Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: Preview to 3 September with Alex Portal, Ugo Didier, Natasha Baker and Marcel Hug in action

Top French athletes to watch

After a day without medals, the French Para swimming delegation will return to the Paris La Défense Arena pool this Tuesday with the goal of getting back on the podium. Those swimmers include Ugo Didier going for his second gold in the 100m backstroke S9, David Smétanine and Dimitri Granjux in the 200m freestyle S4, Laurent Chardard in the 50m butterfly S6, Solène Sache in the 50m backstroke S5 and Alex Portal looking to add a fourth medal in the 200m medley SM13.

In Para athletics, T47 long jumper Arnaud Assoumani will compete in his Paralympic final, while flag bearer Nantenin Keïta will take to the track in the T13 100m. During the evening, four other Frenchmen will compete in finals: Valentin Bertrand in the T37 long jump, Sone Luka Meissonnier in the F20 shot put, Charles-Antoine Kouakou in the T20 400m and Laure Ustaritz in the T37 400m.

At just 15 years old, Para athlete Marie Ngoussou Ngouyi will compete in the 100m T47 on the first Paralympic day of her young career.

In Para equestrian, Chiara Zenati will compete in her Para dressage Grade III event as will Aziza Benhami in Para classic archery Open.

And at the Stade Roland-Garros, the Open wheelchair tennis doubles team of Stéphane Houdet/Frédéric Cattanéo will play their quarter-final against the Brazilians Gustavo Carneiro Silva/Daniel Rodrigues.

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