Summer Paralympic Games Paris 2024

[Gianlu33 5,920]

I think that Italy could improve the Tokyo medal table 

70 medals on the shot

[Olympian1010 8,284]

14-year-old Ismail Barlov  earns the seventh medal ever for his NPC 

 

Interestingly, athletes from Bosnia and Herzegovina have won a medal at every Summer Paralympic Games since Sydney 2000, despite only winning a single medal each edition. The men's sitting volleyball team can change that statistic if they win a medal at Paris 2024.

[Olympian1010 8,284]

6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

What would be the minimum requirements one needs to play boccia, in terms of being able to move? Asking you because you seem to watch it quite a bit  

NOT an official source, but should provide a nice overview of each classification for people unfamiliar with the sport: https://lexi.global/sports/boccia

[Orangehair43 312]

A lot of minor medals for  today but Golds are slowing up a bit. Getting Deja vu of the Olympics. 

Edited September 4, 2024 by Orangehair43

[Olympian1010 8,284]

Adbulrahman Alqurashi  becomes the second athlete from his nation to win a medal at the Paralympic Games

[Josh 13,430]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

That would be David Smith . There's a Union Jack on his sleeve.

Well the graphics in the background aren’t exactly helping 

[bestmen 2,917]

This one is a LGBT man competing with women

 

[copravolley 635]

4 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

I think that Italy could improve the Tokyo medal table 

70 medals on the shot

I'm betting between 60 and 70 for today. I have an average grasp of the realities of para-sports and I'm betting quite carefully. From what I see, over 50% of our medals are in swimming. It was similar in Tokyo. It's a shame that we have so few medals in track and field. Unfortunately, in fencing we can't break the dominance of China in Paris. 

[heywoodu 16,434]

Fun fact: tomorrow in the men's 100m freestyle S6, it's the first individual outing for Thijs van Hofweegen at these Olympics, who is the son of the man who found me my current job in 2020 and with that basically got my life on track  

 

If I'm not mistaken, Thijs was working as a cleaner every Friday in the place where I stayed before that, until then I had no idea he was a swimmer (and medalist! Silver in Rio)  Go Thijs!

Edited September 4, 2024 by heywoodu

[copravolley 635]

Italy: for now 46 medals, including 28 in swimmingAn even greater disproportion than in Tokyo.