four horses of the Republican Guard decorated Monday
Four horses from the Republican Guard, including the one ridden by French pentathlete Élodie Clouvel, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, will be decorated on Monday, AFP learned on Friday from the gendarmerie. These horses will receive the bronze national defense medal, which rewards particularly honorable services rendered by the military. Dogs, and […]
Cyril Pages, coach of the French para-judo team, has died
Present on the tatami mats during the last Paralympic Games, the 52-year-old from Orléans had been seconded to the French para-judo team since 2012. This is a very new sadness for French judo. This Thursday morning, the French Judo Federation and the French Paralympic Committee announced the death of Cyril Pages, coach since 2012 of […]
Paris 2024 Olympic Games – Archery: Amélie Cordeau stopped in the round of 16
Frenchwoman Amélie Cordeau did not advance past the round of 16 of the individual archery event on Wednesday at the Paris 2024 Games. Frenchwoman Amélie Cordeau was eliminated on Wednesday during the round of 16 of the individual event of the archery at the Paris Olympics. For her second match at the end of the […]
Tears, “mini Stade de France”, disillusionment… Les Bleues inconsolable after their elimination
Inconsolable or in tears, the members of the French women’s team still wanted to be positive after missing the target. Aux Invalides Terrible disillusionment for the French women’s team, which came out sharply in the round of 16 this Sunday under the blazing sun of the Esplanade des Invalides. The Blues and the trio composed […]
Archery: eliminated in the quarterfinals, Baptiste Addis makes an appointment for 2028
French archer Baptiste Addis, 17, stopped in the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics. He hopes to fight for a medal in Los Angeles in 2028. Beaten in the quarter-finals by the German Florian Unruh, Baptiste Addis leaves the Paris Olympic Games at just 17 years old with a team silver medal, and full of promise […]
Pauline Déroulède, the luminous energy of hope
PORTRAIT – Having had her left leg amputated after a traffic accident, the young woman, a rising figure in wheelchair tennis, is committed to road safety. “If our drivers had passed a driving license: they would no longer have the license. And Cleo and I would still have our two legs.” The impact of the […]
third gold medal for Arthur Bauchet
French skier Arthur Bauchet, 21, won his third gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday, in the slalom (standing category), confirming the hopes placed in him for several years. On the slopes of Yanqing, in the mountainous suburbs of Beijing, the athlete licensed at the Briançon ski club beat the Chinese Liang Jingyi and […]
The Ukrainian delegation on its way to Beijing
The Ukrainian Paralympic Federation on Tuesday confirmed the participation of its athletes in the Beijing Games (March 4-13), despite the difficulties linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “The full Ukrainian national team will fly to the Paralympic Gamesannounced in a tweet the Ukrainian federation, taking up an article published by the national media Suspilne […]
Valieva cracks under the pressure, Rolland in the half-pipe final… What to remember from Thursday’s day in Beijing
Freestyle skiing, women’s half pipe qualifications (2h30). After gold in Big Air and silver in slopestyle, the Chinese Eileen Gu (18), announced as the star of the Beijing Games, knocks down her last card with the half pipe. Gu” the frog princess “, nickname inherited from the green helmet she wore on a competition summed […]
The silver medal-winning French relay, “the realization of a strong friendship”
In turn Fabien Claude, Émilien Jacquelin, Simon Desthieux and Quentin Fillon-Maillet expressed their happiness at getting on the Olympic podium all together. Our special correspondent in China Fabien Claude (first French torchbearer): “It’s more than a collective victory. We wondered how it was possible that France had not won a medal at the Games for […]