At the Water Cube, swimmer Kelley Becherer of Team USA wins Paralympic Gold. Becherer took the women’s 50 meter freestyle today. Also on the podium for the US was Cheryl Angelelli in the 50 meter S4 freestyle and in the 400 meter freestyle event, Ashley Owens captured silver while teammate Susan Beth Scott took bronze.
The USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team has defended their gold medal from 4 years ago. They upended Germany today 50-38. The Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team will go up against Great Britain on Tuesday for the bronze medal.
At the Bird’s Nest, Jeremy Campbell will take home a gold medal in the men’s discus today. In the men’s long jump, Lex Gillette comes away with a silver medal. Also taking silver were Peter Gottwald and Joshua George both finishing second in 800 meter events. On the ladies side, Jessica Galli and Amanda McGrory took second and third place in 800 meters today while Jessica also took silver in the women’s 200.
The United States is once again in the win column in Wheelchair Rugby. They upended Great Britain 35-32 in semi-final action.
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