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39 Of The Most Exhilarating Photos From The Rio 2016 Paralympics

Some of the best pictures covering the 528 medals won in 11 days.

by Matthew Tucker, Anna Mendoza, Gabriel H. Sanchez, Kate Bubacz
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Brazil's judo athlete Rafaela Silva holds the Rio 2016 Paralympic Torch the day before the Opening Ceremony. 
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A performer in a wheelchair takes part in the opening ceremony.

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A performer interacts with a robotic arm.

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Performers take part in the opening ceremony.


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Athletes from United Arab Emirates take part in a parade at the opening ceremony.

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Wilson Bii of Kenya (right) and teammate Samwel Mushai Kimani react after the men's 5,000m T11 final.

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Le Van Cong of Vietnam reacts during the powerlifting final, men's 49k.
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USA's Jessica Long practising for the women's 400m freestyle S8 in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.


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Brazil's Ricardo Costa de Oliveira competes during the men's long jump T11 final. He went on to win gold ahead of USA's Lex Gillette (silver) and Ukraine's Ruslan Katyshev (bronze).


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Shizuka Hangai (right) of Japan competes with Yuliya Halinska of Ukraine in the women's judo 48kg bronze medal final B.


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Niko Kappel of Germany competes in the men's shot put, F41 final.


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Satoshi Fujimoto of Japan reacts during the judo final of the men's 66kg bronze medal.


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Yunidis Castillo of Cuba (left) and Polly Maton of Britain (right) compete during the women's long jump, T47 final.


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Anna Grimaldi of New Zealand holds her gold medal during the presentation ceremony of the women's long jump.


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Ibrahim Hamadtou of Egypt competes in the table tennis men's singles class 6 Group D.


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Richard Whitehead of Britain competes in the men's 200m race, T42 Round 1 Heat 1.


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Trevon Jenifer (left) of USA in action with Jan Haller of Germany at the wheelchair basketball men's Group B preliminary.


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Gold medalist Dalidaivis Rodriguez of Cuba bites her medal. Rodriguez was victorious in judo women's 63kg.


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Bronze medalist Moran Samuel of Israel looks at her son Arad during the victory ceremony for rowing AS women's single scull.


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Benoit Huot of Canada celebrates after winning bronze at the men's 400m freestyle.

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Juan Jose Mendez Fernandez of Spain competes in the men's 3km pursuit C1 individual pursuit qualifying.

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Rwanda sitting volleyball players align for the national anthem before their match against China.

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Tatyana McFadden of United States competes in the women's 4x400m T53/54 final.

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Vanessa Low of Germany competes in the women's long jump, T42 final.


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David Brown of United States celebrates the victory after the men's 100m, T11 final.

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Markus Rehm, David Behre, Felix Streng, and Johannes Floors of Germany celebrate after winning the gold medal in the men's 4x100m, T42-47 final.

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Sze Ning Toh of Singapore competes in the boccia, mixed individual, BC3 Pool D.

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Morteza Mehrzadselakjani of Iran competes during men's sitting volleyball match between Iran and Ukraine.

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Wang Hao of China competes on his way to a silver medal in the men's long jump.

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Marcel Hug of Switzerland wins the gold medal in the men's 800m.

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Vasileios Ntounis of Greece and Kamil Rzasa of Poland compete in wheelchair fencing.

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Italy's Beatrice Vio reacts after beating Hong Kong's Justine Charissa Ng in wheelchair fencing.

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Canada's men's wheelchair basketball team player Adam Lancia embraces his wife, Jamey Jewells of Canada, after her match.


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Hannah Cockroft of Britain celebrates with her gold medal after the victory in the women's 800m.

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Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos of Brazil celebrates after winning the silver medal in the men's 400m.


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The closing ceremony seen on 18 September 2016.

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Performers take part in the closing ceremony.