The Paralympics are currently being held in Bejing and More Than Gold News has been blogging about each day’s events and results. Here are the highlights from day 10:

The USA Wheelchair Rugby team came into today’s gold medal game against undefeated Australia leading the way in this tournament in goals, steals and blocks. They won the battle in two of those categories and won Paralympic Gold today. The final score was 53-44.

Meanwhile, the USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball lost to Great Britain today in the bronze medal game 85-77. The team from Australia won the gold and Canada took silver.

Now to track and field where the United States won Paralympic gold today in the men’s 4-by-100 meter relay. The team of Brain Frasure, Casey Tibbs, Jerome Singleton and Jim Bob Bizzell outlasted Brazil. Bizzell spoke with Sports Spectrum following the race and is already looking ahead to 2012. Bizzell also won silver in the men’s 400 meters today. It’s a gold medal for Joshua George as he won today’s 100 meter heat and Casey Tibbs won a bronze medal in the men’s long jump. The USA women also on the medal podium today in the 4-by-100 meter relay. The team of Tatyana McFadden, Anjali Forber-Pratt, Amanda McGrory and Jessica Galli finished third for the bronze medal.

The closing ceremonies are tomorrow, but you can still watch all of the action from the previous days on UniversalSports.com or learn more about the Paralympics at the International Paralympic Committee.

By: Chris. This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 at 3:15 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.