It's a very prolific day for the tricolor delegation which chain medals of all colors. The essential Live The pair of Clément Berthier and Esteban Herrault are close to a place in the semi-finals, which is however still far from being acquired. William Bayley and Martin Perry took the 3rd round. France versus Australia. This is the poster for the second meeting of the Blues in wheelchair rugby. The vice-champion of Europe in para taekwondo, Djelika Diallo will try in the K44 category of -65kg to get a place in the final. Athletes, spectacular performances, disciplines… Find the images of the 2024 Paralympic Games French record, best time, second world performance of the year in 105:90, Hector Denayer dazzled the Parisian pools during his 100m breaststroke final. The Frenchman is now Paralympic vice-champion in the SB9 category. The Paralympic champion is none other than the Italian legend Stefano Raimondi who achieved a time of 1:05:28. It's time for the final for Hector Denayer who hopes to have a medal at the end of the 100m breaststroke final. The French Clément Berthier and Esteban Herrault play against the British William Bayley and Martin Perry for a place in the semi-finals in doubles MD14. The French wheelchair basketball team went into the locker room with a two-point lead (41-39). It's the last match of the evening on the central court at Roland-Garros. Guilhem Laget is facing the British Ben Bartram for his first match. Opposé &agrav; Mario Sayes, boccist Faycal Meguenni lost his match 5-2. Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud held on but the French were less strong than the Korean pair Yeongjin Jang and Sung Joo Park in this para table tennis semi-final. The French team still won a bronze medal, the sixth for the French team in these Paralympic Games and the first for table tennis. Boccia champion Aurélie Aubert is leading in her individual BC1 match. She won 2-0 against her Spanish opponent Amagoia Arrieta. The third set is in favor of Yeongjin Jang and Sung Joo Park (11-6) in para table tennis. Without trembling, Gaëtan Menguy wins by a wide margin in his first round. He beats Malaysian Abu Samah Borhan 6-1, 6-2. The French duo Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud have defeated bad against the Korean pair Yeongjin Jang and Sung Joo Park. It was a set all. The French came back to score in the second set which they won 11-9. Angelica Bernal and Zuleinny Rodriguez Trujillo saved two match points to finally win 11-9 in the super tie-break. The Frenchçaises Ksenia Chasteau and Pauline Déroulède finally lose 6-2, 4-6, 11-9. The French wheelchair basketball team challenges Canada in Group A. In individual BC2, Faycal Meguenni faces Mario Sayes during the preliminary rounds of boccia. The two teams are neck and neck on the Philippe Chatrier court at Roland-Garros. There is tension on both sides on the court. Already assured of a medal, Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud will try to reach the final of the MD4 men's doubles. They are two victories away from winning gold. The match will start in a few seconds. The Colombians Angelica Bernal and Zuleinny Rodriguez Trujillo lose the second set to the French Ksenia Chasteau and Pauline Déroulède in this women's doubles wheelchair tennis match. The French will therefore play a super tie-break. The first team to arrive at 10 points will win. The swimming has started and in a little over an hour, para swimmer Hector Denayer will compete in the final of the men's 100m breaststroke SB9. In para badminton, Maud Lefort won the first set 21-9 at the expense of her Chinese opponent Qiu Xia Yang. In para table tennis, the Brazilians Luiz Filipe and Manara Claudio Massad came to end of the French doubles Mateo Boheas, Thomas Bouvais in the quarter-final in four sets: 5-11, 11.6 11-7, 11-8. The French para table tennis players engaged in the fourth round. In a very close fight, the Frenchwoman loses two points to one and will not be a medalist. READ MORE 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. 
19:37 – 2 sets to 1 in para table tennis
19:34 – Second meeting for the Blues of wheelchair rugby
19:31 – The Grand Palais behind Djelika Diallo!
19:13 – A new medal in para swimming ?
19:06 – Berthier and Herrault towards the last four ?
19:04 – Les Bleus ahead of half-time
18:58 – Guilhem Laget on the Chatrier
18:51 – Faycal Meguenni bows
18:37 – Aurélie Aubert off to a good start
18:34 – The Lamirault – Michaud pair lose ground again
18:33 – And it goes through for Gaëtan Menguy!
18:25 – It's not a done deal for the French
18:15 – Les Bleus start their competition
18:13 – Faycal Meguenni in lice
18:09 – A super tight tie-break
18:03 – Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud aim for a place in the final
18:01 – The girls snatch the super tie-break
17:55 – Hector Denayer expected around 19:15
17:49 – Maud Lefort won the first round
17:45 – The French pair loses
17:36 – Les Bleus led 2 sets to 1
17:20 – No medal for Sophie Caverzan
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ByTeilor Stone
Aug 30, 2024
By Teilor Stone
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