LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: Léauté smashes world record and heads to the final, live

Second day of the Paralympic Games this Friday, August 30 ;t with a shower of medals expected.

The essentials

• For this second day of the Paralympic Games, Alexandre Léaut&amp ;eacute; is highly anticipated and could achieve a double in the individual pursuit after Tokyo. He broke the world record in qualifying. We will follow in 100m breaststroke the Frenchman Hector Denayer who can also bring a medal in the evening.
• At the end of the afternoon, the French double Lamiraut and Michaud are aiming for a qualification for the table tennis final, but will leave no matter what happens with a medal.
• On the first day, France left with 3 medals, Marie Patouillet finished 2nd in the 500M C5 final in track cycling, Ugo Didier was crowned Paralympic champion in the 400m freestyle and Alex Portal won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly S13 by beating her own French record.
• Follow all the news and results from the 2024 Paralympic Games.

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13:32 – Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien lose the third set

The South Korean pair accelerated in this third round and the French were unable to keep up the pace. They are trailing two rounds to one.

13:31 – Faustine Noël bows out

Defeat in two sets for the Frenchwoman, who will absolutely have to win her second group match to hope to move on to the final phase.

Alexandre Léauté is in great shape for this pursuit! Best time of the series and world record to boot with more than a second and a half ahead of her previous time. He will play for gold at 3:40 p.m.

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13:23 – Flora Vautier and Florian Merrien return

Very nice reaction from the French pair, who win the second set 11-8 and come back to one set each. 

13:22 – Faustine Noël loses the first set

A difficult start for the Frenchwoman against the number three seed Cheng. She loses the first set 21-12.

13:12 – Flora Vautier back on the court

A few hours after her frustrating defeat in women's doubles, Flora Vautier is back on the court with Florian Merrien in mixed doubles against the number four seeded Korean pair. They lost the first set 11-9.

13:03 – The start of the pursuit C2

Alexandre Léauté will soon enter the fray in these Paralympic Games in the pursuit. He is aiming for gold in this event where he is a world record holder.

13:01 – No medal for Delya Boulaghlem

The French woman jumps & 4.20m on the last attempt and does not improve. She finished fifth in the long jump final.

12:58 – Lucas Mazur performed

21-9 21-7 victory for the French number two seed for his entry into the competition. He takes an option for qualification.

12:52 – The PR3 mixed double sculls also in repechage

Second place for Guylaine Marchand and Laurent Cadot, who will also go tomorrow in repechage.

12:45 – The first set for Lucas Mazur

The Frenchman wins the first set 21-9 for his entry into the competition in simple.

12:41 – Difficult morning at Vaires-sur-Marne

In the rain and difficult conditions, the French had a hard time this morning in para rowing, the PR2 mixed double sculls also go into the repechage after cracking in the last 250 meters of the semi-final.

12:34 – Delya Boulaghlem improves again

Delya Boulaghlem still needs a bit more to get closer to the podium, with 4.48m on the fifth attempt.

12:32 – Very good start from Lucas Mazur

The Frenchman leads 11-5 in the first set.

12:22 – Lucas Mazur enters the piste

The Frenchman will begin his singles tournament in a few moments against the Brazilian Rogerio Jr. Xavier de Oliveira.

12:12 – Rain disrupts the start of matches at Roland-Garros

Wheelchair tennis starts this Friday but the rain is currently preventing the start of outdoor matches. It only plays on the Lenglen and the Philippe Chatrier.

12:09 – Dorian Foulon moves to side

The Frenchman is only provisionally ninth and will not be in the final.

12:07 – Dorian Foulon on the track

The Frenchman is aiming for a good performance in the 1000m time trial.

11:57 – No final for Gatien le Rousseau

The time trial is not the specialty of Gatien le Rousseau, and the Frenchman finished 11th provisionally. He will not be in the final.

11:50 – Delya Boulaghlem improves

The Frenchwoman increases her mark to 4.42 but remains fifth.

11:42 – Dorian Foulon and Gatien le Rousseau in the running

The two Frenchmen begin their Paralympic Games in the 1000m time trial, classification C4-C5 in track cycling with the qualifications.

11:34 – Second attempt bitten for Delya Boulaghlem

The Frenchwoman does not improve on the second attempt, but remains fifth in the ranking.

11:18 – Delya Boulaghlem 5th in the first jump

4.36m for the Frenchwoman who secured a first mark in this T11 classification long jump final. She is 40 cm short of the podium.

11:07 – Second place for Alex Portal

The Frenchman controlled the game. at the end of the race and finished second in his heat. He will be in the final this evening.

11:05 – Alex Portal returns

After yesterday's silver medal in the 100m butterfly, the Frenchman is up to 100m butterfly. lane number five in his semi-final.

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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 objective is mainly due to the& “golden dailles, because that's what counts most in the league table 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 deserted the 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,” he said. ;nbsp;Marie-Amélie Le Fur, president of the French Paralympic Committee. As a reminder, in 2021, the French Paralympic delegation had ;eacute;caught 54 trinkets, including eleven Olympic titles.