These were not the results they were expecting. Both eliminated in their first match, each in the individuals, then in the mixed team, Aziza Benhami and Guillaume Toucoullet leave Paris with no Paralympic medals at the 2024 Games.
The fall is somewhat brutal. They lost 6-0 to the composed pair of Milena Olszewska and Lukasz Ciszek, with the French archers leaving their capital empty-handed, in the rain.
“Of course, it is a big disappointment,” confides Toucoullet. “I’m not sure what I’m going to after all this.”
The elements were difficult to tame for the pair. There was heavy rainfall at Les Invalides, accompanied by a tricky wind.
“At the training ground, we had a lot of rain,” says Guillaume. “We took a good shower! But then, in the arena, nothing more. We wondered how we would adapt to it all.”
“It is always difficult to manage the rain and the wind, but it was necessary to do,” added Aziza.
“The conditions are the same for everyone,” completes Toucoullet. “When it’s like this, you have to put on the after burners and go for it.”
