Alex Adelaide and axel borone the two French representatives in today's different categories could not do better than a sixth place finish for the former while the latter was not ranked after three unsuccessful attempts in the women's categories two par Olympic records and one world record were broken here's a summary of the day in Para powerlifting the greatest hopes for a metal rested on his shoulders and his pectorals a paralympic silver medalist in Tokyo in 2021 Axel borone was welcomed as a hero at the arena poort D Chappelle the TFO in blue white and red the numerous flags and the noise of the crowd contrasted with the demeanor of the man from ran sitting on the bench before his first attempt he closed his eyes for 30 seconds entering his Zone The Once boisterous crowd fell into a reverent silence disappointment for Axel bone alas his first attempt at 163 kg was invalidated by two of the three judges the video challenge confirmed the decision meaning he would need to perform better on the second lift meanwhile kazakhstan's David deev cleared his first lift at 18 for kg taking the lead in the competition vietnams and new Yen withdrew after failing his first attempt at 168 kg with his ranking at its lowest Axel borone decided to increase the weight for his second attempt we don't really understand the decision on the first lift I felt comfortable with that weight which is why I chose to increase he explained to the journalists the lift at 169 kg could have given him a provisional fifth place however his execution poorly controlled with his right arm was invalidated by all three judges Once Again the video challenge did not overturn the decision with his head in his hands forone realized he had missed his chance after Tokyo he would not return to the podium worse still his third attempt again at 169 kg was another failure Axel burlone would not even be ranked earlier in the day during the first session Alex Adelaide could do no better than a sixth place finish with his initial lift of 160 kg afterward the guadalupian failed his second attempt at 165 kg as a slight delay in his push prevented the judges from validating the lift for his final attempt he took a gamble with a 172 kg lift which would have placed him on the provisional Podium if successful the final victory was contested between Gordon Omar Sami Hamed at Kara turkey's abdella kayapinar and Vietnam's L van Kong the latter faltered first failing at 176 and then 181 kg in contrast his two Rivals surpassed the 80 kg Mark in the end Omar Sami hamade Kara seized the victory with a lift of 181 kg a few minutes later he attempted but failed to break the world record 1835 GG with a lift of 180 per kg just [Music]