TOKYO – 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.
A whopping 55 gold medals were up for grabs on day 10 of the competition, including the men’s and women’s finals in goalball — one of the few Paralympic sports without an Olympic equivalent.
Defending women’s champions Turkey will face comeback queens the United States, who fought from behind to beat Brazil in Thursday’s semi-final.
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”.
“There’s nothing stopping us,” she said. “The word that we used this…
