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

  • 19-year-old Ezra Frech has achieved his ultimate goal: He's a Paralympic high jump gold medalist. Frech claimed his second gold medal of the Paris Games, winning the men's high jump T63 final over a pair of tenacious Indian challengers.
  • Another exhilarating day of para track and field featured record-setting golds for U.S. star Jaydin Blackwell, Australian James Turner, Brazilian Yeltsin Jacques, and Lamiya Valiyeva of Azerbaijan. Blackwell posted his second world record of the Paris Paralympics, matching his own world record in the men's 400m T38 final with a time of 48.49 seconds.
  • The U.S. dominated the day in para equestrian, thanks to Rebecca Hart, Fiona Howard, and Roxanne Trunnell, who all claimed medals.
  • Neutral Paralympic Athlete Ihar Boki, already the most successful male Paralympian in history, won his 21st Paralympic gold medal on Tuesday. Boki set a new world record in the men's 200m individual medley SM13 to continue his unparalleled career.
  • Also in the pool, Americans Christie Raleigh Crossley and Leanne Smith set Paralympic records to win gold for the U.S.
  • The U.S. women’s sitting volleyball team advanced to the semifinals after beating Italy with a three-set victory. Heather Erickson led the charge on the block for the Americans.
  • The U.S. men's wheelchair basketball team, on its quest to win three consecutive Paralympic gold medals, cruised past France in its quarterfinal matchup. Jake Williams poured in 23 points, and Brian Bell tacked on 20 in the commanding win. The Americans shot 51% from the floor, holding France to just 36%.
  • In a thrilling comeback, Norway's Tommy Urhaug won his second Paralympic gold medal — and first since 2012 — in the para table tennis men's singles MS5 final.

Para track and field: Frech shines again, records tumble

After falling short of the podium at the Tokyo Paralympics, 19-year-old Ezra Frech has achieved his ultimate goal: He's a Paralympic high jump gold medalist.

In May, French outlined his Paris plan on his Instagram page: "To those rejoicing my demise, you have awoken a beast. I will get the gold back in Paris."

On Tuesday, he did. Frech leapt to gold with a top jump of 1.94 meters, setting a new Paralympic record and approaching his world record of 1.95m. The victory cements Frech's second gold medal of the Paris Games — he won the men's 100m T63 final on Monday. 

Frech finished just ahead of Indian duo Sharad Kumar and Mariyappan Thangavelu, who took silver and bronze, respectively.

As has been the case in Paris, record-breaking times dominated the track at Stade de France on Tuesday.

U.S. star Jaydin Blackwell matched his world record time of 48.49 seconds in the men's 400m T38, winning his second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics. The mark secures Blackwell's second world record of the Paris Paralympics: He prevailed in the 100m T38 final earlier in the Games in a new world record time of 10.64 seconds.

In Tuesday's 400m final, U.S. teammate Ryan Medrano eked out a silver medal finish, squeezing past Colombia's Juan Alejandro Campas Sánchez by 0.18 seconds.

The 400m records kept falling, as Australia's James Turner smashed his previous world record in the men's 400m T36 with a time of 51.54 seconds to win gold, his fourth Paralympic medal and third gold.

Later in the day, Lamiya Valiyeva of Azerbaijan sprinted her way to a world record in the women's 100m T13 final, winning in 11.76 seconds for gold. 

Susannah Scaroni has now racked up three Paralympic medals in Paris. On Tuesday, she raced to bronze in the women’s 1500m T54, finishing behind Swiss athlete Catherine Debrunner, who won gold, and Great Britain's Samantha Kinghorn, the silver medalist.

Brazil's Yeltsin Jacques, alongside guide Guilherme Ademils dos Anjos Santos, also shattered a record. Jacques won gold in the men's 1500m T11 final with a world-record time of 3:55.82.

"After everything I’ve been through, to come here and get a medal is very special, Jacques said. “Now I am going to eat everything I couldn’t before. Eat some sweets — any sweets.

"I always told my guide that I wanted to get the medal, then go to the [Paralympic] Village and eat some pizza, eat some sweets, an ice cream. Then, me and my wife are travelling to Disneyland Paris to celebrate.”

Para swimming: Ihar Boki continues unprecedented dominance

Neutral Paralympic Athlete Ihar Boki is already the most successful male Paralympian in history. On Tuesday, the 30-year-old cemented the latest chapter in his sensational story with a new world record in the men's 200m individual medley SM13 to win a historic 21st Paralympic Gold medal. Boki has now collected five of those golds in Paris, continuing an unparalleled career.

"Every medal means that I was even better than before," Boki said. "Every medal and every record has its own story, its own history. 

"All the medals show and prove that the hard work was worth it. Every medal has a special feeling. I never get bored of that."

Like Boki, Italian Carlotta Gilli collected her fifth medal of the Paris Paralympics on Tuesday, winning gold in the women's 200m individual medley SM13. American Olivia Chambers took silver, finishing just 0.57 seconds behind Gilli.

After securing a silver earlier in these Paralympics, U.S. swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley claimed her first gold medal as she cruised to victory in the women's 100m backstroke S9. Raleigh Crossley's time of 1:07.92 set a new Paralympic record, adding to a slew of records in the Paris Paralympic pool. Nuria Marques Soto of Spain took silver, and Mariana Ribeiro of Brazil secured bronze.

American Leanne Smith also set a new Paralympic record, winning gold in the women's 100m freestyle S3 in a blazing time of 1:28.81.

Para Equestrian: U.S. dressage team golden at Versailles

Team USA owned the day at the para equestrian dressage competition at Versailles. 

Rebecca Hart and her horse Floratina proudly took home gold in women's para equestrian grade 111. This was Hart's fifth Paralympics and her first medal in an individual event.

“It’s been 25 years in the process,” Hart told reporters after the event. "Years of trying to get to this point and being close many, many times. To actually get it, I feel like I'm going to wake up at any moment. It's just surreal. It feels like a dream.” 

In her Paralympic debut, Fiona Howard and her horse Diamond Dunes won gold with 76.93% in the women's para equestrian grade 11 event. Diamond Dunes is a 2013 Hanoverian gelding.

Roxanne Trunnell and her horse Fan Tastico H rounded out the victorious day by taking home silver with a score of 78% in women’s para equestrian Grade 1.