LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: Dantesque rain disrupts the para cycling events, live

This Thursday, September 5th could be another very productive day for the French delegation.

The essential

• Will Thursday, September 5th be as crazy as the day before? ? Para cycling is making its comeback with road races. Florian Jouanny, Anaïs Vincent, Loïc Vergnaud, Joseph Fritsch, Johan Quaile and Mathieu Bosredon are all hoping to bring home a medal. We will also follow the start of para judo with Sandrine Martinet.
• The time trial events offered a huge recital this Wednesday with four gold medals for Alexandre Léaut&eacute (C2), Kevin le Cunff (C4), Mathieu Bosredon (H3) and Thomas Peyroton-Dartet (C3), five silver with Heidi Gaugain (C5), Elie de Carvalho with Mickaël Guichard (B), Gatien le Rousseau (C4) and Loéc Vergnaud (H5), Johan Quaile (H3) and two bronze for Florian Jouanny (H2) and Dorian Foulon (C5).
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Live

09:27 – The postponed events in para cycling

The first H1-2 road race with the Tricolore Florian Jouanny will start at 10:30 am due to the torrential rain.

09:15 – Les Bleus in 5th position in the medal table

The French Paralympic team is in 5th position in the medal table with 3 days left before the end of these Games. The record for gold medals has already been broken with 15 trinkets and the total from Tokyo (54) is now hanging by a thread.

09:10 – The semi-final of cecifoot tonight

Despite the terrible conditions at Paris, blind football should take place tonight with the semi-final at 5:30 p.m. between France and Colombia.

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09:00 – The start of para judo

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.

08:49 – Still chances in para swimming

Ugo Didier, Hector Denayer are notably engaged this morning in the heats.

• 09:46 – 100m freestyle S6, men: Laurent Chardard (heats)
• 09:54 – 400m freestyle S10, women: Élodie Lorandi (heats)
• 10:29 – 200m 4 strokes SM9, men: Hector Denayer, Ugo Didier (heats)

08:44 – The French involved in cycling

See all the French who are aiming for a medal this Thursday in para cycling

• 09:30 – road race H1-2, men: Florian Jouanny
• 09:35 – H1-4 road race, women: Anaïs Vincent
• 13 hours – H5 road race, men: Loïc Vergnaud
• 16 hours – H4 road race, men: Joseph Fritsch
• 16:05 – H3 road race, men: Johan Quaile, Mathieu Bosredon

04/09/24 – 22:17 – Thank you all for following us!

Have a great evening everyone, see you tomorrow for the rest of the Paralympic Games!

04/09/24 – 22:10 – The day's review

A very good day for the French clan with twelve new medals, including eleven in road cycling. Lamirault won a disappointing bronze medal when he was aiming for gold. In athletics, Pavade finished 4th in the long jump competition while Adolphe qualified for the 100m final. In wheelchair tennis, the Houdet/Cattaneo pair will play for the bronze medal on Friday.

04/09/24 – 22:05 – End of Paralympic evening

It was the last French performance of the day while the events are finished almost everywhere.

04/09/24 – 22:01 – Mandy François-Elie in the final

The Frenchwoman narrowly qualified for the final by finishing third in her 100m heat. See you tomorrow at 11:09 for the final.

04/09/24 – 21:54 – Rehm, the long jump giant, is crowned

4th Paralympic title in a row for the German who wins the competition ahead of the Americans Loccident and Wallace.

04/09/24 – 21:49 – Cruel 4th place for Pavadé

He there will be no medal for Dimitri Pavadé for 6 small centimeters behind the American Wallace. He bit his last try.

04/09/24 – 9:39 p.m. – Pavadé sees the medal moving away

Wallace's jump of 7.49 pushes Pavadé off the provisional podium as the Tricolore will only have one attempt left to win a medal.

04/09/24 – 21:36 – World record in T44 long jump

Mpumelelo Mhlongo has just broken the world record in his T44 category by jumping 7.12 m. He remains however in 5th place in this final.

04/09/24 – 21:31 – Adolphe details his semi-final

Adolphe on his semi-final victory: “There is a small gap between us, a small desynchronization which means that… We will rectify the situation for tomorrow. The most important thing tonight is to qualify for the final. In the 400m, Jeffrey Lami is my guide. In the 100m, it's Charles. There will be a few small things to correct for tomorrow but we already know what. We will have to be vigilant tomorrow so as not to be surprised. We are focused and a final, çthat is run. »

04/09/24 – 21:29 – Pavadé bites his 4th try

The Tricolore keeps its provisional 3rd place but its podium holds » a thread.

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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.