Alexandre Léauté completes his collection with bronze

Third medal in as many individual events for Alexandre Léauté, the French cyclist took bronze on Tuesday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games in the road time trial (Category C2). “I was unlucky with my front chainring which derailed several times“, Regrets despite everything the world champion of the discipline in this category since June. First gold medalist of the French delegation after winning the individual pursuit on the Izu velodrome on Thursday, the 20-year-old Breton climbed the next day on the second step of the kilometer (cat. C1-3). “I think that doing several track events did not benefit me, my competitors did only one but I am not looking for excuses, they were stronger todayJudge the one who also participated Saturday in team speed, finished in fourth place.

He can still hope for a fourth podium for his first Games on Thursday in the road race. “A fourth medal, it might be complicated but given what happened, I’ll be revenge», Projects the cyclist who pedals only one leg, having lost 95% of his muscle power on the right side due to a stroke at birth.

Now 31 medals for France

The day of the time trial at Fuji Speedway is a success for French cyclists since Loïc Vergnaud took the silver for his first Games at 41 with his hand bike (category H5). Tibial amputee of his right leg after an accident at work in 2004, he is aiming for a second podium in the road race on Wednesday, with his status as vice-world champion. With his handbike also (category H2), Florian Jouanny also won his first Paralympic medal. He won bronze as at the world championships in June. A quadriplegic following a skiing accident ten years ago, he can still use some of his arms and is hoping for another podium on Wednesday as a world medalist. These three additional podiums bring the hexagonal total to 31 medals in Tokyo, which is now very close to the goal of 35 initially set.