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Skier Marie Bochet adds another four golds to her collection to become France's most successful Paralympic athlete
France's Olympians are heading back from the Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang with an impressive haul of 20 medals - improving on the 12 they won in Sochi four years ago.
Skier Marie Bochet, the flag-bearer for the 12-strong French team, claimed four golds to add to the four she won in 2014 and become France's most successful paralympic athlete.
Parfois une image en dit plus long que des mots !
— Marie Bochet (@MarieBochet) March 18, 2018
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Meanwhile, 17-year-old Arthur Bauchet claimed four silvers in the downhill, Super-G and Super-Combined events in his first-ever Paralympic Games.
Cross-country skier and biathlete Benjamin Daviet won two individual golds and two silvers, as well as team gold with blind endurance skiers Thomas Clarion and Anthony Chalençon.
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