Mariyappan Thangavellu, 1st Indian High Jumper to win Gold In Paralympics History of India and also 3rd Indian Gold medalist In Paralympics, along with Varun Singh Bhati who won Bronze in Same Match for India.
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The event was factored in her favour, so her time was rounded down to 34.598secs, but she was quicker than everyone else regardless. “There were days when I could have walked away some days but for the end prize to be Paralympic gold, I would have done it again in a heartbeat”, he said.
“We knew after winning bronze at the worlds we were capable of winning a medal, but I never quite allowed myself to believe it would be gold”. I just can’t stop laughing and crying.
“I have only been doing it (cycling) a year-and-a-half and being on top of the world is fantastic”.
“Thanks to everyone who has been watching me at school, it’s so sweet”.
“I am really relieved and could not be happier to be able to share this moment with my family, friends and support team”. “I thought I’d take the opportunity while I can and try to push boundaries”.
“It is insane to do the two sports but I have showed that whatever the setbacks in life you can do it”.
Cox’s win comes little more than two years since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in May 2014.
Swimmer Aurelie Rivard, who won Canada’s first Paralympic gold medal on Friday, just missed out on another medal by finishing fourth in the women’s S10 100 backstroke.
ParalympicsGB won five Paralympic gold medals early on day four – three of them at the Lagoa rowing lake – to take the tally to 20 and 46 in all in Rio.
The Islamic Republic of Iran National Paralympics Committee has dispatched a 111-strong delegation, dubbed the Mina Caravan, to the 12-day sporting event.
“I was pretty committed to para-canoe from the start”.
“There is nothing to be afraid of – just come out and show what you’ve got”, she said.
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Jufang Zhou, a Chinese C5 rider, was therefore looking at gold after setting a world record of 36.004. “It goes without saying that we have superb back-up team at Caversham and the Lottery funding that we get makes it all possible”, added the gold medallist. Nigerian athletes have won 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze, at the Rio 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
