Taking a look at the Paralympic Champions

The Paralympic Games in Rio wraps up today. China leads the medal tally with 217 medals, followed by Britain and Ukraine with 126 and 106 medals respectively. India, with 4 medals, is placed at joint 38 with Croatia. Here are some of the records:

Powerlifting 61 kg: Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike, who has polio and uses a wheelchair, broke the world record of 133 kg in this category when she won the gold with a 142 kg lift



Powerlifting 61 kg: Egypt’s Fatma Omar won the silver with a 140 kg lift, breaking WR

100 m Race: Brazil’s Petrucio Ferreira Dos Santos won gold with a timing of 10.57 seconds, breaking the previous record of 10.72 seconds



Swimming: 17-year-old swimmer Fotimakhon Amilova from Uzbekistan clinched the gold in the SB13 100 m breaststroke (female) in 1 min 12.45 seconds, breaking the world record of 1 min 15.96 seconds

Cycling: Britain’s Dame Sarah Storey, born without a functioning left hand, won her 13th Olympic gold, becoming the most successful female Paralympian. She won 20 km road time-trial with a commanding time of 27 min 22.42 seconds



Great Britain’s Steve Bate, who has only 10% field of vision, and his sight pilot Adam Duggleby smashed the record in the B 4,000 m race with a timing of 4 min 8.146 seconds in the track cycling event.