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    Paralympians shine in wheelchair basketball, swimming and sitting volleyball

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    A close-up of someone with a prosthesis on a badminton court.
    Prosthetic leg of Noriko Ito of Japan during her para-badminton match against Halime Yildiz of Turkey in Paris on August 29. (Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters)

    The 2024 Paralympic Games kicked off this week in Paris, where Team USA defeated Spain 66-56 in men’s wheelchair basketball on Thursday.

    Since then, more than 4,000 athletes from countries including Germany, Japan, Rwanda, Italy and India have competed for gold in 22 sports, including para table tennis, para swimming, para badminton, sitting volleyball, track cycling, para archery, para rowing and wheelchair rugby.

    On Friday, Great Britain and the People’s Republic of China dominated the gold and overall medal standings, with the US also taking home its share of silver medals.

    International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said at Wednesday’s opening ceremony that he hopes the Games will bring about an “inclusion revolution.”

    “The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will show people with disabilities what they can achieve at the highest level,” Parsons said. “The fact that these opportunities will largely exist only in sport in 2024 is shocking. It is proof that we can and must do more to advance disability.”

    Athletes will compete for gold until September 8.

    Below you will find an overview of some of this week’s events.

    Women participating in sitting volleyball.Women participating in sitting volleyball.
    Gizele Maria da Costa Dias of Brazil competes against Claudine Murebwayire of Rwanda in sitting volleyball in Villepinte, France, on August 29. (Maria Abranches/Reuters)
    A woman wearing a red bathing cap in a swimming pool.A woman wearing a red bathing cap in a swimming pool.
    Toni Shaw of Great Britain in action during the women’s 400 metres freestyle in Nanterre, France, on August 29. (Andrew Couldridge/Reuters)
    A male cyclist during a cycling race. A male cyclist during a cycling race.
    Ricardo Ten Argiles of Spain celebrates his bronze medal victory in the men’s 3000 metres track cycling event in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, on August 29. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
    Wheelchair participants on a basketball court.Wheelchair participants on a basketball court.
    Team USA and Team Spain will compete in wheelchair basketball in Paris on August 29. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
    A participant holds a badminton shuttlecock.A participant holds a badminton shuttlecock.
    Rosa de Marco of Italy holds a shuttlecock during her para-badminton match against Thulasimathi Murugesan of India in Paris on August 29. (Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters)
    Wheelchair participants race on a track.Wheelchair participants race on a track.
    Fabian Blum of Switzerland will compete in the men’s 400 meters in Paris on August 30. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
    A woman plays table tennis.A woman plays table tennis.
    Stephanie Grebe of Germany in action during her table tennis match against Norway in Paris on August 29. (Kacper Pempel /Reuters)
    Swimmers at the start of a race.Swimmers at the start of a race.
    Mexico’s Fabiola Ramirez will compete in the women’s 100-meter backstroke in Paris on August 29. (Emilio Morenatti/AP)
    A man races on a bicycle.A man races on a bicycle.
    Spain’s Ricardo Ten Argiles competes in the men’s 3000m in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines on August 29. (Thibault Camus/AP)
    Men participating in wheelchair rugby.Men participating in wheelchair rugby.
    Australia’s Andrew Edmondson and Ryley Batt compete against Great Britain’s Stuart Robinson during the wheelchair rugby match in Paris on Aug. 29. (Michel Euler/AP)
    Rowers on the water.Rowers on the water.
    French rowers Laurent Cadot and Guylaine Marchand compete in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, on August 30. (Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images)
    Participants compete in para-archery.Participants compete in para-archery.
    British archer Victoria Kingstone and her competitors compete in para-archery in Paris on August 29. (Ian Rice/AFP via Getty Images)
    Two players bend over on the field.Two players bend over on the field.
    Rina Marlina and Subhan Subhan of Indonesia celebrate their victory in the para-badminton match against Naili Lin and Fengmei Li of China in Paris on August 29. (Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters)

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