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***PARIS 2024 PARALYMPIC GAMES***

XVII Paralympic Games
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The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take place between 28 August and 8 September, will see more than 4,000 athletes from around the world competing in 549 medal events. The first Paralympic summer Games in the French capital will showcase 22 sports, including both individual and team sports.
 
Tunisian shot-putter wins again at Paralympics; U.S. takes 1st gold
Tlili's throw of 10.40 meters at the Stade de France was good enough to win the F41 class for a third straight Games. Her first two shot put golds, in Beijing and London, were in the F40 class. The difference is in stature

USA Swimming CEO Tim Hinchey leaves after 7 years
During his tenure, Hinchey helped establish new programs to counter sex abuse in the sport but also lost support among grassroots coaches.
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USA Swimming COO Shana Ferguson will take over Hinchey's CEO spot on an interim basis while the board conducts a search for a permanent replacement.
 
2024 Paralympic Total Medal Count

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Bronze

No.1: China: (27 Gold - 22 Silver - 8 Bronze) -.57
No.2: Great Britain: (19 Gold - 10 Silver - 8 Bronze) -37
No.3: Ukrainel: (3 Gold - 10 Silver - 12 Bronze) - 25
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No.6: USA: (6 Gold...10 Silver...5 Bronze)...21
 
Gia Pergolini defends 100m backstroke gold at Paralympics
At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, the American 17-year-old swam an S13 world record time and knew heading into Paris that there were expectations to champion once more. The S13 classification is for athletes with less-severe visual impairments.

Rowing gold one of 10 Aussie medals amid phone scandal
Ayers and Altschwager saw off a challenge from Great Britain to record Australia's first-ever rowing gold, one of 10 medals collected on Sunday in Paris.
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Australia has enjoyed its most fruitful day of medals at the Paris Paralympics to date,
 
U.S. Paralympic team wins 8 medals to lead all countries at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
The eight-medal performance is the best for any country in paratriathlon at a single Paralympic Games and the third straight Paralympic Games the U.S. has won the paratriathlon medal count.

Japan defeats USA to win wheelchair rugby gold
Japan won gold by defeating Team USA 48-41 in the wheelchair rugby final at the 2024 Paralympics on Monday. The victory sealed Japan’s first-ever gold in the popular event.
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Katsuya Hashimoto led Japan with 19 tries. Japan earned bronze at the last two Paralympics. The result meant Team USA, which had medaled at every Paralympics in this event, finished in silver medal position for the third straight Games. US star Chuck Aoki, a four-time Paralympian, was devastated after the game.
 
Paris 2024: Para canoe begins as first sitting vollyball medals decided on Day 9
Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games features the start of the Para canoe competition and sitting volleyball medal matches, as well as thrilling wheelchair basketball semifinals

ParalympicsGB roundup: Coutya helps Britain pass Tokyo gold standard
Wheelchair fencer Dimitri Coutya propelled Great Britain beyond their gold medal haul from Tokyo by becoming a double Paralympic champion in Paris. The 26-year-old claimed the men’s individual épée category B title to back up Wednesday’s evening success in the foil event
 
Sarah Storey extends British record with 19th Paralympic gold
It is Storey's second gold at the Paris Games, after winning the women's C5 time trial on Wednesday.

Alexa Leary powers Paralympic gold, WR
After setting a 59.60 world record in the morning session heat at La Defense Arena in Paris, Leary went one better to claim gold in the 100m freestyle (S9) with a time of 59.53. The gold was Leary's first individual Paralympic medal and came after she had single-handedly carried Australia's 100m relay team to an emphatic first-place finish two days earlier.
 
Paralympics: Alfie Hewett, Gordon win to seal 'Gordon Slam'
The result means Hewett and Reid have now completed a career 'Golden Slam' of tennis titles -- all four major titles plus the Olympic or Paralympic title. They are the first men's wheelchair doubles team to ever achieve the feat.

Lindsay Mintenko resigns as USA Swimming national team managing director
Hinchey helped establish new programs to counter sex abuse in the sport, but also lost support among grassroots coaches after years of declining membership numbers.
 
2024 Paralympic Games: Nigerian Medalist Get $80,000 Cash Reward
Nigeria’s Paralympic team received a warm welcome at the Presidential Villa following their impressive performance at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, hosted the contingent and awarded them a total of $80,000 in recognition of their achievements. The athletes secured seven medals—two gold, three silver, and two bronze. In appreciation of their efforts, the First Lady announced that gold medalists would receive $20,000 each, silver medalists $10,000 each, and bronze medalists $5,000 each.

Mason secures two silver medals at the Summer Paralympics
Former Eastern Michigan University track and field star Brittni Mason left her second Paralympic Games with two silver medals. Mason achieved notable results when competing in the T47 100m dash and T47 200m dash on Sept. 3 and Sept. 7, respectively, at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. In the T47 100m dash on Sept. 3, Mason finished in second place at 12.10 seconds, earning her first silver medal of the 2024 Paralympic Games.
 
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