Guillaume Apollinaire 2025 Prize Ceremony At Les Deux Magots at Paris Guillaume Apollinaire 2025 Prize Ceremony At Les Deux Mago

Guillaume Apollinaire 2025 Prize Ceremony At Les Deux Magots at Paris Guillaume Apollinaire 2025 Prize Ceremony At Les Deux Mago

Catherine Mathivat, Jacques Vergnaud at The Prix Guillaume Appolinaire 2025 Prize Ceremony at Les Deux Magots on November 17, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by ShootPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Loic Vergnaud arrives to attend the Velo d'Or award ceremony at the Pavillon Gabriel in Paris on December 6, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Loic Vergnaud arrives to attend the Velo d'Or award ceremony at the Pavillon Gabriel in Paris on December 6, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Golden Bike Ceremony - Paris

Loic Vergnaud arrives to attend the Velo d'Or award ceremony at the Pavillon Gabriel in Paris on December 6, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Loic Vergnaud, already a triple medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, collected silver in the H5 time trial of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Loic Vergnaud, already a triple medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, collected silver in the H5 time trial of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Loic Vergnaud, already a triple medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, collected silver in the H5 time trial of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Loic Vergnaud, already a triple medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, collected silver in the H5 time trial of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial - Medal Ceremony

Loic Vergnaud, already a triple medalist at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games, collected silver in the H5 time trial of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on September 4, 2024. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial

Paris 2024 Paralympics - Cycling Time Trial

Loic Vergnaud cycling on September 4, 2024 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the time trial Paralympics, Cycling. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Para sports gain more attention in France as Paris Olympics approach

STORY: Para sports gain more attention in France as Paris Olympics approach DATELINE: Oct. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: SAINT-ETIENNE, France CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): LOIC VERGNAUD, Triple Olympic handbike medalist 3. various of the training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): SYA DEMBELE, Olympic breakdance athlete 5. various of the training 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): LOIC VERGNAUD, Triple Olympic handbike medalist STORYLINE: Para athletes have visited classes in French schools to encourage young people to do sports. It's part of initiatives to promote sport for people with disabilities, as the Paris Olympics is set to be held next summer. Near Saint-Etienne in the southeast France, para athletes Sya Dembele and Loic Vergnaud, who holds three Olympic medals in handbike, accompanied young people with disabilities for three days to help them start the sport. The course allows nine young participants to explore more sports, which they have never tried. SOUN

Tokyo Paralympics: Cycling Road

Tokyo Paralympics: Cycling Road

Mitch Valize (R) of the Netherlands competes en route to winning the men's H5 cycling road race at the Tokyo Paralympics at Fuji International Speedway in the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Oyama, central Japan, on Sept. 1, 2021. Seen on the left is Loic Vergnaud of France, who won silver.

Tokyo Paralympics: Cycling Road

Tokyo Paralympics: Cycling Road

Mitch Valize of the Netherlands (L) reacts after winning the men's H5 cycling road race at the Tokyo Paralympics at Fuji International Speedway in the Shizuoka Prefecture town of Oyama, central Japan, on Sept. 1, 2021. Seen on the right is Loic Vergnaud of France, who won silver.