France holds its 33rd medal, the sixth in gold! Para-athlete Charles-Antoine Kouakou won the 400m T20 (intellectually disabled) in Tokyo overnight. The Francilien, who evolves in the Hauts-de-Seine at Antony, completed the lap in 47’63, a great time. He had taken the 4th fastest time in the heats, before achieving the perfect race in the final.
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?????? EXCEPTIONAL CHARLES-ANTOINE KOUAKOU! GOLD ON THE 400 METERS T20!
?? The French king of the lap after an epic finish (47 “63) … 6th Gold medal for the Blues in Tokyo #Paralympics
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Despite the rain, he broke his personal best by one second. At 23, he represents the future for the Paralympic Games in Paris 2024. But it is in the present that he shone: in the final, lane number 7, he achieved a beautiful end of the race for ahead of Rodriguez Bolivar and Columba Blango (Great Britain).
It is also the third medal of French adapted sport, the counterpart of disabled sports for people with cognitive disabilities, since Léa Ferney (silver) and Lucas Créange (bronze) had paved the way in table tennis.
Finally, it is the fifth podium in French paralympic athletics after notably the silver medal of the president of the French Paralympic and sports committee Marie-Amélie Le Fur in the long jump (category T64).
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