Italian fencing star Bebe Vio had to be content with the bronze medal at the Paralympic Games on Wednesday, Sept. 5, after China’s Xiao Rong ended her dream of a third consecutive gold in wheelchair fencing.
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But Vio screamed with delight after beating Cho Eun Hye of South Korea 15-2 in the bout for bronze. She stood on chairs using her prosthetic legs to celebrate with Italian flag-waving supporters in the stands. Her fans had sung “We love you Bebe” at the Grand Palais as she surged into a comfortable lead.
Xiao, who won the bronze at the last Games in Tokyo, went on to lose the gold medal bout 15-11 to Saysunee Jana of Thailand.Oksana Masters claimed another gold medal at a Paralympics earlier by defending her title in para cycling’s H4-5 individual time trial. “This is definitely one of my favorites. I mean, defending time trial Paralympic champion in cycling. I never saw this coming at all. In Paris, too,” she said. “This is just the home of cycling, the most picturesque place to do this.”
She was adopted by an American mother when she was a child. She had her left leg amputated near the knee at 9 and the right one at the same spot five years later. The T54 category is for competitors with spinal cord injuries who use wheelchairs to race and have no leg function along with normal hand and arm function.Jessica Long, the second most decorated Paralympian in U.S. history, clinched gold in the women’s 400 freestyle in the S8 classification for athletes with physical impairments.
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