On the last day of the Paralympic Games in Beijing, Sunday March 13, French skier Arthur Bauchet once again shone by winning his third gold medal in the slalom (standing category).

Cross-country skiers Benjamin Daviet and Anthony Chalençon also won silver in the cross-country ski relay.

On the tracks of Yanqing, in the mountainous suburbs of Beijing, Arthur Bauchet, 21, beat Chinese Liang Jingyi and New Zealander Adam Hall.

This is Arthur Bauchet's fourth medal at these Games.

The communicative jovial athlete had already won two titles (downhill and super combined) as well as silver in the giant slalom.

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Arthur Bauchet ends this last day of the #Beijing2022 Games in the most beautiful way: THE THIRD GOLD MEDAL FOR KING ARTHUR! #AllezLesBleus #LaVictoireEnFace pic.twitter.com/p18QVbPLPS

– Team France (@EquipeFRA) March 13, 2022

"We gave everything"

For their part, on the tracks of the northern site of Zhangjiakou, Benjamin Daviet and Anthony Chalençon, titled in Pyeonchang in 2018, were overtaken by the Ukrainian team.

"It was still a strong race. It's just incredible" to have obtained the silver, declared Benjamin Daviet, who thus obtained the tenth Paralympic medal of his career.

"It is a reward" for the whole team involved in the preparation of the two men, "for all their work invested for the Games and for four years", he underlined.

"We gave everything. I'm so happy," reacted Anthony Chalençon, 31, for his part.

This is the fourth medal in Beijing for Benjamin Daviet. 

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champion, our male relay is once again on the box in para cross-country skiing 💥#AllezLesBleus #Pekin2022 pic.twitter.com/HXj8IkF31Y

– Team France (@EquipeFRA) March 13, 2022

The 32-year-old Haut-Savoyard, France's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, had already won gold in cross-country skiing (sprint) and biathlon (individual), as well as silver in long-distance middle distance .

The silver won on this 4 x 2.5 km open relay also enabled Anthony Chalençon, a native of Evian, to leave the Beijing Games with a Paralympic medal.

By also adding Arthur Bauchet's gold medal won on Sunday in slalom, France ends these Paralympics with 12 medals (including 7 gold).

It is fourth overall, behind China, Ukraine and Canada.

With AFP

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