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All tickets for the Opening Ceremony were sold For Paralympics in general, 65% til yesterday. Not that great but organizers are hoping to sell more during competition.

They want the athletes to watch the remaining of the ceremony. This is possible in Paralympics because there are much less athletes than in Olympics.

The athletes

One of the themes is "wheel", apparently

[hide] Event and Date Gold Medal Winner Silver Medal Winner Bronze Medal Winner Athletes JUDO Women's -52kg Day 1, September 8th, 2016 (PICK 2 BRONZE MEDALLISTS) Ramona Brussig Sandrine Martinet Ayumi Ishii Ludmyla Lohtska Cherine Abdellaoui Michele Ferreira Priscilla Gagne Sandrine Martinet Ramona Brussig Ayumi Ishii Ludmyla Lohtska Sevinch Salaeva POWERLIFTING Women's -41kg Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Nazmiye Muratli Zhe Cui Ni Nengah Widiasih Zhe Cui Leidy Rodriguez Nawal Ramadan Ni Nengah Widiasih Nsini Ben Noura Baddour Nazmiye Muratli Maryna Kopiika TRACK CYCLING Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem B Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Kieran Modra Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Steve Bate Matt Formston Kieran Modra Steve Bate Muhammad Afiq Afify Rizan Vincent ter Schure Stephen de Vries Ignacio Avila Rodriguez Any other SWIMMING Men's 100m Backstroke S7 Day 1, September 8th, 2016 Jon Fox Marian Kvasnytsia Italo Pereira Matias de Andrade Guillermo Marro Italo Pereira Dino Sincovic Hannes Schuermann Jon Fox Ievgenii Bogodaiko Marian Kvasnytsia Any other JUDO Men's -73kg Day 2, September 9th, 2016 (PICK 2 BRONZE MEDALLISTS) Dmytro Solovey Ramil Gasimov Nicolai Kornhass Feruz Shayidov Mehdi Meskine Ramil Gasimov Abner Oliveira Gerado Rodriguez Reyes Nicolai Kornhass Kuralbay Orynbassar Alvaro Gavilan Lorenzo Dmytro Solovey Feruz Shayidov Mauricio Briceno Any other SHOOTING Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Sareh Javanmardidodman Any other Olivera Nakovska-Bikova Yelena Taranova Bai Xiaohong Krisztina David Sareh Javanmardidodmani Olivera Nakovska-Bikova Somporn Muangsiri Aysel Ozgan Olga Kovalchuk Any other SWIMMING Women's 50m Butterfly S6 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Oksana Khrul Ellie Robinson Any other Tiffany Thomas Kane Ellie Robinson Nicole Turner Ozlem Kaya Olena Fedota Oksana Khrul Thi Bich Nhu Trinh Any other ATHLETICS Women's 100m T36 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Yanina Martinez Tascitha Oliveira Cruz Claudia Nicoleitzik Yanina Martinez Tascitha Oliveira Cruz Martha Herenandez Florian Daniela Rodriguez Angulo Claudia Nicoleitzik Kwok Fan Yan Min Jae Jeon Syrine Bessaidi Any other ATHLETICS Men's Javelin Throw F44 Day 2, September 9th, 2016 Rory McSweeney Helgi Sveinsson Marcio Fernandez Edvaldo Silva Alister McQueen Marcio Fernandez Sandeep Helgi Sveinsson Jonas Spudis Rory McSweeney Akeem Stewart Any other PARATRIATHLON Men's PT2 Race Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Andrew Lewis Stephane Bahier Michele Ferrarin Brant Garvey Stephane Bahier Stefan Loesler Andrew Lewis Ryan Taylor Michele Ferrarin Mohamed Lahna Mark Barr Any Other SHOOTING Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Tanguy de la Forest Vasyl Kovalchuk Francek Gorazd Tirsek Tanguy de la Forest Ryan Cockbill Richard Davies Tim Jeffery Atef Aldousari Michael Johnson Francek Gorazd Tirsek Vasyl Kovalchuk Any Other POWERLIFTING Men's -65kg Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Hu Peng Shaaban Ibrahim Any Other Hocine Bettir Ahmed Razm Azar Hu Peng Shaaban Ibrahim Michael Yule Nikolaos Gkountanis Hamzeh Mohammadi Grzegorz Lanzer Any Other TRACK CYCLING Women's Individual 500m Time Trial C4-5 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Sarah Storey Jufang Zhou Kadeena Cox Susan Powell Jufang Zhou Jianping Ruan Kadeena Cox Crystal Lane Sarah Storey Kate Horan Anna Harkowska Megan Fisher Any Other ATHLETICS Men's Long Jump T12 Day 3, September 10th, 2016 Kamil Aliyev Per Jonsson Chen Mingyu Kamil Aliyev Oleg Panyutin Chen Mingyu Thomas