The medal counter is triggered. The French skier Arthur Bauchet won this Saturday, March 5 the title of the downhill – standing category – at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, thus offering the first gold medal to the French team during the competition.
The 21-year-old sportsman, from Var and licensed at the Briançon ski club, beat Austrian Markus Salcher and Swiss Theo Gmuer.
A great confirmation for Arthur Bauchet, already multiple world ski champion and who won four silver medals at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018.
This is the first gold medal won by France during these Paralympic Winter Games, which take place from March 4 to 13 in Beijing and in the surrounding mountains.