Paralympics 2021: the trackers in the race for bronze, Ugo Didier and Alex Portal in the final … What he does – Franceinfo

The women of the French delegation will not have this chance. Claire Supiot, who competes in the Paralympic Games after having experienced the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, finished with the 11th time in the 400m freestyle heats (category S9). She failed 3 seconds and 17 hundredths from 8th place, synonymous with qualifying for the final. In bronze at the European Championships in the 50 m freestyle (S9 category), Emeline Pierre also missed the final, for 18 hundredths (29 “11 against 28” 93 for the last qualified).

Armchair fencing: Maxime Valet in the semi-final

Thanks to two victories in five matches during qualifying, Maxime Valet secured his place for the round of 16 saber (category B). He then won against Canadian Pierre Mainville (15-9) and Russian Alexander Kurzin (15-10) to reach the semi-finals. At 8:30 am, he will face the Chinese Yanke Feng.

Romain Noble did not really manage to get into his Paralympic Games. For the saber qualifications (category A), the French lost all four of his group matches. 14th overall, he was eliminated. He will have the opportunity to catch up with the sword, as of Thursday.

Para-table tennis: four wins in five games for the French team

Successful start of the tournament for the Blues of para-table tennis. Florian Merrien (category 3), Fabien Lamirault and Stéphane Molliens (category 2) all won their first match of the competition. Only Clément Berthier (category 8), opposed to the world champion the Briton Wilson Ross, lost. On the women’s side, Thu Kamkasomphou dominated the Dutch Frederique van Hoof in category 8.