Alexandre Léauté strikes twice! After his gold medal Thursday in individual track cycling pursuit, the 20-year-old Breton won a new silver medal in the men’s 1000m C1-3 time trial at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.
It is therefore a magnificent tour de force achieved by the Frenchman, for whom these Paralympic Games increasingly resemble a dream. With a time of 1’05”031 he broke his own record and the world record before the Chinese Li Zhangyu finally passed him in 1’3’877.
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“If I had been told that before going to the Games …”
“I gave everything, I managed well. I knew how to stay focused, mobilized, I am very happy. Today was a new event, I had turned the page after the podium yesterday despite some media requests, explained the athlete. I went to bed very early to be remobilized on this new ordeal. I work very hard to live with these emotions. A gold medal and now silver… If I had been told that before going to the Games… ”
???? Alexandre Léauté silver medalist!
The day after his coronation in the C2 pursuit, the 20-year-old Frenchman finished 2nd in the C1-3 time trial and brought the Blues a 5th medal #Paralympic Games
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As a reminder, Alexandre Léauté suffered a stroke at birth and has since suffered from hemiplegia on the right side, that is to say he has no strength and no longer has a feeling of this side.
With this silver medal, France now has five medals.
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