The Paralympic Games: the double of Hanquinquant, the fairs of Mazur and Noakes… the update of Monday September 2

2024-09-03 02:26:29

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Doubles for Alexis Hanquinquant. Already titled in Tokyo, the flag bearer of the French delegation dominated his event in the PTS4 category. Ahead at each turn, the now double Paralympic champion did not waver and ended the great morning of the French para-triathlon. Leading from the first few meters of the river, he finished the 750m swim in first place.

A position that does not let you go, either on a bike or on foot. After cycling 20 km, he had a very good lead of two minutes on his teammate Grégoire Berthon. In the running event, Alexis Hanquinquant continued to lead the race unconcerned by his opponents, who dropped to almost three minutes, and could benefit from the ovation from Alexandre III Bridge when he cut the line, of the people have typed.

Results of the French

The Tricolores gave a more than satisfactory result this Monday, for the fifth day of tests. The representative brought back 8 medals, including five gold, mainly thanks to his para-triathletes. In addition to the title of Alexis Hanquinquant, the Alsatians Jules Ribstein won gold in the PTS2 category. Quadruple world champion in his category, Jules Ribstein went to the Paris Paralympic Games to find the only title missing from his great record. For the last race with his guide Cyril Viennot, Thibaut Rigaudeau won the silver medal in Paris, in the PTVI category, in front of his colleague Antoine Perelin the jar. Against Singaporean Yee Ting Jerlayn Tan, second in the world, Aurélie Aubert won France’s first medal in boccia history.

For badminton, Lucas Mazur took his place as favorite in SL4, winning unconvincingly against India’s world number one Suhas Yathiraj. Already a bronze medalist in doubles in the morning with Faustine Noël, Mazur has a dream day to further extend his record. Charles Noakesshe won gold in the SH6 category in front of a crazy audience, against British Krysten Coombs.

In the picture

Belarusian swimmer Ihar Boki won his 20th Paralympic title, Ukrainians Illia Yaremenko and Oleksii Virchenko avoided their opponents against the background of the Russian attack on Ukraine. Reuters

Belarusian swimmer Ihar Boki won his 20th Paralympic trophy on Monday by winning the 50m freestyle category S13, ahead of Ukrainian opponents Illia Yaremenko and Oleksii Virchenko. In the context of Russia’s invasion of Belarus-backed Ukraine, the podium that gathered three blind swimmers was split into two. The two Ukrainian swimmers celebrated their medals together, arm in arm, while the Belarusian showed off his gold medal alone a few meters away from them. The Paralympic anthem was played to celebrate his success and he faced a white flag with AIN written for “individual athlete”, due to international sanctions against Russia and its allies.

And that…

• Stéphane Houdet in the quarter-finals. The Frenchman, who plays tennis, dominated his Japanese friend Takashi Sanada (6-2, 7-5). The Frenchman, a five-time champion, was the last standing in the singles event. Having won the final in London in 2012, this time he benefited from an additional advantage that he had not experienced before: the support of the home crowd.
• Para-archery mixed second defeat against Australia. Competing for their round of 16 in the Open compound category, Maxime Guérin and Julie Rigault-Chupin lost with a final score of 142 to 134.
• No exploit for the Blues in the blind ball. Against the Brazilians, the great favorites of the tournament, France was unable to repeat the performance against the world vice-champions China the day before (1-0). This time, France was dominant and lost 3-0, despite the huge crowd at the Arena Champ de Mars.
• Clément Berthier offers a return for a place in the quarter-finals. Trailing 2-0 against Pole Maksym Chudzicki in the round of 16 of the class 8 table tennis tournament, Tricolore Clément Berthier won the last 3 rounds (11-7, 11-7, 11-8) to call for the quarter-finals.

Sentences

“It’s September 2, 2024, right? Let’s mark this day as a historic day. From now on, I don’t want to hear about discrimination or hate towards trans people. »

Valentina Petrillo, née Fabrizio, is a blind Italian athlete who competed as the first transgender athlete at the Paralympics

In a clear and determined voice, Valentina Petrillo shared immediate impressions in Italy, a few minutes after her first race, at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis. This Monday, September 2, you enter the women’s 400 m, category T12 which brings together athletes with visual impairment. Aged 50, she is the first transgender athlete to participate in the Paralympic Games. It was in 2017 that he came out to his wife, with whom he has a son who is now 9 years old. Valentina Petrillo began her transformation in 2019, to get out of the body that does not make her “happy”, according to the expression she often uses in public.

And this Tuesday, September 3

You will need to be on time to follow the day’s event. At the age of 26, Charles-Antoine Kouakou will compete for a second Paralympic title at 8:47 pm in the 400m T20. After becoming in Tokyo the first athlete from the French Adapted Sports Federation to win a gold medal in the games, this athlete from mental deficiency, holder of the European record and fourth in the last World Championships, hopes to once again reach the podium. He already has the honor of being one of the five champions to light the Olympic cauldron.

Early evening at 7:40 pm. Alex Portal should compete in the 200m medley final. After two silver medals (100m butterfly, 400m freestyle), one of which he won with his brother Kylian, and his bronze medal in the 100m backstroke, Alex Portal is missing a gold medal to complete his competitive ministry.

Ugo Didier will also aim for doubles. The gold medalist in the 400m freestyle, the Frenchman is running in the 100m backstroke, the distance over which he is a double world champion. The series starts at 9:38 am and ends at 5:37 pm.