Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024

[Cobi 984]

Swimmer Teresa Perales' 28th Paralympic medal made the front page in Marca, the main sports newspaper in Spain.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2024 by Cobi

[Olympian1010 8,070]

A fun stat I thought some of you might appreciate.

 

 

[Fer GUA 506]

 did not win medals at Olympic Games but joins the group of Latin American countries winning at Paralympics, a silver medal. 

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I didn't have time to watch the morning session of athletics (becuase I was sleeping ), but those were some entertaining races. 

[Josh 11,033]

Triathlon postponed. 
 

Lowkey I’m a little bit mad, I could’ve gotten an extra 45 minutes of sleep but nope. 

[tirtha22 234]

  On 8/31/2024 at 7:33 PM, Mkbw50 said:

Huge drama in the para taekwondo...

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What drama? Kindly share

[TeamGB 186]

  On 9/1/2024 at 6:53 AM, tirtha22 said:

What drama? Kindly share

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So the  Fighter was winning 8-2 vs  in the final when she mistimed a kick and accidentally kicked her opponent in the face, which means she would be disqualified if the  fighter could not continue and the kick was deemed to be intentional. Clearly watching the replays it was not intentional as the kick hit the shoulder and then slipped up onto the head, and that's what the judges agreed. The controversy was that the  fighter chose not to compete in the hope the  fighter would be DQed, even though she was deemed fit to compete by the neutral medical doctor.

Edited September 1, 2024 by TeamGB

[tirtha22 234]

In women's para badminton, there is a Nigerian player called Bolaji in SL4 category. But she is playing in SL3 category and winning matches one after the other with huge margins. 

 

I think this is unfair.

[Orangehair43 254]

  On 8/28/2024 at 6:24 PM, Grassmarket said:

Proper-type athletes' parade this time.  

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I think through it showed why the Olympics opening ceremony changed it up as it does drag by the end. 

[Orangehair43 254]

  On 8/31/2024 at 8:27 PM, TeamGB said:

Also just noticed no  in the C1-5 team Sprint : 

 

2x Defending world champs. Mistake?

https://www.paralympic.org/en/paris-2024-paralympics/results/para-cycling-track/open-c1-5-750m-team-sprint/qual000100--

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Still not showing up as taking part. Would be a major shock if they were not not involved.