Paralympic swimmer Ugo Didier wins France’s first gold

Swimmer Ugo Didier won France’s first gold medal of the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.
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Didier, who was born with reduced use of his legs, won the 400m freestyle event in the S9 category and was roared home by French supporters at La Defense Arena.
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The 22-year-old student timed 4min 12.55sec, a second and a half ahead of Simone Barlaam of Italy, while world record holder Brenden Hall from Australia took the bronze medal.
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