McFadden is singular in wheelchair racing, likely to collect medals at the Rio Paralympics in distances from the 100 metres to the marathon (she already has won 100-meter silver and 400-meter gold here).
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Ejike first broke the Paralympic record by lifting 136kg before subsequently adding lifts of 138kg and 142kg to seal the world record and hand Nigeria with their third gold medal of the Games.
Another athlete catching attention for crossover potential is Algeria’s Abdellatif Baka, who ran the 1,500m in the T3 category for impaired vision, winning with a time of 3:48.29 that would also have given him Olympic gold.
“I’m super happy. It is my first Paralympic Games participation and my first medal, a gold – I can’t be more excited about this”, said Zou, who has impaired muscle power.
In an event traditionally dominated by China, Bayley became the first British singles Paralympic gold medal victor since 1988.
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Tatyana McFadden continued her quest to win a medal in every race she’s entered … and there’s seven of them.
Members of the Brazilian athletic delegation participate in the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Whitehead successfully defended the title he won at London 2012 for Britain’s seventh gold of the day. I train by myself and I do not have competitions to compete in at home, but I do not have time to complain about it as it won’t help right now.
“The nutritionist, when she went looking for information, had a hard time finding proper nutrient needs for short events, long distance events”, said J.P Barfield, an Associate Professor of Exercise Science at Radford and the Assistant Chair of Health and Human Performance.
Chen said the Mexican had to increase the weight because if she and Lin both lifted 131 kg, Lin would come out as the victor because Lin was the lighter of the two.
“I’m so excited to win the gold medal bout against an excellent athlete”, Zhou said.
The medals have small steel balls inside them, which each make a different sound for gold, silver and bronze.
Arinn Young and Cindy Ouellet combined for more than half of Canada’s points as the women’s wheelchair basketball team defeated Brazil 82-49.
GB’s Tom Aggar won bronze in the men’s arms-shoulders single sculls.
“We get athletes from all walks of life, even worldwide athletes, who want to spend time at the UA, which wouldn’t be possible without the program”, Barten said. The buzz that came back from the London Games was so infectious because they had such a good time. “I just need to be happy that I am fortunate enough to represent my country at three Paralympic Games”.
The successes took ParalympicsGB’s tally to 21 golds.
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The 18-year-old finished more than two seconds ahead of South Korea’s Jeon Min Jae, who took silver.