Ulbricht Martin Aloisius Biondi Misasi Per Jonsson Tobias Jonsson Doniyor Saliev Any Other ARCHERY Mixed Team Recurve Open Day 4, September 11th, 2016 China South Korea Italy China Germany Great Britain Iran Italy South Korea Thailand United States Any Other PARATRIATHLON Women's PT5 Race Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Alison Patrick Joleen Hakker Katie Kelly Katie Kelly Christine Robbins Alison Patrick Melissa Reid Atsuko Yamada Joleen Hakker Susana Rodriguez Amy Dixon Any Other POWERLIFTING Men's -72kg Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Lei Liu Mohamed Elelfat Rasool Mohsin Lei Liu Mohamed Elelfat Aceituno Herbert Gabriel Diaz Rasool Mohsin Abdelkareem Mohmmad Ahmad Kahattab Fernando Jose Acevedo Gonzalez Nnamdi Innocent Marek Trykacz Sergey Meladze SWIMMING Men's 200m Freestyle S14 Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Jon Margeir Sverrisson Daniel Fox Thomas Hamer Daniel Fox Liam Schulter Felipe Vila Real Gordie Michie Thomas Hamer Wai Lok Tang Jon Margeir Sverrisson Someone from Japan Any Other ROWING AS Men's Single Sculls Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Erik Horrie Roman Polianskyi Tom Aggar Erik Horrie Rene Pereira Tom Aggar Fabrizio Caselli Alexander van Holk Jun-Ha Park Roman Polianskyi Blake Haxton Any Other SHOOTING Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Day 4, September 11th, 2016 Joackim Norberg Juhee Lee Olekseii Denysiuk Christopher Pitt Yang Chao Gyula Gurisatti Juhee Lee Joackim Norberg Korhan Yamac Olekseii Denysiuk Michael Tagliapietra Any Other POWERLIFTING Women's -79kg Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Lili Xu Lin Tzu-Hui Gehan Hassan Lili Xu Lin Tzu-Hui Gehan Hassan Siti Mahmudah Sahar El-Gnemi Perla Barcenas Bose Omolayo Lyubov Semenyuk BOCCIA Open Pair BC4 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Brazil Hong Kong Canada Brazil Canada China Great Britain Hong Kong Portugal Slovakia Thailand Any Other TABLE TENNIS Men's Singles Class 5 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Ningning Cao Tommy Urhaug Valentin Baus Ningning Cao Chen Ming Chih Nicolas Savant-Aira Valentin Baus Juck Hunter Spivey Tommy Urhaug Mitar Palikuca Ali Ozturk Any Other SHOOTING Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Abdulla Sultan Alaryani Jonas Jacobsson Jinho Park Doron Shaziri Franc Pinter Jinho Park Jonas Jacobsson Andrii Doroshenko Iurii Stoiev Abdulla Saif Alaryani Abdulla Sultan Alaryani Any Other ATHLETICS Men's Javelin Throw F57 Day 5, September 12th, 2016 Mohammad Khalvandi Mohamad Mohamad Any other Cicero Nobre Wu Guoshan Mahmoud El Attar Virender Mohammad Khalvandi Youssoupha Diouf Mohamad Mohamad Ngoc Hung Cao Any other EQUESTRIAN Open Individual Championship Grade III Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Sanne Voets Any Other Susanne Sunesen Roberta Sheffield Susanne Sunesen Jose Letartre Sanne Voets Ann Cathrin Lubbe Celine van Till Louise Etzner Jakobsson Angela Peavy Any Other WHEELCHAIR FENCING Men's Individual Epee Category B Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Jovane Silva Guissone Andre Pranevich Ali Amar Andre Pranevich Jovane Silva Guissone Marc Andre Cratere Yannick Ifebe Dimitri Coutya Ali Amar Kamil Rzasa Oleg Naumenko Any Other TABLE TENNIS Women's Singles Class 10 Day 6, September 13th, 2016 Natalia Partyka Yang Qian Melissa Tapper Andrea McDonnell Melissa Tapper Bruna Costa Alexandre Yang Qian Mirjana Lucic Sophie Walloe Natalia Partyka Umran Ertis ROAD CYCLING Men's Individual Time Trial T1-2 Day 7, September 14th, 2016 Hans-Peter Durst Quentin Aubague Any Other Tim Celen Nestor Ayala Ayala Jiri Hindr Quentin Aubague Hans-Peter Durst Stephen Hills Goldy Fuchs Rickard Nilsson Ryan Boyle Any Other WHEELCHAIR FENCING Women's Individual Foil Category A Day 7, September 14th, 2016 Zhang Chuncui Yu Chui Yee Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Rong Jing Zhang Chuncui Delphine Bernard Justine Charissa NG Yu Chui Yee Eva Andrea Hajmasi Zsuzsanna Krajnyak Natalia Morkvych Any Other PARACANOE Men's K1 200m KL1 Day 8, September 