the para judo final, live
ByTeilor Stone
Sep 5, 2024
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