LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: Djelika Diallo in the final assured of a medal … Full house for the French! Live

The gold of Léauté, the silver medals of Hector Denayer or De la Forest but also the bronze of the table tennis players and Portal, the French delegation is in heaven. The best is yet to come with the para taekwondo final of Djelika Diallo.

The essential

• For this second day of the Paralympic Games, the highly anticipated Alexandre Láautá was crowned Paralympic champion in the individual pursuit by crushing the competition. In para shooting, Tanguy De la Forest, five-time world champion, won the silver medal. In para table tennis, the pair Fabien Lamirault and Julien Michaud won bronze while in para swimming, Hector Denayer won a beautiful silver medal in the 100m breaststroke. Alex Portal won his second medal. This time she is in bronze. 
• Djelika Diallo assured of a medal will try to take the gold. 
• In mixed doubles, Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien qualified for the semi-finals and ensured an incredible medal on Saturday.
• Follow all the news and results from the Paralympic Games 2024.

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22:38 – Carvalho gives Ménard a hard time

Jules Ménard and Mateus Carvalho are tied in the boccia match (4-4). 

22:38 – Carvalho gives Ménard a hard time

Jules Ménard and Mateus Carvalho are tied in the boccia match (4-4). 

22:31 – Much delay in the events

Initially planned at 10:28 p.m., Djelika Diallo's final will be played a little later, like the French team's matches in para badminton.

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22:22 – Djelika Diallo has a date with history

Djelika Diallo has already succeeded in her Paralympic Games. The Frenchwoman is not yet 20 years old, but she is certain to have a medal around her neck at the end of her final. The story is already superb. It could be even bigger if he wins a gold medal.

22:16 – Charles Noakes moves closer to qualifying

It bodes well for Charles Noakes who won 21-15, 21-17 against Naili Lin. The Frenchman could reach the quarter-finals in his next match.

22:05 – Mazur and Noël in mixed doubles

Para badminton star Lucas Mazur will be lined up in mixed doubles with Faustine Noël. The French will challenge Kumar Nitesh and Thulasimathi Murugesan. ~p>Jules Ménard challenges Mateus Carvalho in the BC3 boccia pool D. 

21:49 – Victory for Thomas Jakobs

Thomas Jakobs performed well in his duel against Israeli Amir Lévi. He won 21-12, 21-10. 

21:40 – Méril Loquette's turn

While Thomas Jakobs is close to victory, another Frenchman is about to enter the Arena de la Chapelle. It is Méril Loquette. His opponent is Liek Hou Cheah. 

21:33 – H-1 before the final of Djelika Diallo

Djelika Diallo will want to imitate her able-bodied counterpart, Anthéa Laurin, in 1 hour. A few weeks after the first gold medal at the Olympic Games in taekwondo, the Frenchwoman will therefore try to do the same in para taekwondo.

21:27 – Court 14 with Fairbank and Morch

The French Charlotte Fairbank and Emmanuelle Morch will try to do better in doubles than their compatriots Ksenia Chasteau and Pauline Déroulède who lost a little earlier in the day. Kgothatso Jane and Mariska Venter stand in front of her on court 14 at Roland-Garros. 

21:10 – Thomas Jokobs on the court

Thomas Jakobs is competing in para badminton. He is in group B. Other Frenchmen will follow, such as Lucas Mazur in doubles. 

21:01 – Italy beats France

Les Bleues clearly did not worry the Italian team in sitting volleyball. The French suffered a heavy defeat 25-9, 25-6, 25-6. 

20:59 – Bond seals the end of the match

Australia won 55-53. France will absolutely have to beat Great Britain to hope to play in a wheelchair rugby semi-final. The goal average will be important. 

20:51 – Uncertain outcome

It's hard to predict who, Australia or France, will come out on top in this wheelchair rugby match. &With 3 minutes to go, the Wallabies are leading by one point. 

20:42 – France trailing in the 4th quarter

The end of the match is approaching in wheelchair rugby. The Australians are ahead in the score but the French are just behind. 

20:29 – Defeat in two sets for Guilhem Laget

6-4, 6-4 for Ben Bartram who leaves the competition Guilhem Laget. 

20:28 – Wen Xiaoyan logically crowned, Mandy François-Elie 5th

Paralympic champion in the 100m in the T37 category, sprinter Mandy François-Elie was too tight with her time of 28"20 to hope to leave with the most beautiful metal in the 200m T37. Wen Xiaoyan, the favorite, is unsurprisingly the Paralympic champion with her time of 25"86. She sets the Paralympic record.

20:21 – Start imminent for the 200 m

Mandy François-Elie and on the starting line. She is aiming for the title in a race that is very tough.

20:16 – The Mandy François-Elie final is coming soon!

Awaited by the Stade de France crowd, Mandy François-Elie should not be long in arriving on the track for her 200m final

20:13 – Canada has tamed France

Yet ahead at half-time, French wheelchair basketball was unable to maintain its advantage at the end of the match. Les Bleus lost 83-68. 

20:11 – The volleyball girls got off to a bad start

In sitting volleyball, the French are well behind in their first group match. The Italians already have a lead of more than ten points in the first set.

20:09 – Aurálien Fabre does not imitate Aurálie Aubert and loses

It's over narrowly for Aurée Aubert in boccia face à Amagoia Arrieta. Alas, ça didn'smile at all. Aurélien Fabre defeated by Brazilian Iuri Silva (6-2). ~Thierry Joussaume lost by just one point in the round of 16 of para archery against Abbas Khadim (141 -140).

Clément Berthier and Esteban Herrault will be medalists. This is the new good news of this evening for the French clan. The para table tennis players narrowly beat William Bayley and Martin Perry. A victory in 5 rounds. 

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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.