Australia’s Paralympic athletes’ final week in action in Paris – in pictures
World records and gold medals have been just part of the story during the second week of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Here are some of the highlights
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Philip James Pratt of Team Great Britain and Jannik Blair of Team Australia battle for the ball during the wheelchair basketball men’s quarter-final match.
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Qian Yang wins the gold medal in the women’s WS10 singles match.
Photograph: Jeff Crow/AAP
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Gold medalist James Turner celebrates after setting a world record time of 51:54 in the men’s 400m T36 final.
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Ricky Betar competes during the men’s 200m individual swimming medley SM14 final.
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Bridget Murphy rides Penmain Promise during the individual event grade II at the Chateau de Versailles.
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Alana Forster won bronze in the road cycling time trial.
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Grant Patterson (SB2) wins bronze in the men’s 50m breaststroke final.
Photograph: Delly Carr/AAP
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Taymon Kenton-Smith competes during the archery men’s individual recurve open bronze medal match.
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Christie Raleigh-Crossley of Team United States, who won silver, celebrates with 100m freestyle S9 gold medalist Alexa Leary of Australia.
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Maria Strong competes in the women’s shot put F33 final.
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Lauren Parker on her way to winning in the women’s H1-4 cycling road race and becoming Australia’s first dual-sport Paralympic medalist in 44 years.
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Jackson Hamilton in the men’s javelin throw F13 final.
Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters
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Timothy Hodge in action during the men’s 200m individual medley SM9 final.
Photograph: Eng Chin An/Reuters
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Samuel Rizzo competing in the men’s 800m T54 round one.
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Samuel von Einem competes against Gi Tae Kim of Team Republic of Korea (not pictured) during the men’s singles MS11 semi-final.
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Darren Hicks during the men’s C3 individual road cycling time trial.
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Sixteen-year-old Warlpiri woman Telaya Blacksmith recovers after competing in the women’s 400m T20 final. [• This caption was amended on 16 September 2024. An earlier version incorrectly said Telaya Blacksmith competed in the 200m T64 final.]
Photograph: Drew Chislett/AAP
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Curtis McGrath in the KL2 kayak heat at Vaires-Sur-Marne.
Photograph: Jeff Crow/AAP
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Frank Pinder shoots during the men’s wheelchair basketball preliminary round game between Team Netherlands and Team Australia.
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Callum Simpson wins gold competing in the men’s 100m freestyle S8 final.
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