New day at the Paralympic Games with once again some great medals expected for the para cycling The Essentials Live The French duo is in the small final of the men's wheelchair tennis doubles tournament. They are scheduled for the second rotation on the Suzanne Lenglen court. LA Française passes the first round of repechage by winning 15-0 against Venezuelan Francia Jaimez Rojas. The Frenchwoman crossed the line in fifth position. She was surprised at the start of the race by the first attacks and was never able to get back to the head of the race.< /p> Athletes, spectacular performances, disciplines… Find images from the 2024 Paralympic Games The Frenchman was surprised in 34 seconds by world number three Yergali Shamey on an ippon by immobilization. He will still be able to play for the bronze. First round of repechages validated for the Frenchman, who defeated the Italian Gianmarco Paolucci 15-3. The road is still long to the bronze medal. Second silver medal for the French team this morning with Kevin le Cunff who did not manage to get his opponents out and was beaten on the line by the Ukrainian Dementyev. Gatien le Rousseau is fourth Everyone is attacking in the leading quartet of the men's para cycling road race, where Kevin le Cunff and Gatien le Rousseau are included. They will be fighting for victory since the pursuers are more than six minutes behind Brianna Vidé advances to the quarter-finals of the wheelchair epee, winning 15-13 against Hong Kong's Yee Chui Yu, while Clémence Delavoipière loses 15-8 against Judith Rodriguez Menendez. The Frenchwoman tried to drop Sarah Storey on the final climb but the British woman managed to hang on and come back, and Heidi Gaugain finished second in the sprint. It will be a third silver medal for her in these Games. The Frenchwoman was surprised to enter -73kg J2 of para judo. He will have to continue in repêchages to go for a bronze medal. The two French women are in the eighth finals of the épée. ÇIt doesn't work for the two French women in the 50m freestyle S4 heats The podium should be played between Heïdi Gaugain, Sarah Storey and the Colombian Paula Andrea Ossa Veloza. A perfect debut for Rodrigues who wins his fight on ippon. The Frenchman faces the Japanese Yuji Kato in the eighth finals in -73kg J1 of para judo. New ninth place in the series for the French this morning The Frenchman finished second in his series in the KL1 200m kayak and will have to go through the semi-finals. The Frenchwoman is seventh with a first jump of 5.12m. Kevin le Cunff and Gatien le Rousseau are leading in a group of four, with Dorian Foulon about twenty seconds behind. In the women's race, Heidi Gaugain is also in the breakaway, and Marie Patouillet is one minute behind. The Frenchwoman leaves the main draw in the eighth round and goes into the repechage. This is the ninth time in the series for the Frenchwoman, who seemed a little blunted on this last race. Two French women will be in the final of the 100m backstroke S10 tonight, qualified with the 4th and 5th times Second place in her series for Emeline Pierre, who did not forced but still achieves a very good time. The presence of Gatien le Rousseau in front and the two other Frenchmen in the counter group forces all the other riders to s'employer. The Frenchman goes straight into the repechage after his defeat in the round of 16. READ MORE Discover a focus on all the sports of the Paralympic Games with the rules, classification and program of the éevents 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 objective is mainly gold medals, because that is what counts most in the ranking of nations," recalls Marie-Amélie Le Fur. "[…] I was asked if this was not a discounted ambition compared to the Olympic top 5. But we had so much deserted the performance, we came back from far. We were 14th in Tokyo; aiming for the top 8 means doubling the number of gold medals, so a real ambition,'' launched 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. 
12:27 – Houdet and Cattanéo play for bronze
12:14 – Cécile Demaude continues in repêchages
11:58 – Marie Patouillet fifth in the line race
11:55 – Armindo Rodrigues beaten
11:52 – Yohan Peter continues in repechages
11:43 – Attacks in all directions
11:34 – Brianna Vidé continues, by Clémence Delavoipière
11:21 – Nathan Petit eliminated
11:15 – Brianna Vidé and Clémence Delavoipière on the track
11:10 – David Smetanine and Dimitri Granjux eliminated
11:07 – Heïdi Gaugain in the top three
11:01 – Armindo Rodrigues in the quarter-finals
10:57 – Armindo Rodrigues starts his day
10:51 – Assya Maurin Espiau does not make it to the final
10:45 – Rémi Boullé in the semi-finals
10:37 – Angelina Lanza in the long jump final
10:35 – All the Frenchmen placed at halfway through the race
10:30 – Cécile Demaude beaten
10:24 – Hector Denayer does not make it to the final
10:17 – Anaëlle Roulet also qualified
10:13 – Emeline Pierre goes to the final
10:10 – The French play tactically
10:04 – Yohan Peter beaten
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ByTeilor Stone
Sep 6, 2024
By Teilor Stone
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