Medal rush in store as Tokyo Paralympics enters home straight

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Paralympians battled for the last medals in swimming and cycling on Friday, as the Tokyo Games headed into their final days.

Paralympians battled for the last medals in swimming and cycling on Friday, while Turkey's women attempted to defend their goalball title as the Tokyo Games headed into their final days.

It was the third straight match that the Americans had trailed at half-time and gone on to win, and US player Amanda Dennis said her team "refuse to lose".In the men's final, Brazil were set to take on China. New Paralympic events badminton and taekwondo continued a day after Peru's Leonor Espinoza Carranza won the martial art's inaugural gold in the women's K44 -49kg.

International Paralympic Committee spokesman Craig Spence said the "strength in depth is certainly increasing" in para sports, but admitted there was "still work to do". Brazil's Nathan Cesar Sodario Torquato won gold in the men's K44 -61kg taekwondo competition, beating Egypt's Mohamed Elzayat in the final with a walkover.

 

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