Parapan American Games 2019

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19 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I honestly didn’t think anyone would be ahead of the USA in the medal count so good for Brazil. I have noticed that a few of our top Paralympic talents have skipped games, just like our top athletes during the Pan Ams. At least we’re consistent to our formula 

 

Brazil is very good at the Parapan American Games and tops the medal table since 2007, and we're also successful at the Paralympics (top 10 since 2008), so I expected this. Some USA top athletes skipped Swimming, mostly, but even so they're doing fine.

 

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13 minutes ago, vinipereira said:

 

Brazil is very good at the Parapan American Games and tops the medal table since 2007, and we're also successful at the Paralympics (top 10 since 2008), so I expected this. Some USA top athletes skipped Swimming, mostly, but even so they're doing fine.

 

Athletics has a lot of “skippers” too. NBC has been giving more air time to the Paralympics recently (All Events were broadcast in full during Pyeongchang). Plus, we recently combined our Olympic Committee and Paralympic Committee into one organization for better or worse. With all that, I think the profile of Para-Sport will rise in the US hopefully. I think it’s a great idea, and I’m a big advocate for inclusion and para-sport.

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Medal Standings after Day 5

 

 

 

In the last day of Athletics, Peru won its first gold medal here (also their first since 2007).

 

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has qualified for the men's Goalball final and is now guaranteed in Tokyo.

 

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Men's Wheelchair Basketball semifinals (top 3 qualify for Tokyo):

 

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Women's Wheelchair Basketball semifinals (top 2 qualify for Tokyo):

 

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Most likely Canada and USA will qualify in both tournaments, with Argentina and Colombia fighting for the third spot in Men's.

 

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Women's Goalball semifinals:

 

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Both Brazil and USA are already qualified for Tokyo, so Canada or Mexico will get the quota.

 

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Medal Standings after Day 6

 

 

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Brazil wins the Football 5-a-side tournament 

 

This wasn't a Tokyo qualifier but both Brazil and Argentina are already qualified from other competitions.

 

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(and with this medal Brazil surpassed the elusive mark of 100 golds)

 

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With a great last quarter, wins the gold medal in women's Wheelchair Basketball against USA. Both teams have qualified for Tokyo.