Sprinter Charles-Antoine Kouakou brought his sixth gold medal to the French team at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Tuesday, August 31, by winning the 400-meter final (category T20). The 23-year-old thus brings the number of French medals to 33, just two medals from the goal set at 35.
Le Ile-de-France completed the lap in 47 seconds 63 ahead of Venezuelan Luis Felipe Rodriguez Bolivar (47 seconds 71) and Briton Columba Blango (47 seconds 81).
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).
Earlier today, cyclists Alexandre Lloveras and Corentin Ermenault won the tandem time trial.
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