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Among the athletes who will represent France, some will have been spotted thanks to a detection program set up by the French committee. Reporting.
They are 25: 4 girls and 21 boys, selected by a Paralympic detection program. All hope to one day experience a destiny in Blue. Mathias Etienne is one of the elected. Like all the other participants, he is evaluated on different workshops: performance aptitude tests, power, precision, speed and balance.
Guide candidates towards the disciplines most suited to their disability
A year ago, at 24, he was in an elite army corps. A motorcycle accident then earned him the amputation of a lower limb. If his life has been turned upside down, he does not feel sorry. “The smile, it saved me from phew. If you don’t keep that smile, it won’t continue”, he said. Mathias Etienne is observed, like the other candidates, by recruiters from the Paralympic sports federations, who can then direct the candidates towards the disciplines best suited to their handicap, to make them future champions.
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