Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
What is the program for the day?
For the French, the day will start at 9:30 am in Clichy-sous-Bois, in the heart of Seine-Saint-Denis, for the final day of cycling. Alexandre Leauté and Thomas Peyroton-Dartet will be the first to take the start for the men’s road race C1-3. At 3 pm it will be the turn of the relay (H1-5).
As every morning, the Paralympic pool will be the place to keep an eye on, where many French athletes will be trying to qualify for the afternoon final. Elodie Lorandi will compete in the 200m medley (SM10) at 9:40 a.m., Dimitri Granjux in the 50m backstroke (S4) at 10:38 a.m., Kylian Portal in the 100m butterfly (S12) at 10:47 a.m. and Solene Sache in the 200m medley (SM5) at 11:20 a.m. The mixed 4x100m freestyle relay will start at 5:30 p.m.
The French clan will also be relying on parajudo to collect medals. World champion Helios Latchoumanaya (-90 kg) will fight from 9:30 a.m., as will Cyril Jonard in the same weight category, but also Nacer Zorgani, Jason Grandry (+ 90 kg) and Prescillia Leze (+ 70 kg).
The Blues are also expected to be there in para-canoeing. Rémy Boullé will start at 10 a.m. in the kayak (KL1) semi-final over 200m, followed by Eléa Charvet in va’a (VL3) over 200m at 10:49 a.m., Nelia Barbosa in kayak (KL3) over 200m. 200m at 11:55 a.m. and finally Abel Aber in va’a (VL3) over 200m at 12:05 p.m. In equestrian, you will have to follow Alexia Pittier and Vladimir Vinchon (Grade IV) in the individual grade IV event. , starting at 9.30 p.m. Chiara Zenati will compete in the individual grade III event at 3.33 p.m.
At 10:21, the flag bearer of the Tricolour Nantenin Keita will compete in the 400m (T13) final, while Angelina Lanza and Marie Ngoussou Ngouyi will take part in the 200m (T47) heats starting at 12:46, Renaud Clair will line up in the 1,500m (T38) final at 19:09 and Badr Touzi will take part in the shot put (F63) final at 20:20.
Also to be kept in mind is Lucas Didier in the table tennis semi-finals (MS9) at 11am, the women’s epee quarter-finals at 11.30am and the men’s epee at 12.40pm, and Rafik Arabat in weightlifting at 6.35pm.
Finally, the Eiffel Tower Stadium will be the venue for the clash between France and Argentina, in the final of blind football, starting at 8:00 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
A necessary classification to aspire to equity among athletes
Paralympic Games 2024: Competitive sports and their adaptation to different types of disabilities
2024 Paralympic Games: why there are no athletes with Down syndrome
The seven differences between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games
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How Paralympic athletes train their minds
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