Paris 2024 Paralympic Games: bronze medal for Remy Boullé in canoeing
|Rémy Boullé already medaled in Tokyo. MAXPPP – John Walton
The Frenchman won a new medal on Saturday, September 7, after the one he brought back from Tokyo.
The Frenchman Remy Boullé won the bronze medal in the 200 m Kayak KL1 on Saturday, the first for the French para-canoe in Paris. Already in bronze in 2021 in Tokyo, Remy Boullé, 36, won a new medal (crossing the line in 47 sec 01), finishing behind the Hungarian Peter Kiss (in gold) and the Brazilian Luis Carlos Cardoso.
#Paris2024 |🔥🥉 MÉDAILLE DE BRONZE POUR RÉMY BOULLÉ !
🇫🇷 Superbe course du Français qui prend la troisième place de cette finale de para canoë et empoche sa deuxième médaille de bronze après celle acquise à Tokyo.
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The KL1 category is reserved for paddlers whose trunk and leg function is limited.
Paraplegic after an accident parachuting
Remy Boullé, who became paraplegic after a parachuting accident at the age of 26, thus enabled French canoeing to win its first medal during this edition in Paris.