15th, 2016 Luis Carodsos da Silva Jakub Tokarz Lucas Nicolas Diaz Lucas Nicolas Diaz Colin Sieders Luis Carodsos da Silva Yu Xiaowei Ian Marsden Robert Suba Salvatore Ravalli Jakub Tokarz Any Other SWIMMING Men's 100m Breastroke SB6 Day 8, September 15th, 2016 Ievgenii Bogodaiko Nelson Crispin Torben Schmidtke Maarten Libin Di Yingbin Nelson Crispin Torben Schmidtke Thijs van Hofweegen Andreas Skaar Bjornstad Antoni Ponce Bertran Ievgenii Bogodaiko Any Other ARCHERY Men's Individual Compound Open Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Lee Ouk Soo Alberto Simonelli John Stubbs Jonathan Milne Cao Hanwen Jere Forsbe John Stubbs Hadi Nori Matteo Bonacina Alberto Simonelli Marcel Pavlik Lee Ouk Soo Andre Shelby Any Other BOCCIA Open Indiviudal BC2 Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Maciel Santos Yan Zhiqiang Worawut Saengampa Maciel Santos Yan Zhiqiang Nadav Levi Hidetaka Sugimura Abilio Valente Robert Mezik Jeong Min Sohn Worawut Saengampa Watcharaphon Vongsa Any Other WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Women's Doubles Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Griffioen/van Koot Shuker/Whiley Buis/De Groot Cabrillana/Mardones Huang/Zhu Famin/Morch Shuker/Whiley Domori/Kamiji Griffioen/van Koot Buis/De Groot Mathewson/Verfuerth Any Other WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Men's Singles Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Shingo Kunieda Stephane Houdet Maikel Scheffers Gustavo Fernandez Joachim Gerard Stephane Houdet Nicolas Peifer Gordon Reid Shingo Kunieda Maikel Scheffers Stefan Olsson Any Other FOOTBALL 7-A-SIDE Men's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Ukraine Brazil Iran Argentina Brazil Great Britain Iran Ireland Netherlands Ukraine United States GOALBALL Men's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Brazil Finland Turkey Algeria Brazil Canada China Finland Germany Lithuania Sweden Turkey United States ATHLETICS Men's Shot Put F55 Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Ruzhdi Ruzhdi Karol Kozun Jalil Bagherri Jeddi Dzevad Pandzic Ruzhdi Ruzhdi Christian Gobe Hamed Amiri Jalil Bagherri Jeddi Karol Kozun Lech Stoltman Nebojsa Duric Milos Zaric Any Other ATHLETICS Men's 1500m T46 Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Michael Roeger Samir Nouioua David Emong Samir Nouioua Michael Roeger Hristiyan Stoyanov Li Chaoyan Hailu Haile Hermas Muvunyi Bechir Agoubi David Emong Any other GOALBALL Women's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 United States Turkey Japan Algeria Australia Brazil Canada China Israel Japan Turkey Ukraine United States SITTING VOLLEYBALL Women's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 United States China Brazil Brazil Canada China Iran Netherlands Rwanda Ukraine United States WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Women's Tournament Day 9, September 16th, 2016 Germany Canada United States Algeria Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany Great Britain Netherlands United States SAILING Mixed Sonar Day 10, September 17th, 2016 Great Britain Australia France Australia Canada France Great Britain Ireland Israel Norway United States Any Other SITTING VOLLEYBALL Men's Tournament Day 10, September 17th, 2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina Iran Brazil Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil China Egypt Germany Iran Ukraine United States WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL Men's Tournament Day 10, September 17th, 2016 Canada Australia United States Algeria Australia Brazil Canada Germany Great Britain Iran Japan Netherlands Spain Turkey United States ATHLETICS Marathon T46 Day 11, September 18th, 2016 Any Other Li Chaoyuan Alex Douglas Silva Alex Douglas Silva Li Chaoyuan Derek Rae Alessandro di Lello Pedro Meza Zempoaltecatl Abdelhadi El Harti Efrain Sotacuro Manuel Mendes Any Other WHEECHAIR RUGBY Mixed Tournament Day 11, September 18th, 2016 Australia Canada United States Australia Brazil Canada France Great Britain Japan Sweden United States [/hide]

