Paralympic Games: the four following Alex Portal, Bohéas in bronze… Review of Wednesday September 3

2024-09-03 23:00:34

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The four passes for Alex Portal. In her S13 (visually impaired) category, the 22-year-old para-swimmer has already won silver in the 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly as well as bronze in the 100m backstroke. This Tuesday, it was in the 200m race that he distinguished himself. The Paralympic title once again went to the invincible Belarusian Ihar Boki, leading from start to finish and who beat his own world record (2′02′’03), the native of Saint-Germain-en-Laye n He did well , achieving a very good finish in crawling.

Second for one hundred after the first 50 m, in the butterfly, Alex Portal fought with the Russian Sotnikov before beating him at the end in the breaststroke and a strong finish. By placing on the podium once again, the para-swimmer will have won a medal in all the races he participated in, his first goal.

Results of the French

It was a rather quiet day for French athletes in the capital. Despite the four medals, no new titles were obtained in many Parisian places, even if the blue agent was still able to read on the river. Just like Alex Portal, Ugo Didier won silver in the 100m backstroke S9. Five days after his rematch in the 400m freestyle, the native of Chesnay was unable to overcome Yahor Shchalkanau, the winner of the final in 1′00″76. At the foot of the podium at the event in Tokyo three years ago, the Frenchman achieved a stunning finish to win his fourth Paralympic medal.

Ugo Didier with his silverware. Reuters

Minutes later, Laurent Chardard opened his Paralympic tally by finishing third in his S6 50m butterfly. Damaged at sea following a shark attack in 2016, the French para-swimmer hoped for the best, in his power as a double world champion and European champion, but the Chinese Wang Jingang was beaten 41 hundred and 12 hundred by the Colombian Nelson Crispin Corzo .

“If I win, it will be a real achievement because I lost 12 times in 12 matches against him. » Matéo Bohéas was not very confident when it came time to face Pole Patryk Chojniwski, who has not won since 2019. Unfortunately, the French para-pong player could not do anything, despite good resistance (8-11, 4-11, 11-9, 9-11) in the semi-finals of the men’s fast, class 10, the same category beat in the final in Tokyo three years ago, and the Frenchman still won a good bronze medal, since there was no match for third. where is the table tennis table.

In the picture

Stéphane Houdet and his children on the court of Philippe Chatrier. AFP

Having qualified for the semi-final stages of the men’s doubles with Frédéric Cattanéo, the legend of French wheelchair tennis Stéphane Houdet enjoyed a great celebration with his children, to the praise of the Philippe-Chatrier court. Also competing in the singles, the 53-year-old is aiming for a sixth Paralympic medal.

And that…

• Day without a medal for armchair exercise. For his first appearance in these Paris Games, the armchair coach did not smile on the Blues. Favorite in saber B, Maxime Valet tripped up in the quarters and was not able to recover to get the bronze during the repetition. The same price for Brianna Vidé, who won in the lower end (15-11).
• Charles-Antoine Kouakou lost. A gold medalist in Tokyo in the 400m T20, the French athlete did not retain his title despite his position as favourite. After a great start, the Stade de France favorite fell in the final, coming last in the final. Five-time Paralympic champion, Arnaud Assoumani finished 5th in the long jump final (T47).
• Cécifoot Blues in the semi-finals. Victory over Turkey (2-0) thanks to goals from Frédéric Villeroux and Martin Baron, the Tricolores confirmed their ticket for the semi-final of the Paralympic blind football competition in front of a sensitive audience at the Stade Tour Eiffel. Next meeting: against Colombia, Wednesday September 5 at 5:30 pm

Sentences

“I don’t want to be called Edward Scissorhands but I think I’m close.” Boki is very, very strong. One day I will have it! »

Alex Portal, silver medalist in the 200m medley (SM13) this Tuesday, is not discouraged by beating his rival Ihar Boki and is thinking about the three silver medals he won in Paris.

And tomorrow, Wednesday 4 September?

For this seventh day of the Paralympic Games, many medals are expected in the French region. A few days after their struggle on the track, the cyclists can take out their clothes as the main suppliers of beauties, this time on the road, with Heïdi Gaugain as the main title. Silver in the pursuit of 3,000m each (C5) on Sunday, the top 19 star of 19 years will participate in the time trial in the C5 category. For his part, Kévin Le Cunff (C4) will want to win a second Paralympic title after gold in the road race in Tokyo during the men’s time trial. Florian Jouanny will also aim for the title in the H2 category.

On the para-table tennis side, Fabien Lamirault, already assured of leaving Paris with a medal, will face Czech Jiri Suchanek in the semi-finals, who is aiming for a third consecutive singles title.

Also to follow, Timothée Adolphe the avenger. Silver chief in 400m, the French athlete and his guide Jeffrey Lami will try to be in 100m T11, as Pierre Fairbank in 100m T53. In the end, you will have to keep track of the Kylian Portal. In bronze in 400m freestyle, brother Alex will compete this time in 100m (category S12).