A moments silence was held for Golbarnezhad, who died on Saturday after falling from his bike in competition.
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The most-decorated British Paralympian in British history with 14 gold medals, Dame Sarah Storey, told Sky News the reception at Heathrow had been fantastic: “It’s been incredible”. ParalympicsGB smashed their medal target of 121 medals and won medals across 15 sports.
India capped off a successful Paralympic Games campaign in Rio by procuring their best ever haul of four medals, including two gold, one silver and a bronze medal.
Swimmer Amy Marren won a bronze medal in the 200m individual medley in Rio having competed in the London Games at the age of just 14, but being away from home was a completely different experience for her.
This time, the swimmer won gold in the 50 m freestyle and bronze in the 100m breaststroke, becoming a six-time Rio Paralympics champion and eleven-time victor of the Paralympics.
Included with many colorful blazes of fireworks, singers, dancers and the crowd screaming to the sky, the Rio Paralympics 2016 closing ceremony came to an end on September 18th (Sunday).
Referring to the political instability and deep recession weighing down Brazil as it put on South America’s first Olympics in August and then the Paralympics, he conceded that it had been “a mission of many doubts”.
“OBS takes pride in ensuring that regardless of where the Games take place the professionals participating in the operation are provided with working conditions which are in line with the best practices of the industry at an worldwide level”, the statement said.
Television viewing figures for the Games reached an all-time high, according to paralympic.org, with organizers expecting the cumulative global TV audience for the event to top four billion people.
“This is truly heart-breaking news”, IPC president Philip Craven said.
The Ukrainian team finished third in the overall team standings, trailing China and Great Britain.
The baton was passed to Tokyo, with the Japanese city now becoming the next host’s of the Games in 2020.
Two national athletes broke a record.
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Swimming was China’s most prolific event in Rio, delivering 37 gold medals, followed by athletics (32), table tennis (13), wheelchair fencing (9), shooting (5), powerlifting (3), archery (3), cycling (3) and judo (2).
