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Here's what you should know from the 10th day of competition at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games:

  • The U.S. men's wheelchair basketball team won a historic third straight gold medal after defeating Great Britain 73-69 in the final.
  • The U.S. women's sitting volleyball team won its third straight Paralympic title with a 3-1 win over China in the final.
  • A day after the United States took home gold in the para equestrian team event, Fiona Howard and Rebecca Hart each earned her third gold medals in Paris, and Kate Shoemaker won bronze in the individual freestyle Grade IV event. Their medals cemented the Paris Games as a historic performance for Team USA's para equestrian team.
  • In para cycling, Dennis Connors won his first silver medal in the men's T1-2 road race, Clara Brown won bronze in the women's C1-3 road race, and the U.S. took home bronze in the mixed H1-5 team relay.
  • Jessica Long took gold in the women's 100m butterfly 58 event. It marked her second gold medal in Paris.
  • Ellie Marks won silver in the 100m S6 backstroke on the same day she was named as one of Team USA's Closing Ceremony flag bearers. Mallory Weggemann also won silver in the women's 50m butterfly S7 event.
  • Team USA won bronze in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay in para swimming.
  • In the morning session of para track & Field, American Isaac Jean-Paul jumped 7.2 meters, winning silver in the men's long jump T13.
  • Brittni Mason claimed silver in the women's 200 T47 event in para track and field.
  • Team Cuba won the women's 200m T12 event in para track and field. It was Paralympic athlete Omara Elias' third gold medal in Paris
  • Host France won the blind soccer tournament after defeating Argentina in a shootout in the gold medal match. 
  • Japan teenager Tokito Oda defeated Great Britain's Alfie Hewett in the men's singles gold medal match.

Wheelchair Basketball: Steve Serio gets storybook ending

The United States men’s wheelchair basketball team earned a historic third Paralympic gold medal after a 73-69 win in the final against Great Britain.

In what first appeared to be a smooth match for the U.S., Great Britain was able to claw its way back into the game and make it a dramatic fourth quarter. However, the Americans were able to hold off their opponent and win the game in what was captain Steve Serio’s last Paralympic appearance.

Serio fouled out in the fourth quarter but still left the game on a high after scoring 24 points in the final. 

"The totality of this journey and how much this team has grown up together [means everything]," Serio said after the game. "We've won together, we've lost together. To cap off my Team USA career with a win like this with a group of 12 athletes that I love, with a great staff in the team, these are what dreams are made of."

With the victory, the U.S. became the first team to win three straight Paralympic titles in wheelchair basketball.

Sitting Volleyball: U.S. women win back-to-back-to-back gold medal

Team USA’s women’s sitting volleyball team also won a third straight gold medal. The 12-player team defeated China, who they've played in the last four Paralympic finals, in four sets.

After losing their opening pool-play match to China, the Americans were able to get their revenge and win an unprecedented third consecutive Paralympic title in sitting volleyball.

The U.S. flexed its muscles throughout the tournament as the team swept France and Italy in pool play, then took down Brazil in the semifinals.

Para Cycling: Connors finds gap for silver, U.S. rides to relay bronze

In a fight to the finish line, USA’s Dennis Connors outcycled four riders to claim silver in the men's T1-2 road race. At the last moment, he found the gap between the Colombian and German riders and sprinted to the end. 

After the race, Connors said he knew he had to conserve his energy and “finish on E,” the same advice he gives his daughter's soccer team. He also noted he was proud to race for Team USA and earn his first medal in his Paralympic debut.

“It means the world being able to represent my county,” Connors said. “It’s a special, special thing to me, being a veteran, a Marine.”

Connors' medal was one of three earned by Team USA on the road on Saturday.

Clara Brown won bronze in the women's C1-3 road race, and three Americans — Travis Gaertner (H4), Kate Brim (H2) and Matt Tingley (H4) — raced to bronze behind France and Italy in the mixed H1-5 team relay. The Americans finished the relay with a time of 25:50, just 34 seconds from silver.

Para Swimming: Queen Long shows her royalty once again

The queen of the pool showed her dominance once again at the Paris Games. 

Jessica Long won the women’s 100m butterfly S8, marking her second gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics. 

It was a close race for the six-time Paralympian, but she was able to outlast Neutral Paralympic Athlete Viktoriia Ischiulova to win the event. 

It is now 18 Paralympic gold medals for Long, and it’s something that she said reflects all the hard work she puts into her craft. 

“I hope this is a testament to how I reset, but it's also a testament to my coach,” she said. “He started working with me just in June. Before the race, I told him that I felt content and I was just happy with whatever happened. I just can't believe it. It was shocking [winning my 18th gold medal].”

In another event, American Ellie Marks won silver in the 100m backstroke S6. Marks, who will be one of the flag bearers for the U.S. in the Closing Ceremony, finished her Paris Paralympic campaign with a total of five silver medals. In total, she now has 10 Paralympic medals for her career.

"I don't know that it feels real yet,” Marks said of her results in Paris.