What To Watch At The Paris Paralympics On Friday | EUROtoday

PARIS (AP) — The end line is getting nearer on the Paralympics Games, with solely three days of competitors left.

There are medals on supply in 10 Paralympic sports activities on Friday, together with a raft of golds in monitor and area at Stade de France, the nationwide stadium.

There are males's and girls's titles in biking highway racing in close by Clichy-sous-Bois and the ladies's wheelchair tennis last takes place at Roland Garros, house to the French Open.

Iran is favourite to retain its title within the males's sitting volleyball last.

Here's a better take a look at a few of what's arising.

British Paralympic biking star Sarah Storey seems to be to make it gold medal No. 19 when she competes within the C4-C5 ladies's highway race.

The 46-year-old Storey, who received her first Paralympic gold medals as a swimmer again in 1992, already received gold in Wednesday's time trial.

Meanwhile, a number of world champion Kévin Le Cunff defends his Olympic title within the males's C4-5 highway race.

All the races happen on the identical undulating 14.2-kilometer (8.8-mile) route, beginning and ending from Clichy-sous-Bois, positioned in the identical Seine-Saint-Denis suburb as Stade de France.

Cyclists in C1-C5 classes compete with prostheses or restricted motion of their higher or decrease limbs whereas with the ability to use an ordinary bicycle.

There are additionally finals within the males's and girls's B races for visually impaired athletes driving in tandem with an able-bodied information, referred to as a pilot.

Wheelchair tennis star Diede De Groot stays on track for one more Olympic gold.

The 27-year-old Dutchwoman defends her singles title on the court docket Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros in opposition to Japan's Yui Kamiji, having misplaced in opposition to her within the ladies's doubles last on Thursday.

It's additionally a rematch of the ladies's singles last on the Tokyo Games three years in the past.

De Groot has received 23 Grand Slam titles in wheelchair singles. After shedding to Kamiji in early 2021, she went on a 145-match unbeaten match which led to May this yr.

Equestrian riders Rebecca Hart and Fiona Howard search for one other gold medal within the workforce dressage occasion on the Palace of Versailles, as soon as house to French royalty.

Hart and Howard received gold on Tuesday of their classes in particular person dressage, whereas Roxanne Trunnell took silver in Grade I — which has probably the most severely impaired riders.

The 39-year-old Trunnell stands to win her fifth Paralympic medal after two particular person golds and a workforce bronze on the Tokyo Games in 2021. She contracted a virus in 2009 that induced swelling in her mind and left her needing a wheelchair.

The Americans face stiff competitors from a British workforce that includes six-time gold medalist Natasha Baker.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will get a uncommon probability for a Paralympic gold medal when it faces match favourite Iran within the males's sitting volleyball last at North Paris Arena.

But they need to discover a well past Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, who’s 8-foot-1 (2.46 meters) and measures over six toes (1.8 meters) seated together with his arms raised.

Iran has received the final two gold medals and picked up a complete of seven since 1988.

But Bosnia and Herzegovina defeated Iran to win the 2012 last in London and the 2004 last in Athens. The powerhouse nations have contested 5 of the previous six Paralympic finals.

Germany and Egypt play for the bronze medal on Friday.

The crowd at Stade de France will get to see a becoming image of the Paralympics: the 4x100m common relay.

The mixed-gender and mixed-disability race options groups of 4 athletes—two males and two ladies—with totally different disabilities.

Each workforce begins with a visually impaired athlete, adopted by an amputee sprinter, then an athlete with cerebral palsy, and finishes with a wheelchair racer dashing to the road.

Unlike the standard relay, there aren’t any batons. Instead, the handoff is finished by contact inside designated zones on the monitor.

In the primary Paralympic last on the Tokyo Games three years in the past, the United States received in 45.52 seconds.

Associated Press Writer Tom Nouvian in Paris contributed to this report.