After falling the day before during the descent, skier Marie Bochet made up for it on Sunday March 6 by winning silver in the Super-G (standing category) of the Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Aged 28, the native of Chambéry finished behind the surprising Chinese Zhang Mengqiu.

"This medal has a little taste of gold!", reacted Marie Bochet after the race because "the Chinese was difficult to get".

"I had to bounce back after yesterday, I had a little pressure (...) Today, I have the silver medal, I'm happy."

Boom!

🥈 This medal does good!

💪👊😊 pic.twitter.com/9cccNQLPIs

– Marie Bochet (@MarieBochet) March 6, 2022

Nicknamed "the Snow Queen", Marie Bochet, multi-gold medalist in the World Championship, World Cup and Paralympic Games, was born with a malformation of the left forearm.

France now has three medals at these Paralympic Games: one gold, one silver and one bronze. 

With AFP

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