Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon won a gold medal Friday in the men’s 100-meter freestyle S4, his third career Paralympic gold medal and Israel’s second in as many days in Paris. Dadaon, 23, finished the race with a time of 1:20.25, finishing nearly a second and a half ahead...

Ami Dadaon wins Israel’s second Paralympics gold medal after setting new record in 100m freestyle

LCM (50 meters) China has won the medal table at the last three Paralympic Games. After Italy led the medal table standings after Day 1 in Paris, Day 2 saw the Chinese team make their first push, highlighted by two world records and two more golds. Great Britain also picked up two more gold medals to keep even with China on four total golds. The two nations are now tied at the top of the medal table with eight finals sessions still to come.

2024 Paralympics: China and Great Britain Tied At The Top Of The Medal Table After Day 2

PARIS (AP) — Track cyclist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands won the first gold medal of the Paralympic Games and Chinese Paralympians claimed four on the first day of competition Thursday. Groot won the final of the 500-meter time trial in women’s track cycling for the C4 and C5...

Track cyclist Caroline Groot wins Paralympic Games' first gold, Chinese athletes take 4 more

WEKU

The Paralympics kick off in Paris on Wednesday and run through Sept. 8. Thousands of athletes from a record number of countries will compete across 22 sports. Here's what to know and how to watch.

Paralympics 2024: When, who and how to watch the Paris games

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At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the United States blew every other country out of the water by winning a total of 126 gold, silver, and bronze medals. It wasn’t particularly a surprise, especially since Russia did not compete this year, being under international sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine. Going into the Games, the […]
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Para-cyclist Fin Graham described winning silver behind ParalympicsGB team-mate Jaco Van Gass in the C3 3,000m individual pursuit as an “amazing achievement”.

Graham first Scot to win medal with successive Paralympic silver

A family say they want to warn others about the risks of buying unfamiliar suncream abroad.

Use suncream you know, warns mum after boy's surgery

An extensive search for an Indian woman who disappeared into a pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur hit a snag on its eighth day, as authorities now say it is "too risky" to continue deploying divers. The incident has gripped Malaysia, with some 110 rescuers working around the clock this past...

Search for woman swallowed by 8m sinkhole now 'too risky'

Stars including Madison de Rozario, Grant 'Scooter' Patterson and Brenden Hall will be in action as part of a large Australian team in Paris. The Sporting News will collate every Aussie podium-getter from the Games. Paralympics medal tally: How many medals have Australia won at Paris 2024?. Australia currently has...

Australia Paralympics medal tally: Updated gold, silver, bronze medal count from Paris 2024

Sports Illustrated

After winning the fewest U.S. Olympic swimming gold medals since 1988 and fewest total medals since 2004, changes will be made before the ’28 Los Angeles Games.

Sources: USA Swimming Set to Clean House After Mixed Showing at Olympics

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Flavia Saraiva, the Brazilian gymnast who won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has gone viral after her Tinder bio was discovered.

Brazilian Olympic gymnast Flavia Saraiva's Tinder profile goes viral

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From a Nollywood actress to a married table tennis team, here are nine Paralympic competitors from Africa that are in line for medals at the Games in Paris over the coming days.

Nine African Paralympians to keep a close eye on in Paris

China began to exert its traditional dominance at the Paralympics in Paris on Friday, pulling ahead of second-placed Great Britain despite a double gold medal success for British swimmers. Britain have six golds after Tully Kearney, who has cerebral palsy, and Maisie Summers-Newton both defended their titles from the Tokyo Paralympics three years ago.

China extend lead in Paralympic medals table after track success

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PARIS (AP) — Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon barely spoke throughout the most pivotal points of their Paralympic debut. Team USA’s mixed doubles para badminton pair offered brief encouragement between points but moved around each other without a word once the shuttlecock was in the air. The 19-year-olds’ chemistry was on full display on Thursday at La Chapelle Arena in northern Paris as they defeated India 23-21, 21-11 to start their pursuit of Paralympic gold.

Teenage Paralympians aiming for Team USA’s first badminton medal

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Things just keep getting better for USA gymnast Jade Carey. The 24-year-old won gold in the team final and bronze in the vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics, boosting her career Olympic medal count to three. During the Olympic trials, Carey placed first in vault, second in the floor exercise, fourth ...

USA Gymnast Jade Carey to Receive Prestigious Award Following Olympic Success

PARIS (AP) — Competition gets underway at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, with athletes getting their first medals in four of the 22 scheduled sports. The first Paralympian medalists will be the track cyclists at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome. There is a packed day of swimming at Paris...

2024 Paralympics schedule Aug. 29: Cyclists, swimmers and taekwondo fighters all go for gold

Olympic and Paralympic power couple Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall captured hearts online during the Paris Olympics. After Tara secured her first gold medal in the long jump at the Games, the couple’s heartfelt celebration quickly gained attention. A video of Hunter’s surprise welcome home for Tara also went viral.

Davis-Woodhall had her moment when she won gold in Paris, her husband is next at the Paralympics

Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team has a not-so-secret weapon: meet Morteza Mehrzadselakjani and at eight-foot-one-inch, he’s the tallest Paralympian in history.

Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, the tallest Paralympian in history, goes for his third gold medal at 2024 Paris Paralympics

Kadeena Cox describes the 2024 Paralympics as "a nightmare I can't wake up from" after her crash in the final of her C4-5 500m time trial.

Paralympics 'a nightmare I can't wake up from' - Cox

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GB win four golds on day two of Paralympics

Tully Kearney claims her second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics while Maisie Summers-Newton, Jaco van Gass and Lizzi Jordan also secure victories on an outstanding...

GB win four golds on day two of Paralympics

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