This day of Thursday, September 5th could be of very prolific news for the French delegation. The Essential Live In the final climb, the Frenchwoman was unable to keep up with the pace of the three other riders and finished fifth in the road race. &Halfway through the race, the Frenchwoman is placed to take 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 & her place in this 100m T37. Athletes, spectacular performances, disciplines… Find images from the 2024 Paralympic Games The start was a little difficult in this round of 16 against the Brazilian wheelchair foil team. But it worked 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 by ippon. A title in 2016, three silver medals in 2004, 2008, and 2021. The only time Sandrine Martinet didn't bring home medal, it was when she broke her ankle in the semi-finals in 2012. She started her day After the first lap, the Frenchman was only 14 seconds behind the Spaniard Sergio Garrote Munoz, who had decided to take the lead from the start. But the Frenchman, who is rather comfortable over long distances, came back and almost made the junction after the first third of the race. The pair Aziza Benhami and Guillaume Toucoullet were eliminated from the start by Poland in the eighth finals of para archery the mixed open classic bow. Çit's a win for the Frenchman who will have another chance to play for a medal this afternoon. Due to weather conditions, the men's H1-2 race was amputated by one lap, and will only be 42 km against 58. After a one-hour postponement due to rain, road cycling was able to get underway with the handbike road races today, and the men's H1-2 and women's H1-4 this morning. Good chances for medals in these two races are at to plan for the French after yesterday's full house. The first Frenchman in the 200m medley finishes at the top of his series before the passage of his compatriot Hector Denayer, who is in the second. The two Frenchmen are aligned in the 200m medley, and must qualify for the final. The Frenchman lost his entry into para judo J2 by ippon against à the Spaniard Luis Daniel Gavilan Lorenzo. The Frenchwoman advances to the final of the 400m medley S10 with the sixth th time of the series. A few days after his frustrating final, Jean-Louis Michaud is once again present for the qualifications of the 50m prone rifle shooting. SH1. 1'05"33 for the Frenchman who wins his series and ensures his qualification for the final. The Frenchman launches into the first series of the 100m freestyle S6. The first H1-2 road race with the Tricolor Florian Jouanny will start at 10:30 am due to the torrential rain. The French Paralympic team is in 5th position in the medal table now 3 days before the end of these Games. The record for gold medals is already beaten with 15 medals and Tokyo's total (54) is hanging by a thread. Despite the terrible conditions in Paris, the blind football should take place tonight with the semi-final at 5:30 p.m. between France and Colombia. We will follow the kick-off of the para judo events with Sandrine Martinet in particular who will be on the tatamis at from 10am for the quarter-finals. Ugo Didier, Hector Denayer are notably engaged this morning in the heats. See all the French who are aiming for a medal this Thursday in para cycling Discover a focus on all the sports of the Paralympic Games with the rules, classification and program of events 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-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. 
11:31 – No medal for Anaïs Vincent
11:20 – Anaïs Vincent one minute off the podium
11:13 – No medal for Mandy François-Elie
11:10 – The French foil team in the quarter-finals
11:09 – Sandrine Martinet in the semi-finals
11:05 – Martinet wants a second gold medal
10:57 – Florian Jouanny second in the first intermediate
10:56 – The French para-shooting team the bow éeliminated
10:52 – Jean-Louis Michaud in the final
10:47 – Men's race cut by one lap
10:42 – Let's go for the cycling
10:34 – Ugo Didier without forcing
10:30 – Ugo Didier and Hector Denayer back in the pools
10:20 – Anatole Rubin éeliminé
10:08 – Elodie Lorandi qualified
09:53 – Jean-Louis Michaud back à Châteauroux
09:49 – Laurent Chardard first in his series with a good time
09:46 – Laurent Chardard plays the qualification
09:27 – The postponed events in para cycling
09:15 – Les Bleus in 5th position in the medal table
09:10 – The semi-final of the cecifoot tonight
09:00 – The start of the para judo
08:49 – Still chances in para swimming
08:44 – The French involved in cycling
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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