39 Of The Most Exhilarating Photos From The Rio 2016 Paralympics







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A performer in a wheelchair takes part in the opening ceremony.




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A performer interacts with a robotic arm.




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Performers take part in the opening ceremony.




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Athletes from United Arab Emirates take part in a parade at the opening ceremony.




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Wilson Bii of Kenya (right) and teammate Samwel Mushai Kimani react after the men's 5,000m T11 final.




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Italy's Beatrice Vio reacts after beating Hong Kong's Justine Charissa Ng in wheelchair fencing.




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USA's Jessica Long practising for the women's 400m freestyle S8 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.




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Brazil's Ricardo Costa de Oliveira competes during the men's long jump T11 final. He went on to win gold ahead of USA's Lex Gillette (silver) and Ukraine's Ruslan Katyshev (bronze).




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Shizuka Hangai (right) of Japan competes with Yuliya Halinska of Ukraine in the women's judo 48kg bronze medal final B.




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Niko Kappel of Germany competes in the men's shot put, F41 final.




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Satoshi Fujimoto of Japan reacts during the judo final of the men's 66kg bronze medal.




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Hannah Cockroft of Britain celebrates with her gold medal after the victory in the women's 800m.




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Trevon Jenifer (left) of USA in action with Jan Haller of Germany at the wheelchair basketball men's Group B preliminary.




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Gold medalist Dalidaivis Rodriguez of Cuba bites her medal. Rodriguez was victorious in judo women's 63kg.




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Benoit Huot of Canada celebrates after winning bronze at the men's 400m freestyle.




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Rwanda sitting volleyball players align for the national anthem before their match against China.




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Vanessa Low of Germany competes in the women's long jump, T42 final.




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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 11: Jody Cundy of Great Britain celebrates after winning the Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint Time Track Cycling on day 4 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Velodrome on September 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)




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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 12: A player on wheelchair competes in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 on day 5 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Olympic shooting centre on September 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images for Tokyo 2020)




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Morteza Mehrzadselakjani of Iran competes during men's sitting volleyball match between Iran and Ukraine.




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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 15: Ernst van Dyk ® of South Africa celebrates winning the gold medal while Alessandro Zanardi (L) of Italy shows his dejeciton after competing in the Men's Road Race H5 on day 8 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at Pontal on September 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)




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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 15: Fenfen Jiang, Junfei Chen, Yingli Li and Xiaoyan Wen of China celebrate after winning in the women's 4×100 meter T35-38 final during on day 8 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at on September 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images for Tokyo 2020)




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Wang Hao of China competes on his way to a silver medal in the men's long jump.




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Marcel Hug of Switzerland wins the gold medal in the men's 800m.




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Vasileios Ntounis of Greece and Kamil Rzasa of Poland compete in wheelchair fencing.




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The closing ceremony seen on 18 September 2016.




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