Parapan American Games 2023

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Hairston  got lapped in the road race 

 

 rider at least started the men's B road race this time. He was also lapped though 

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The CBC’s Devin Heroux fell victim to street crime last night. 
 

 

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I also ride share at events, so that’s essentially my nightmare.

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1			BRAZIL		156	+33	343	+36
2			UNITED STATES		55	-3	166	-19
3	1		COLOMBIA		50	+3	161	+28
4	1		MEXICO		29	-26	125	-33
5			ARGENTINA		25	-2	113	+6
6	2		CHILE		16	+6	51	+18
7			CUBA		12	-1	35	-4
8	2		CANADA		9	-8	52	-8
9			ECUADOR		7	+2	19	+3
10	1		VENEZUELA		6	+4	34	+1
11	1		PERU		6	+1	34	+19
12	6		COSTA RICA		4	+4	12	+8
13			BERMUDA		1	-1	2	-1
13	2		EL SALVADOR		1		2	+1
15	3		TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO		1	-1	1	-3
16	1		DOMINICAN REPUBLIC		0		8	+3
17	3		URUGUAY		0	-1	2
18	3		PANAMA		0		1	-1
19	NEW		ARUBA		0		1	+1
19	4		GUATEMALA		0	-1	1
19			PUERTO RICO		0		1	-2

 

 managed to break the record for gold and total medals at the Parapan American Games, and I saw somewhere that the total medals (343) is only lower than  at the Asian Para Games in 2010 and 2022 among all para multi-sport competitions. Of course  doesn't go with their A team in Athletics and Swimming which account for more than half of the events here. It will be interesting to see if Brazil can get closer to USA in the medal table at next year's Paralympics.

 

Other than  losing almost half of its gold medals compared to 2019 (the biggest drop here), there aren't many changes in the top 10.  did very good at home, and  seems in a good position to do the same in Barranquilla. Even if previous host  lost a position in the rankings, it won much more medals than in 2019, which shows the legacy of those Games. Percentage-wise, the biggest winner was , going from 0 to 4 gold medals, and also winning +8 medals compared to 2019.

 

Nations that had their best Games:    .

 

Number of nations that medaled was the same than Lima (a record 21), with  (which won its first ever medal) replacing .