Healthy ticket sales, record TV ratings – a nation once indifferent to parasport is now cheering its athletes on to new levels of success
When French athlete Aurélie Aubert’s sharp strategy and ice-cool precision won her a boccia gold at the Paris Paralympics, the fervour of the nationwide victory celebrations seemed likely to change the country for ever.
Aubert, 27, who has cerebral palsy and competed in the BC1 category, took France’s first ever medal in a sport which is a test of skill and tactics akin to bowls and France’s favourite ballgame, pétanque.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/08/paris-french-paralympians-medal-glory-parasport
Author : Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
Publish date : 2024-09-08 07:00:40
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