Rio de Janeiro hosts official closing ceremony of XV Paralympic Games
19.09.2016
The XV Paralympic Games have closed in Rio de Janeiro, Belarusian swimmer Igor Boki becoming one of the Paralympics champions with six gold and one bronze medal. Gold medals also went to swimmer Vladimir Izotov and wheelchair fencer Andrei Pranevich, javelin thrower Alexander Triput scored a bronze medal.Belarus has advanced to the top 20 in the medal standings with 10 medals, the leader being China.The next Summer Paralympic Games will take place in four years in Tokyo.
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