Team USA Stacks Medals in Week One

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The 2024 Paris Paralympics kicked off on Wednesday, with swimming, wheelchair basketball, dancing Phrygian Caps, and more taking center stage this week.

With 549 medal events spanning 22 sports, a record 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations, plus the most women’s sports athletes and events in competition history, this year’s Paralympics are capping off an exceptional summer of international sports.

Team USA sitting volleyball star Lora Jessica Webster aims to lead her team to a third-straight Paralympic gold in Paris. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

How the Paralympics work

An international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities, the Paralympics operates separately from the Olympic Games despite sharing a host country as well as most venues. Some sports — like swimmingtrackbasketball, and volleyball — have direct Olympic counterparts, while other sports like boccia and goalball are unique to the Paralympics.

According to the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, para-sport athletes must have at least one of these 10 eligible underlying conditions to qualify for the Games: impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length…

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