Happy Independence/Paralympics Day

1 month. I'm emotional

Yes, the volleyball federation is talking to Arena da Baixada (the stadium in Curitiba) to host World League matches there. Is probably our only Football stadium that could host something like this (since it has a roof). This match have proven to be a comercial success (cheapest tickets were R$100 - R$50 for students), with more people than any Football match held in that arena in 2016, so of course they will try to replicate that in the future. I just don't know if they could fill the same stadium in THREE matches - maybe they should host the other matches in a smaller arena and only the Sunday ones in the Football stadium.

40 thousand people watched Serginho's last match yesterday (Brazil vs. Portugal) at the National Stadium The day before, we had 35 thousand people in Curitiba:

Athletes from Tunisia and UAE welcomed at the Village

In this photo, it looks like those two people on the right are talking about him

Nice to see a stage in Brazil's Northeast

Yes, things were pretty bad in the Women's side, especially in team sports. For the Men's teams, no complaints. It's crazy that we won the trio "Football + Beach Volleyball + Volleyball", as opposed to only 1 silver medal (Beach Volleyball) in Women's.

Looking back at my predictions, it didn't went so bad as I thought. I predicted 24 medals, we won 19, but more golds than I thought (7 vs. 5). Predicted 10 out of 19 medals, which was kinda bad. Correctly predicted the color of 5 medals (Alison Cerutti/Bruno Schmidt, Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze, Men's Volleyball, Isaquias Queiroz, Mayra Aguiar), which also wasn't great. I predicted some "bold" things like a gold for our Men's Volleyball team + not even a final for the Women's team (predicted bronze, which would be much better than the 5th place we got). Also predicted Women's Beach Volleyball losing in the final, although it was the wrong pair.

Yes, if there's a possibility, I'm sure Zanetti and Hypólito will try to qualify as "specialists". Probably won't win medals, but who knows. Even though we only won medals in the Men's side, the Women's team looks better for 2020 with the new names arriving.

From our medalists: Ágatha and Barbara (Beach Volleyball) have announced they won't play together anymore (Barbara already has a new partner, it seems). At least for now, Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze (Sailing) don't have plans for the next Olympics cycle and won't compete this season anymore. I'm thinking Robson Conceição will probably move to professional Boxing just like our 2012 medalists. From Judo, I'm thinking this was Rafael Silva's last Games, but I might be wrong. I just hope Mayra Aguiar doesn't move to MMA like rumours are saying. Diego Hypólito (Gymnastics) says he will try to compete in 2020, but for how long he can keep being a valuable adition to the team competing in only 1 apparatus (same for Zanetti, but he's younger than Hypólito). Overall, I think we will have a lot of new names medaling in 2020, many athletes even extended their careers just to compete at home, so we'll see huge changes in next cycle, especially in team sports (Women's Volleyball worries me the most, now that the "golden age" is over).

