And presto, one more title to his incredible track record. Already five-time world champion at 20, Alexandre Léauté was offered this Thursday in Tokyo a Paralympic coronation in track cycling. Hemiplegic by birth, the young Breton won the final of the C2 pursuit, setting in the process a new record for the discipline (3’31”478).
🇫🇷🚴: First gold medal for France!
Incredible performance by Frenchman Alexandre Leaute who smashed the Paralympic record with a time of 3’31”478 in the final of the C2 pursuit 🥇
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He brings the first gold medal in the French camp, after the bronze in the individual pursuit (already) of the pistarde Marie Patouillet (category C5) and the silver over 400 m of the swimmer Ugo Didier (category S9). Léauté will try to bisse Friday on the kilometer.
In fencing, the day was rougher, with the early eliminations of swordsmen Romain Noble (category A) from the group stage and Yohan Peter (category B) in the round of 16.