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Brazilian swimmer Gabrielzinho won a remarkable third swimming gold at the Paris Paralympics on Monday while Italian sprinter Valentina Petrillo became the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the Games.
The third gold for the Brazilian, whose full name is Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo, follows his successes in the 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke. But that proved a step too far and the Italian was eliminated despite running a personal best 57.58sec as she placed third and outside the places for the final.
Two-time champion Jonnie Peacock of Great Britain was fifth and US sprinter Hunter Woodhall, whose wife is newly crowned women’s Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall, was sixth.The Californian, an above-the-knee amputee, roared with delight and ran into the arms of his family in the front row.
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