The French has established itself on Sunday on the slalom test (category standing). It leaves Beijing with three sacres and a bronze medal.
Le Monde with AFP
and three for Arthur Bauchet. The 21-year-old French skier was a third time, Sunday, March 13, at the Paralympic Games of Beijing, on the Slalom test (standing category), confirming the hopes placed in him for several years. Its fourth charm of this edition, with the bronze in giant slalom and the gold gleaned in descent and super combined.
“It’s magic to do it like that, in addition on the last day. I started games in style, I fence them in style, what more?”, Rejoiced the person concerned at the end of the race.
Tribute to Marie Bochet
France ends in the fourth place of the ranking of these Paralympic Games with twelve medals (including seven gold), a third of them having been obtained by Arthur Bauchet. From there to see the skier, who had already been awarded four silver medals at the previous edition in Pyeongchang (South Korea) in 2018, endorse the boss costume of the Blues?
“I think that, you will never be able to tell me!, Has it joking. I’m a member of this team from France. I tried to represent it at best.”
But he concedes having “downright changed status” during this Paralympic edition. And he paid tribute to Marie Bochet, who disputed in Chinese land his last games. In Beijing, the octuple Paralympic gold medalist content with the money on the super-g.
“These games also show how much the performance of Mary were just superhuman. Me, already with three gold, I feel like I have so much, it’s crazy! And Marie with his four But on two different Paralympics, it’s just magical. “
By rewarding its performance, Arthur Bauchet, who suffers from spastic paraparesis – a disease that causes a weakness and muscular, painful, lower limbs -, was chosen to be the flag carrier of the team of France Sunday evening at the closing ceremony of the Games at the Beijing Olympic Stadium, the “bird nest”.