On the slopes of the northern site of Zhangjiakou, the native of Annecy dominated the Canadian Mark Arendz and the Ukrainian Grygorii Vovchynskyi.
"This race, I mastered it from start to finish," said the 32-year-old athlete.
"I felt so good on the skis, so good shooting. I don't think anything could hurt me today."
French flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Benjamin Daviet had already won the Paralympic title in cross-country sprint skiing on Wednesday.
"I was so relieved with my first gold medal that I feel like I'm doing perfect races. I feel like I'm flying a little on my skis, it's really cool to have that feeling" , he reacted.
There are still two races to go for Benjamin Daviet, including a relay.
"The state of mind is at the top. We are really all at the bottom. We really all have the rage to win, to do things well. All the lights are green", judged the athlete.
"On the relay (...) we really want to go for gold."
Thanks to this medal, and to the title gleaned by snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni in banked slalom (UL category), France now has nine medals (including six gold), which places it in 4th place in the country ranking.
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