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French skier Benjamin Daviet, from Haute-Savoie, won gold in cross-country sprint skiing (standing category) on Wednesday March 9 at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, bringing a sixth medal to France. On the sunny slopes of the Nordic site of Zhangjiakou, the native of Annecy beat the German Marco Maier and the Ukrainian Grygorii Vovchynskyi. With this medal, Benjamin Daviet, French flag bearer during the opening ceremony, is reviving after having failed the day before in a disappointing sixth place in the medium distance biathlon. Benjamin Daviet will contest three more races before the end of the Games on Sunday. France now has six medals (including four gold), which places it in 4th place in the country ranking.
