The third day of the Paris Paralympics featured Team USA's first para cycling medal, the U.S. beating Germany in wheelchair rugby, and much more. Catch up on the top stories and highlights from Super Saturday here.

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• The United States wheelchair rugby team renewed podium hopes with a tough point-for-point win over Germany.
• In the morning in Para track & field, China's Zhao Yuping broke the world record in women's javelin F13 with a 47.06m throw. U.S.'s B Hatz won bronze in women’s long jump T64, while the Netherlands took home silver and gold. 
• A 5-4 win over the host country gave the U.S. men's goalball team an exciting first win in Paris. It was a close game with America's 101 throws and 91 blocks against France's 100 throws and 79 blocks. 
• "Very blessed": American para track & field athlete Susannah Scaroni said after winning silver in the women’s 5000m T54. She and gold medalist Catherine Debrunner (Switzerland) led the pack with Scaroni using sprint speed in the last 400m to the finish line. 
• 18-year-old Elouan Gardon took home the U.S.’s first para cycling medal of the Paris Paralympics. Gardon beat Franz-Josef Lasser of Austria in the Men's C5 4000m Individual Pursuit bronze final. 

After Team USA lost 45-42 to Japan in their second match of tournament, the wheelchair rugby team won 57-47 over Germany in a matchup not seen since the 2004 Athens Paralympics.

While Germany was a less experienced team than Japan, the U.S. struggled to bring urgency and cohesion to their game. In the second quarter, there were two turnovers before the U.S. scored the final goal.

The tide took a downturn in the third quarter as Germany improved their strategy and Chuck Aoki was fouled. Despite the pressure, the team pulled through in the fourth quarter with Aoki and Sarah Adam pushing through the one-goal game to victory. 

The win propels Team USA to the semifinals with a second-place rank in the tournament. Their next opponent will be determined in the Canada against Japan game on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Semifinals start Sunday, Sept. 1 at 5:30 a.m.

The U.S. men successfully held off the Netherlands by defeating the Dutch 60-34. 

The first half had a slow start but ultimately the U.S. led the game as the Netherlands tried to close the gap. The defense continually applied pressure as Jake Williams scored 13 points in the first half. The Netherlands Mendel Op Den Orth pushed the teams offense forward. 

The U.S. women also took on the Netherlands, the reigning Paralympic wheelchair basketball champions, and fell short by a score of 69-56. Mariska Beijer could not be stopped, leading the Dutch with 34 points. Rose Hollermann led the U.S. with 21 in an overall poor shooting day for the Americans.

Two American para-swimming stars in opposite stages of their careers found their way to the top of the podium with gold medal performances Saturday.

First, Paralympic rookie Olivia Chambers captured her first career gold medal in the women's 400m freestyle S13. Chambers led the entire race, maintaining consistent pace from start to finish to win by nearly two seconds in a time of 4:29.93. 

Later, veteran Mallory Weggemann successfully defended her Tokyo gold in the women's 200m IM SM7 for her fourth career Paralympic gold medal. Countrywoman Julia Gaffney joined Weggemann on the podium in bronze medal position.

Jessica Long, the 29-time Paralympic medalist, competed in her first final of the Paris Games, finishing sixth in the women's 100m backstroke S8.

In a highly-anticipated men's 100m T38 final, Jaydin Blackwell blazed to a gold medal in 10.64 seconds, breaking his own world record by 0.06.

Blackwell's win marked the first gold medal for the United States on the Paris track at the Paralympics, and made up half of a 1-2 finish for Team USA as Ryan Medrano took silver. Nick Mayhugh, the Tokyo gold medalist in the T37 classification of the event before moving up to T38, finished seventh.

Blackwell's gold was followed shortly by Daniel Romanchuk earning his second career Paralympic gold medal, winning the men's 5000m T54 in a close finish ahead of Marcel Hug of Switzerland.