Paralympic France is a hit, France wakes up adorned with gold.

French snowboarder Maxime Montaggioni and Benjamin Daviet (this time in biathlon) won an Olympic title each Friday at the Beijing Games.

Former taekwondo specialist, born without a right forearm, Maxime Montaggioni beat Chinese Ji Lijia and Zhu Yonggang to claim the first Paralympic title of his career.

Multiple world champion, it was the only title he lacked.

Second gold medal for Daviet

Benjamin Daviet, on Friday, won gold in the individual biathlon (standing category) at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, his second title at these Games.

On the slopes of the northern site of Zhangjiakou, the native of Annecy dominated the Canadian Mark Arendz and the Ukrainian Grygorii Vovchynskyi.

French flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Benjamin Daviet had already won the Paralympic title in cross-country sprint skiing on Wednesday.

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Paralympic Games: New tricolor gold medal with the victory of Benjamin Daviet

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