Philip Craven, the International Paralympic Committee president, said Golbarnezhad’s death “cast a dark shadow”, but overall “Rio 2016 will be remembered as a successful Paralympic Games and a Games that surprised many”.
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Picciani noted that Team Brazil accomplished several goals in the Games, one of which included winning at least one medal on each day of the eleven-day competition, which began on September 7th and ended on September 18th.
Curtis McGrath, who won gold in the KL3 canoe sprint last week, was given the honour of carrying the Australian flag into the stadium, while Ricardinho, who scored the winning goal for Brazil in the five-a-side football final, did the same for the host nation.
“I have never cried on a podium before that is how emotional the games have been and how much these medals have meant to me this time”.
Waiting for the athletes at Heathrow on Tuesday, double-gold medallist Kadeena Cox’s sister Carmel Williams said: “We thought she was going to come back with some golds”.
The Iran team had a picture of Golbarnezhad with them for the medal presentation. China won 107 gold, 81 silver, and 51 bronze medals in the Rio Paralympics and topeed the medal table for the fourth consecutive Games.
Manchester, which is the home of British Cycling and taekwondo and the ParalympicsGB swimming team, is the ideal place for a national parade, according to Manchester City Council deputy leader Sue Murphy.
Turkey also won two bronze medals in judo with Judoka Mesme Tasbag and Ecem Tasin.
Now that China’s triumphant Rio Paralympic team is back home, its time to collect the honors and accolades due to them. It was the athlete’s second Paralympics, competing in two events at London 2012.
South Korean athletes won gold medals in judo, table tennis and boccia at the quadrennial event for athletes with disabilities.
ParalympicsGB chef de mission Penny Briscoe said: “The ParalympicsGB team have delivered an fantastic, awe-inspiring performance in Rio at this Paralympic Games”.
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However, details of the celebrations come as a further round of GB athletes, including Olympic champion Mo Farah, have had their medical files made public by internet hackers. There is no suggestion that those named are involved in any wrongdoing.
