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Here's what you should know from the fifth day of competition at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games:

• With eight medals, the U.S. collected its most para triathlon medals in the event's Paralympic history. Hailey Danz, Chris Hammer and Grace Norman all claimed gold.
• Another round of para track and field records fell, including a women's 1500m T11 world record for gold medalist Yayesh Gate Tesfaw of Ethiopia.
• U.S. women's wheelchair basketball closed group play with a wire-to-wire victory over Japan. The quarterfinals loom next, beginning on Wednesday.
• Jayci Simon and Miles Krajewski won the first badminton medals in U.S. Paralympic (and Olympic) history, securing mixed doubles silver. Chinese duo Naili Lin and Fengmei Li won gold.
• American Morgan Stickney and Italian Simone Barlaam each posted records to win gold in the pool.
• In his Paralympic debut, Ezra Frech of the United States won gold in the men’s 100m T63. 
• The U.S. wheelchair rugby team won its seventh consecutive Paralympic medal, taking silver after losing to Japan 48-41 in the final. The U.S. team was led by Chuck Aoki, who is now the most decorated wheelchair rugby player in U.S. Paralympic history with four medals. 

Never before has Team USA commanded the Paralympic triathlons quite like this. After earning four medals at the 2016 Rio Games and five in Tokyo, U.S. athletes combined for eight para triathlon medals on Monday morning in Paris, including three golds.

Hailey Danz topped the women's PTS2 to claim her first Paralympic gold medal. Danz took silver in both Rio and Tokyo and now has struck gold for the first time.

"It's going to take a bit to sink in," Danz said after her triumph. "I've wanted this for so long. I have been fighting it for so long. 

"There have just been so many setbacks and challenges along the way. And like, I don't know, the voice of doubt was really loud the last couple of months."

Matching Danz in the PTS2, Americans Grace Norman and Chris Hammer topped the women's and men's PTS5 podiums too, each claiming gold.

Norman edged a pair of Brits — Claire Cashmore and Lauren Steadman — for her second gold medal and first since 2016. Hammer, meanwhile, has earned his first Paralympic medal, holding off Brazilian Ronan Cordeiro by 17 seconds to win gold.

For Hammer, the victory is extra sweet after fourth-place finishes in Rio and Tokyo. Now, he's skyrocketed to a Paralympic championship.

"If it wasn't for those fourth-place finishes, I probably wouldn't have been as motivated to race this time around," Hammer said. "Fourth is painful, and it's not. It keeps you in the sport. It was all part of the journey that led me here. I will look back on those fourth places fondly now." 

Jetze Plat of the Netherlands (men's PTWC), Australian Lauren Parker (women's PTWC), Spaniard Daniel Molina (men's PTS3), Frenchman Jules Ribstein (men's PTS2), Brit Dave Ellis (men's PTVI), Spain's Susana Rodriguez (women's PTVI), France's Alexis Hanquinquant (men's PTS4) and Great Britain's Megan Richter (women's PTS4) all won para triathlon gold on Monday, as well.

Ethiopia's Yayesh Gate Tesfaw continued a world record-happy Paralympics with a new women's 1500m T11 world record on Monday. Tesfaw flew down the track in 4:27.68 to take more than four seconds off the previous mark she set at the 2024 World Championships in May. She also shaved nearly 10 full seconds off the Paralympic record, which Tesfaw set at the Tokyo Games.

While the 27-year-old is among the all-time greats in this event, the gold is her first Paralympic medal.

“It means even more to do it here in the Paralympic arena and at the Paralympic Games of Paris 2024,” Tesfaw said. “My country has a lot of heroic runners, so I am happy that I am now one of them and can do my country proud.” 

Two more marks fell in the field on Monday, as Claudiney Batista dos Santos of Brazil and Bobirjon Omonov of Uzbekistan both improved on their own Paralympic records. Batista dos Santos won gold in the men's discus F56 for the second consecutive Paralympics with a massive toss of 46.86 meters. Omonov similarly secured his second straight gold in men's shot put F41 with a new record throw of 14.32m. 

In his Paralympic debut, Ezra Frech of the United States won gold in the men’s 100m T63. 

Frech started near the back of the pack, but quickly surged ahead, catching up to the leaders. As he leaned toward the finish line, it was initially uncertain who had won.

Entering these Paralympic Games, the U.S. had never earned a medal in Paralympic or Olympic badminton. Jayci Simon and Miles Krajewski changed that on Monday, securing the first badminton medals in U.S. Paralympic (and Olympic) history with a mixed doubles silver. Chinese duo Naili Lin and Fengmei Li won gold, beating the American duo in the final.

"I'm still trying to soak it all in," Simon said. "I hope that it creates more funding for us and also grows the sport [in the U.S.]. Not only at para level but in able-bodied too."

Facing Japan in their final matchup of group play, the U.S. women stormed out to a 10-point lead in the first quarter and never relented, topping Japan 62-52.

Courtney Ryan led the U.S. charge with a team-high 16 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Lindsey Zurbrugg added 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while also collecting seven rebounds. The U.S. squad leveraged a swarming defense to hold its lead, forcing Japan into 17 turnovers while only committing six on the other end.

The Americans close Group B with a 2-1 record and will return to the hardwood on Wednesday for the quarterfinals. Men's quarterfinal action begins on Tuesday at Bercy Arena.

In the women's 400m freestyle S7, American Morgan Stickney blazed through the Paris Paralympic pool in a scorching time of 4:53.88 to smash the Paralympic record and win gold. U.S. teammate McKenzie Coan took silver — her seventh Paralympic medal — to continue the American domination. Italian Giulia Terzi collected the bronze.

Italian Simone Barlaam continued the record-breaking afternoon in the pool. He broke his own world record, winning the men's 50m freestyle S9 in 23.90 seconds and securing his fifth Paralympic medal at age 24.

After a strong start in the gold medal game, the U.S. wheelchair rugby team struggled to maintain its momentum and ended up falling to Japan 48-41. It was the first Paralympic gold medal for Japan and the seventh consecutive Paralympic medal for the United States.

The U.S. team was led by Chuck Aoki, who is now the most decorated wheelchair rugby player in U.S. Paralympic history with four medals. Despite the achievement, Aoki couldn't contain his disappointment following the game.

"It sucks," Aoki said. "I wanted this so bad for our team .... I know its a team sport but I can't help but feel like I let everybody down."