Summer Paralympic Games 2020

[dodge 1,026]

So happy for Ellen Keane. What a star. Her first global gold medal  

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

It's so nice to see one swimmer from the city I used to live in, Joinville, earning a medal in swimming! Beautiful team work!

[vinipereira 3,411]

3 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

It's so nice to see one swimmer from the city I used to live in, Joinville, earning a medal in swimming! Beautiful team work!

This bronze medal for Brazil was the most exciting of the Games so far

[vinipereira 3,411]

Silver medals for in Equestrian and Wheelchair Fencing, improving the results from Rio.

[dcro 10,210]

11 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

Silver medals for in Equestrian and Wheelchair Fencing, improving the results from Rio.

Historic results all around in Tokyo, for Joao Oliva at the Olympics and Rodolpho Riskalla today.

[intoronto 5,771]

1 hour ago, vinipereira said:

Sadly that's a problem within Swimming events and Daniel Dias has spoken in the past that it was kinda unfair that athletes there were from a higher class (S6) now are competing with him in S5. Anyway, it's nice to see him still managing to get medals.

Yup... Canada had two defending Champs in swimming and lost both here due to athletes I'm higher categories.

[vinipereira 3,411]

24 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Yup... Canada had two defending Champs in swimming and lost both here due to athletes I'm higher categories.

Also hurting is the fact that one of our biggest ever medalists (André Brasil) was recently considered ineligible for Paralympic swimming which has ended his career.

[dcro 10,210]

Yeah, even without knowing any specific backstories, swimming really does look like the most uneven sport of the program in terms of classification.

[dcro 10,210]

Only two swimming golds for China so far?

 

Was there some classification scandal recently uncovered or what?

[Nickyc707 382]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Only two swimming golds for China so far?

 

Was there some classification scandal recently uncovered or what?

Bit early to make any judgements after only around 20% of the programme but you've got to factor in the return of the Russians and the significant advances of countries like Italy.