LIVE. Paralympic Games 2024: silver for Vergnaud in para cycling, Martinet in the para judo final, live

This Thursday, September 5, could once again be a very productive day for the French delegation.

The essentials

• The road events in para cycling punctuate the day with a nice gold medal for Florian Jouanny in the H1-2 category and a silver for Loïc Vergnaud in H. Joseph Fritsch, Johan Quaile and Mathieu Bosredon also hope to bring home a medal. In para shooting in the mixed 50m event, Jean-Louis Michaud took the bronze medal.
• In para swimming, Ugo Didier, Hector Denayer and Laurent Chardard have all qualified for the finals that will be held this evening. Sandrine Martinet is on her side in the para judo final and will bring home a new medal.
• Follow all the news and results from the 2024 Paralympic Games.

Live

15:37 – Sandrine Martinet in 12th fight

Sandrine Martinet's final in -48kg J2 is scheduled in 12th fight at the Arena du Champ de Mars. The afternoon session starts at 4 p.m.

3:25 p.m. – The French men's foil team swept away

There was no semi-final match between France and Great Britain in wheelchair foil. Maxime Valet, Ludovic Lemoine and Damien Tokatlian will therefore play for a bronze medal.

New medal for French para-cycling with the second place of Loïc Vergnaud, behind the Dutchman Valize.

Athletes, spectacular performances, disciplines… Find the images of the 2024 Paralympic Games

14:58 – French fencers largely led

ÇIt gets complicated for Maxime Valet and his teammates in the wheelchair foil semi-final. They lose 25-14.

14:43 – France plays for a final

The French fencers have started their semi-final against Great Britain. They are currently trailing 10-6.

14:40 – Loïc Vergnaud distanced

The Frenchman is 43 seconds behind Valize after three laps, but the silver medal is almost assured since his pursuers are almost two minutes behind.

14:19 – Loïc Vignaud well placed at halfway through the race

The Frenchman is slightly isolated at the start of the third round with Mitch Valize. They have a lead of about fifteen seconds over the chasing group.

14:06 – The French foil in the semi-final

The French wheelchair fencing team qualifies for the semi-final of the team foil by beating Japan 45-32. They will face Great Britain.

13:48 – French foil fencers in the lead

The quarter-final went well for the French wheelchair fencing team in foil. They lead 36-19 against Japan.

13:37 – Loic Vergnaud's race is launched

The Frenchman is aiming for a medal in the H5 category of para road cycling, still in pouring rain.

13:20 – Martinet fights for a fifth medal

See you from 4 p.m. for the matches at medal in para judo, and Sandrine Martinet still in the running for a fifth medal in six participations in the Games.

1:00 p.m. – The para-cycling program this afternoon

Resumption of road races at 1:30 p.m. with the men's and women's H5 races, notably Loïc Vignaud, before the men's H3 and H4 races at 4 p.m.

200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000

12:40 – It's the turn of the French wheelchair foilists

The French foil fencers will start directly in the quarter-finals against Japan in a few minutes.

Çit goes to Sandrine Martinet who goes to the final by two waza-ari in the golden score  !

12:13 – Sandrine Martinet's semi-final

Here we go for Sandrine Martinet who faces the Chinese Liquing Li.

12:11 – The French foil fencers led

Facing the world number ones, the French women's sitting foil team is currently trailing 28 to 9, with only one relay won, by Brianna Vidé.

12:07 – Bronze medal for Jean-Louis Michaud

For his first Paralympic Games, Jean-Louis Michaud won the bronze medal in the 50m prone rifle shooting SH1! This is the second medal of the day.

In the H5 category, the Frenchman controlled his race from start to finish to take a very nice gold medal, the first of the day and of the most beautiful metal!

11:44 – Florian Jouanny three kilometers from a new title

The Frenchman is alone in the lead while he has just passed the banner of three kilometers from the finish.

11:31 – No medal for Anaïs Vincent

In the final ascent, the Frenchwoman does not manage to reach the top. keep the pace of the three other runners and finished fifth in the road race.

11:20 – Anaïs Vincent à one minute from the podium

&Halfway through the race, the Frenchwoman is placed for the medal, 59 seconds behind the second place of the German Annika Zeyen-Giles.

11:13 – No medal for Mandy François-Elie

Third-fifth place in as many finals for the 2016 Paralympic champion, who is in her place in this 100m T37.

11:10 – The French foil team in the quarter

The start was a bit difficult in this eighth final against the Brazilian wheelchair foil players. But it works for the French team, which accelerated to win 45-29.

11:09 – Sandrine Martinet in the semi-final

55 seconds of combat and it's already over for Sandrine Martinet, who wins her first fight with an ippon.

11:05 – Martinet wants a second gold medal

A title in 2016, three silver medals in 2004, 2008, and 2021. The only time Sandrine Martinet did not bring home a medal was when she fractured her ankle. ankle in the semi-finals in 2012. She starts her day

READ MORE

Paralympic sports

Discover a focus on all the sports of the Paralympic Games with the rules, classification and program of the events

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.