Cariocas are really missing the Olympics. 133k tickets sold yesterday

Song from the Rio Closing Ceremony.

A little bit about my last days in Rio. Friday was a pretty good day but also a sad one as it marked my last day as a spectator of the Rio Games. Day started in Deodoro, probably my favourite cluster of all, in which I watched the Women's Modern Pentathlon. The day was very sunny so it couldn't be more perfect. Unfortunately Yane Marques didn't have a great result, even with the venue packed with fans from Pernambuco (a brazilian State from the Northeast region), including me. At the end of the competition, it was kinda sad for me to leave that magical place where many good moments happened. At night, it was time for my only Athletics session in the Games, which bruoght an incredible Women's Pole Vault final (I was seating reatively close to this event, which was great), and of course the much talked Men's 4x100m Relay. Saturday was a day off and I took the opportunity to visit the Christ the Redeemer statue. The ride by train is pretty cool and there you can see not only people from all over the world, but also a fantastic view of Rio. As we approached the final days of the Games, I confess I was extremely tired, and because of that I didn't even attempted to watch the Men's Football final in one of the live sites of the city - even with rain, a total of 1 million of people went to the Olympic Boulevard that day. Just like in London (when Brazil lost to Mexico), I was sleeping during the whole match. Just woke up with celebrations after the penaltis, which were pretty wild and went on all night. Last day of Olympics, nothing to do, but I decided not to spend all day in the apartment. Before the Men's Volleyball final, I went to Olympic Boulevard and watched the match there. Pretty good crowd, but obviously smaller than the day before. Saw again the Olympic flame and walked through the Port area, which is really beautiful (including the Museum of Tomorrow, which I believe was shown a lot on TV). Also watched the last show of Rio Fest. Still on Sunday, out of nowhere by brother calls saying that were tickets available for the Closing Ceremony starting in just a few hours, and of course I bought them. Arrival at Maracanã was pretty chaotic as it was raining a lot (also: strongest winds I ever saw), but once there everything was perfect - many empty seats in the down sector, but I saw many people went to the upper sector just to escape rain. Most ceremonies I watch on TV left me kinda cold, but it's a whole other story to watch it live - especially when is showing your own culture. I can't remember exactly how many times I cried during this ceremony, but it was a LOT. Most of those moments probably meant nothing for international viewers, but if you're brazilian, it's impossible not to relate to some of those things. Moments that left amazed: formation of Rio spots in the beggining, use of regional songs (especially from Northeast and Pernambuco, with "Asa Branca" and frevo), the "baianas" and Tokyo segments, the big carnaval at the end. Moments that left in tears: national anthem (never thought I would cry listening to it) and that Mariene de Castro song (Jesus Christ, what was that? I have tears in my eyes just remembering when the flame was gone). I'm glad that Rio made ceremonies that left brazilians proud, and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. In the end, it was hard to leave the stadium but it was time to say goodbye to the Rio Olympics. On Monday, that awful post-Olympic depression feeling, and it was finally time to return home. Saw many athletes in the airport, including our medalist Arthur Mariano. In the plane, our flag bearer (and bronze medalist from London) Yane Marques was on the same flight as me and everyone clapped their hands for her. On the arrival in Recife, I finally met her, and she's exactly as I pictured her: an extremely humble person. Talked a little with her, including her competition which I went in Deodoro. Graciously, she autographed my ticket, while I was literally shaking. She's such a simple person that she went to organize the baggage of the whole Modern Pentathlon crew in the carts. Felipe Nascimento (our other athlete from this sport, which is also from Pernambuco) was also there, and I took a photo with him - very nice guy. This was a great ending to a great trip. I will never forget these memories and I hope to return to Rio someday. I also hope to go to the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires Thanks all for the patience in reading my reports, hope this was a special event for all of you

Make it 20% as only yesterday 100k tickets were sold

A big carnaval to end the Games. For brazilians here... what a party! Thank you Rio

It's raining A LOT in Maracanã. Hope doesn't ruin the party, but I must say I don't envy the athletes that will stay in the rain

After the match, video with best moments of Rio Olympics. I'm already crying