Looking for results from the Rio games? Here are some reports out of Rio's Paralympics games
The Paralympics are now happening in the same place where the big regular Olympics were just weeks ago but one almost couldn’t tell because these are not the athletes that many go shelling out the big bucks to see.
These are the Paralympics which caters for athletes with challenges but athletes they are and they deserves at least our attention. They train just as hard and maybe even harder to prepare for the games and this is their moment to shine so let them shine and let their lights burns through us to inspire us to greater than we ever thought was within us.
Inspiring stories are coming in fast and furious as old records fall and news one are established. In swimming there are some fierce rivalries developing as records are set and broken just moments later.Eleanor Simmonds, Denys Dubrov, Jiao Cheng and Olga Sviderska all set records on Monday.
Trinidad’s Akeem Stewart set a world record to win a gold medal in the men’s javelin throw at Rio and became Trinidad and Tobago’s first Paralympic champion in 32 years. He is setting his sights on further success as he is hoping to win again in the discus throw. The last Trinidadian who had won a Paralympic title was track and field Rachael Marshall at New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984, where she claimed two golds and one bronze.
Cuba’s triple world champion Omara Durand, the fastest female Paralympian in the world, clinched her second Paralympic sprint title at Rio as she stormed home to win the 200m T12 on Monday (12 September). The 24-year-old is aiming for a hat-trick of gold medals and remains firmly on track after yet another dominant display at the Olympic Stadium in Rio. Follow the games;
The medal standings so far;
|
1 |
People's Republic of China |
50 |
40 |
28 |
118 |
|
2 |
Great Britain |
28 |
16 |
19 |
63 |
|
3 |
Ukraine |
22 |
19 |
20 |
61 |
|
4 |
United States of America |
16 |
17 |
13 |
46 |
|
5 |
Brazil |
9 |
17 |
9 |
35 |
|
6 |
Australia |
7 |
13 |
14 |
34 |
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