France wins two gold medals

At the Paralympic Track Cycling World Championships, France secured two gold medals on the first day of competition. The event took place on Thursday, October 29, in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Léauté claims 17th world title

For this first day of competition, the French delegation won two gold medals, with Alexandre Léauté and Tifany Huot-Marchand both winning the scratch race in their respective categories. Alexandre Léauté won his 17th world title on the track, some months after suffering a femoral neck fracture.

Huot-Marchand’s symbolic victory

Tifany Huot-Marchand's victory was highly symbolic. Competing in the C2 category, she followed suit by winning in the C3 category. This victory was particularly symbolic for the former figure skater, who was returning to the Netherlands, four years after a serious fall there that left her tetraplegic.

Huot-Marchand’s first international medal

This was her first international medal. The Breton athlete thus ideally started his week in the Netherlands. Shortly afterwards, Tifany Huot-Marchand followed suit by winning in the C3 category.

Other French cyclist finishes seventh

The day also saw Katell Alençon finish seventh in the C4 scratch race.