Brazil Finishes Atop World Para Athletics in New Delhi With 44 Medals

Overview

• Brazil closed the championships on October 5 with 44 medals, including 15 gold, 20 silver and 9 bronze, while China placed second with 13 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze.
• Sprinter Jerusa Geber won the 200m T11 and reached 13 World Championships medals, the most by any Brazilian in the event’s history.
• Zileide Cassiano took gold in the women’s long jump T20, and Maria Clara Augusto earned silver in the 200m T47 to secure her third podium in New Delhi.
• After a Brazilian protest, officials ruled the Venezuelan winner’s guide illegally pulled her in the 200m T12, upgrading Clara Daniele from silver to gold.
• An arbitration panel confirmed Thiago Paulino’s F57 shot put silver, and Edenilson Floriani claimed bronze in the F42/F63 shot put with a 14.96 m Americas record.