The sensation performance by Ukraine’s 2016 team yielded 9 more gold medals than during the Paralympic Games in London, the press service of the National Paralympics Committee said. Since 1988 this award is given at every Paralympic Games to one male and one female athlete who “best exemplify the spirit of the Games and inspire and excite the world”. However, only 83 teams split almost 1600 medals.
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The government confirmed that it is working with the British Olympic Association, the British Paralympic Association and both cities to tie up the remaining details of the parades, which follows Team GB winning 67 medals – including 27 golds – at the Olympics.
The two-sport athlete won the paratriathlon in Rio, as part of the US women’s team that swept the medal stand. She won silver in London, silver in Beijing and bronze in Athens. The Ukrainian crew completed the podium, with a total of 117 medals.
The cyclist, who wore a prosthesis on his left leg, took up the sport in 2002 and competed at the London 2012 Paralympics.
Britain’s Olympic athletes won 27 golds in 15 sports, and 67 medals in total, easily surpassing UK Sport’s pre-Games target of at least 48 medals.
The main contingent of South Korean athletes to the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics came home to a warm welcome Thursday after 12 days of competition in Brazil.
“This will be a very proud moment for all Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes and rich reward for such fantastic efforts at the recent Games in Rio”.
Daniel Dias did the same thing. “You see Sarah Storey winning three golds, it makes you become desperate”.
The gold was Iran’s eighth and last in Rio games.
The group, made up of some 70 athletes and sports officials, arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at about 4:20 p.m. Hundreds of people, including the athletes’ families and friends, were on hand at the airport to welcome the delegation with cheers.
After a speech by the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Philip Craven, singer Saulo Lucas, who suffers from autism, sang the Brazilian national anthem.
Iran is the most decorated team in sitting volleyball in the Paralympics history.
According to ABC, the 2016 Paralympics writes history as People’s Games.
“Good luck, Tokyo 2020”, he concluded.
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Two national athletes broke a record.
