Tokyo (AFP)
Cyclist Marie Patouillet opened the French team's counter at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on Wednesday on the first day of competition, winning the bronze medal on the track in the individual pursuit (category C5).
"I do not realize too much. For my first Games, first event and first medal," responded the 33-year-old racer, more of a sprint specialist.
She is also trained by Grégory Baugé, quadruple world champion in individual speed and silver medalist in the same event at the London Olympic Games in 2012.
General practitioner, the para-cyclist, born with a defect in one foot, has great chances of medal again Friday in the 500 meters standing start, her specialty of which she is vice-world champion (2020) and bronze medalist (2019) .
Arriving late in cycling, Marie Patouillet had a revelation by running the stage of the Tour cyclotouriste in 2017.
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