Published on 01/09/2024 18:40
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Paralympics 2024 – Swimming: Emeline Pierre, queen of the 100m freestyle. (.)
Crowned Paralympic champion in the 100m freestyle, the native of Pau won an unexpected title.
The race of a lifetime. Surprise champion of the 100m freestyle in the S10 category, Emeline Pierre outdid herself to cover herself in gold in the pool of the Paris La Défense Arena, Sunday, September 1st. Winner ahead of the Canadian Aurélie Rivard, who was the favorite of the predictions, the one who trains in Brest largely beat her personal record, lowering it by almost a second, to reach 1’00”49.
Still in shock on arrival, she confessed to France Télévisions that she had “no memory of the race“, having simply focused on the fact of “manage in my own way, as I know how, with my strengths“. Plagued by doubt and mental health problems after the Tokyo Games, she could not have dreamed of a better revenge. This title confirms once again the sparkling form of French para-swimming in Parisian waters.
