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Paralympic Games: hands amputated due to “youthful stupidity”, this resident of Pantin aims for gold in Tokyo


By flying on August 25 for Tokyo, Japan, where he will take part this Thursday, September 2 in his parataekwondo tournament, Bopha Kong signs “the culmination of a twenty-year career”. Quadruple world champion in this discipline who is making his first appearance at the Paralympic Games, this forty-year-old athlete – he celebrated his 40th birthday on April 25 – displays his ambition, that of returning to France with a medal around his neck. A charm that he can only unhook with the strength of his legs.

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