Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What is the program for the day? On the French side, the day will start under the Grand Palais nave with a fence. The first to take to the ring will be Clémence Delavoipiere, who will compete at 9 a.m. in épée, in category A. In the same draw, Brianna Vidé will enter the competition at 11:10 a.m. Between the two, Yohann Peter will start his day at 11:10 a.m. at 9:40 a.m. and Cécile Demaude at 10:10 a.m., both also in épée, in category B.
As every morning, we will have to keep an eye on the Paralympic pool, where many French people will try to qualify for the final in the afternoon. Solène Sache will take part in the 50m butterfly (S5) at 09:53, Emeline Pierre and Anaëlle Roulet in the 100m backstroke (S10) at 10:10, Hector Denayer in the 100m butterfly (S9) at 10:18:00, Assya Maurin Espiau in the 100m backstroke (S14) at 10:45 and Dimitri Granjux and David Smetanine in the 50m freestyle (S4) at 11:03.
As in recent days, the French clan will rely heavily on cycling to rack up medals. Dorian Foulon, Gatien Le Rousseau and Kevin Le Cunff for the men, and Heïdi Gaugain and Marie Patouillet for the women will start the road race in the C4-5 category respectively at 09:30 and 09:35. Elie de Carvalho and Alexandre Lloveras will compete in the road race B at 13:00, and Anne-Sophie Centis will do the same at 13:10.
The Blues will also be competing in para-canoeing. Rémy Boullé will start at 10 a.m. in the 200m kayak (KL1) series, followed by Eléa Charvet in the 200m va’a (VL3) at 10:30 a.m., Nelia Barbosa in the 200m kayak (KL3) at 11 a.m. :55 and finally Abel Aber in the va’a (VL3) over 200m at 12:05. In judo, in the under 73kg category, Armindo Rodrigues (J1) and Nathan Petit (J2) will be next. The two will fight from 10 a.m.
At midday, Frédéric Cattaneo and Stéphane Houdet will begin their match for third place on Court Suzanne-Lenglen at Roland-Garros, while Souhad Ghazouani will take part in the para-weightlifting final in the under 67kg category from 5 p.m.
Finally, the Stade de France will be the scene of another evening of athletics, with Vitolio Kavakava and Sofia Pace in particular. The former will start his shot put final (F57) at 7:04 p.m., while the latter will take part in the 400m final (T38) at 9:37 p.m.
Qualification for the Paralympic Games? To understand everything about the different categories of sports for the disabled, click here
What is it about? The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will run until Sunday, September 8, are scheduled to take place. The last edition took place in the summer of 2021 in Tokyo.
What time? From Wednesday 28 August, Le Monde will be broadcasting live every morning to follow the latest news from the Games, right up to the closing ceremony.
To go deeper
The Paralympic Games calendar
Paralympic Games Results
The medal table of the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic Games 2024: Competitive sports and their adaptation to different types of disabilities
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The seven differences between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games
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