Paralympic Games: When Airbus gives wings to para-athletes

Why not have thought of it sooner? That’s almost the question we can ask ourselves. How has Airbus and its many skills in research, aerodynamics, fluids, precision adjustments or engineering not been called upon before to help design sports equipment, particularly for para-sport? In any case, the main thing is that on the occasion of these Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the aeronautics giant has put its know-how at the service of French sport. In particular, it is helping para-triathlete Alexis Hanquinquant — gold medalist on Monday, September 2 in Paris — or para-badminton player David Toupé, para-fencer Maxime Valet or the cycling tandem Élise Delzenne-Anne-Sophie Centis.