The final day of the games saw the last 15 GOLDs handed out followed by the Closing Ceremony.
Medals
The Men's Marathon T54 saw GOLD won by Marcel Hug (SUI) as he finished ahead of Yong Zhang (CHN) who took SILVER while Daniel Romanchuk (USA) collected BRONZE. GB duo David Weir and Johnboy Smith finished in fifth and tenth.
A Paralympic Record time of 1:38.11 in the Women's Marathon T54 as Madison de Rozario (AUS) won GOLD ahead of Manuela Schaer (SUI) who took SILVER while Nikita den Boer (NED) crossed for BRONZE.
A Paralympic Record time of 2:21.43 in the Men's Marathon T12 as Amin El Chentouf (MAR) won GOLD ahead of Jaryd Clifford (Guides-Vincent Donnadieu, Tim Logan) (AUS) who took SILVER while Tadashi Horikoshi (JPN) collected BRONZE.
A Paralympic Record time of 2:25.50 in the Men's Marathon T46 as Chaoyan Li (CHN) won GOLD ahead of Alex Douglas Pires da Silva (BRA) who scooped SILVER while Tsutomu Nagata (JPN) claimed BRONZE. GB's Derek Rae finished in ninth.
A Paralympic Record time of 3:00.50 in the Women's Marathon T12 as Misato Michishita (Guides-Jun Shida, Yuka Aoyama) (JPN) won GOLD ahead of Elena Pautova (Guide-Grigorly Andreev) (RPC) who took SILVER while Louzanne Coetzee (Guides- Erasmus Badenhorst,Claus Kempen) (RSA) collected BRONZE.
GOLD for Daiki Kajiwara (JPN) in the Men's Singles WH2 as he won 2-0 over Jun Jung Kim (KOR) who sealed SILVER while Ho Yuen Chan (HKG) collected BRONZE after defeating Kyung Hoon Kim (KOR).
The Men's Singles SL4 saw GOLD won by Lucas Mazur (FRA) as he defeated Suhas Yathiraj (IND) who scooped SILVER while Setlwan Fredy (INA) claimed BRONZE after defeating Tarun (IND).
In the Women's Doubles WH, Sarina Satomi/Yuma Yamazaki (JPN) won GOLD by defeating Yutong Liu/Monglu Yin (CHN) who took SILVER while Sujirat Pookkham/Amnouy Wetwithan (THA) claimed BRONZE after defeating Cynthia Mathez/Karin Suter Erath (SUI).
The Men's Singles SH6 saw GOLD won by Krishna Nagar (IND) as he defeated Man Kai Chu (HKG) who took SILVER while GB's Krysten Coombs collected BRONZE after defeating Vitor Goncalves Tavares (BRA).
In the Men's Doubles WH, Jianpeng Mai/Zimo Qu (CHN) won GOLD after defeating Jung Jun Kim/Dong Seop Lee (KOR) who secured SILVER while Daiki Kajiwara/Hiroshi Murayama (JPN) claimed BRONZE by defeating Jakarin Homhual/Dumnern Junthong (THA).
The Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 GOLD was won by Susanto Hary /Oktila Leani Ratri (INA) as they defeated Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel (FRA) who took SILVER while Daisuke Fujihara/Akiko Sugino (JPN) collected BRONZE after defeating Pramod Bhagat/Palak Kohli (IND).
A Paralympic Record of 248.9 in the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 as Veronika Vadovicova (SVK) won GOLD ahead of Anna Normann (SWE) who took SILVER while Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (ESP) collected BRONZE.
GOLD for USA in the Women's as they won 3-1 over China who took SILVER.
The Men's GOLD was won by USA as they sealed a 64-60 victory over Japan who took SILVER while GB claimed BRONZE after winning 68-58 over Spain.
Closing Ceremony
The Closing Ceremony had the theme 'Harmonious Cacophony and it truly delivered with a mix of lights and technicolour music some from classic video games that created an amazing close to the Games.
Alike the Olympic Closing Ceremony, the Parade of Athletes was Flagbearers only with GB represented by Boccia GOLD medallist David Smith as they entered an arena floor filled with the Athletes of the competing countries.
The centre of the arena floor featured a mini papier-mache type city being created with each flagbearer placing a disc on a mirrored Sky Tree which was raised as the parade section came to an end.
One of the main aims of the theme was to show that the many differences in the world today have more strengths than weaknesses with a focus on the We are the 15% message.
The ceremony continued with the flag raisings and final speeches before the handover to Paris for 2024 with a very poignant ending as the Eiffel Tower featured a CGI blade in place of one of its traditional four legs.
A great month across the Olympics and Paralympics and sadly a delay to this blog due to a new job reducing writing time but hopefully all will be well when the Winter games begin in Beijing in February!
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