Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five things we learned on Day 6 - Strife filled tower

Paul Myers

3 September 2024 at 7:13 pm·2-min read

It was a barren day in them thar Paralympics for the French delegation. But the powers-that-be can console themselves that the cream of the land are fifth in the medals table and on course to finish eighth.

No one meddles with gold

Weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. For the first time, there were no gold medals for France leaving the gang with 11. Still there were two silvers and two bronze to take the overall tally up to 38.

Silver daze

After the brothers in larmes act of Alex and Kylian Portal following their silver and bronze in the SL13 400m freestyle, Alex was back in the Paris La Défense Arena to try and hack away at Ihar Boki in the men's 200m individual medley - SM13. Not this time.

Industrial sample

The review's taken back to the gold medal match in the table tennis at the Olympics between China and Sweden. China, comprising Chuqin Wang, Zhengdong Fan as well as the living legend Ma Long, mashed up Sweden to keep hold of the prize their illustrious predecessors first acquired in Beijing in 2008 when the event was introduced at the Olympics. Kristrian Karlsson, one of the conquered Scandinavians told RFI: "It's not real – those three guys. There should be rules against having people like that in the same team." Well after Ihar Boki won his fifth gold medal of the 2024 Games to notch up his 21st gold medal, Kristian's spirit seems apt.

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