Australia has sent a team of 177 athletes to represent the country in the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
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Brian Bell, United States wheelchair basketball player, topples over during play against Iran in the men’s Group B preliminary, match 26, during the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Japan won five medals on Wednesday at the Rio 2016 Paralympics, with three silver and two bronze added to its tally, but the search for gold continues with just four days of competition remaining.
With RTE’s and Channel 4’s dedicated coverage of the Paralympic games numerous watching public have been glued to their screens watching stars remarkably participate in the same sports that are equally if not more entertaining, but yet the athletes taking part only seem to receive heightened Television media coverage every four years.
Thus, the total number is 72, including 27 gold medals, 21 silver medals, and 24 bronze medals.
The category includes 14-time world champion Tatyana McFadden, who dominated the race to push her way to a career fifth Paralympic gold medal in a Paralympic record time of 3:22.50.
Having arrived in Rio for the start of the Games, he joined his mother, Juliette, in carrying the Paralympic Flame, as well as meeting other Paralympians.
Craig took an impressive personal best with a time of 58.19 in the men’s S8 100m freestyle.
Wiggs, 36, won Britain’s second gold from three finals with a commanding win in the KL2 race.
The six-time Paralympic champion wheelchair racer, who won four titles from four events four years ago, was sixth at the bell as Swiss rival Marcel Hug set the pace.
Paul is a member of Cushionstown AC and the Meath native is a triple gold medal victor from the 2015 Cerebral Palsy World Games.
“We went to a special party where an amputee dancer was doing the capoeira which is a Brazilian dance and he asked me to join in with him – it was really fun!”
The first gold medal was won by Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi in the 100m T36 (celebral palsy) event, while Muhammad Ziyad won the gold with a new world record in the men’s shot put F20 (learning disability) final.
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This is while the Iranians of 7-a-side football team despite their superiority were not given a ticket to the competitions before the exclusion of Russia’s 7-a-side football team from the Rio Paralympic games.
