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Para athletes well on their way to success at the French Championships in Albi
Friday19 July 2024
The French Para Athletics Championships held in the Tarn département in southern France showed that several athletes supported by Groupe BPCE companies were in good shape just a few weeks away from the Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
Fine performances
The French Para Athletics Championships were held in Albi (in the Tarn département in the south of France) from July 13 to 14. This event provided athletes already qualified for the Games to check their physical condition a month and a half before the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 and, for those who hadn’t qualified, to win a title or a place on the podium, or even qualify for this competition of a lifetime. This is how Alexandre Dipoko-Ewane, an athlete supported by Crédit Coopératif, who has suffered from partial paralysis of his left arm since birth, won the high jump event, clearing the bar at 1m90. He will be competing in the Paralympic Games Paris 2024. Dimitri Jozwicki, supported by Natixis Investment Managers, also put up a great performance in the 100m sprint and qualified for Paris 2024. Dimitri suffers from quadriparesis, an invisible yet very real disability that manifests itself in the form of considerable weakness in the joints, causing muscle fatigue and coordination issues. This disability took a long time to be diagnosed and led to a lot of misunderstanding when he was young, especially in physical education classes. He was accused of being lazy because he couldn’t perform a few simple exercises. Thanks to a huge effort in rehabilitation and, above all, immense willpower, he managed to become an elite sportsman. This admirer of Christophe Lemaitre – whose example inspired his vocation in sprinting – now ranks in the higher echelons of this discipline. He finished 4th in Tokyo three years ago. This weekend, Dimitri ran the 100m in Albi in 11 seconds, a time that would surprise those who called him lazy in gym class! Over the same distance, but in the T13 visually impaired category owing to a degenerative disease affecting the functioning of his retina, Axel Zorzi, supported by Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes, ran the final in 10”89 after hitting 10”84 in the heats, both times with a steady wind.
Paul Singer, supported by BPCE Solutions informatiques, also ran the 100m in a wheelchair, clocking 14”62. He also clocked 51”86 in the 400m and 22”26 in the 200m.
Alice Métais, supported by Banque Populaire Val de France, clocked 61”07 over 400m in the visually impaired category, and 13”10 in the 100m event. Alice trains with former European 4x400m relay champion Viviane Dorsile.
Alexandra Nouchet, Manon Genest and Badr Touzi in good shape
Alexandra Nouchet, supported by BPCE Services, gave a very fine performance in the long jump, with a series of regular results: 9.38m, 9.58m, 9.47m…
Manon Genest, supported by CASDEN Banque Populaire, also had an excellent weekend in the Tarn. We knew she was in good form after her victory at the Paris Open Handisport competition, where she won the long jump event with a leap of 4.46m. She showed that she was still on an upward trajectory by winning the title of French champion in the T37 category, with a leap of 4.59m: a highly promising sign for the weeks ahead! Already qualified for Paris 2024, she will be able to prepare calmly for the Paralympic competition, due to take place for her on September 1. Ranked 4th in Tokyo, Manon is well on the way to achieving her goal of a long-jump medal. She began her career in parasport with the triathlon, where she was world champion but abandoned the discipline as it was not recognized, at that time, as a paralympic sport… Manon Genest’s decision to change disciplines in order to make her Paralympic dream come true makes you realize just what this immense competition means for athletes.
It’s the same dream for Badr Touzi, supported by Banque Populaire Val de France. He, too, had to change disciplines but for different reasons. He was a high jumper when he was young, and showed real promise in this sport. Unfortunately, in 2009, he was hit by a car. His spine was fractured and his left leg badly damaged leaving it only 30% functional. But Badr didn’t want to give up sport. So he returned to athletics through the throwing events. He finished 4th last year in the shot put event in the F63 category at the Para Athletics World Championships held in the Charléty Stadium in Paris, a performance that earned him a place at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024. This came as a tremendous relief because, despite being a finalist in Rio, he missed out on the Tokyo Games. This weekend in Albi, he won the shot put with a throw of 13m and the discus with a throw of 37.44m. And now he can concentrate fully on his preparation… With the dream of winning a medal also driving him a little further each day in his training routine.
To learn more about which athletes, para-athletes, and teams supported by Groupe BPCE companies will be present at Paris 2024: