The 2024 Paralympic Games were one for the ages. From exciting finishes to historic milestones to inspirational accomplishments, there were plenty of moments in Paris that will live on in the memories of Paralympic fans for years to come.

Below is a compilation of a few of the standout moments from these Paralympic Games.

Ezra Frech, 19, was laser-focused on winning the high jump T63 event and avenging his fifth-place finish from Tokyo 2020. Instead, his first gold medal came in the 100m T63 race in which — reminiscent of Noah Lyles in the 100m Olympic final — he started the race near the back and then surged to the front with an incredible burst of speed.

"I'm quite shocked. I’m still taking it in right now," Frech said after the race. "I was definitely not expecting to go out there and win."

The next day, Frech cleared 1.94 meters and earned the high jump victory he wanted so badly, giving him his second gold medal.

Ever since his first Paralympic appearance at London 2012, Matt Stutzman has captivated fans. Born without arms, he uses his feet to load the arrows and a special release to fire them — a technique that was entirely self-taught.

Stutzman, known as the "Armless Archer," won his first Paralympic gold medal in Paris, and his path was full of tense, exciting moments. He hit a perfect bullseye to win a one-arrow shootoff in the Round of 16, defeated his quarterfinal opponent by a single point, then won another shootoff in the semifinals. During the final, he set a Paralympic record by scoring 149 out of a possible 150 points.

"[I'm] 99% sure this is my last Games," Stutzman said in an interview with NBC Olympics afterward. "So, my first Games was a silver, my last Games was a gold. And the storyline that made this all happen was pretty much perfect shooting, a Paralympic record during those matches, as well as a one-arrow shootoff that is the most perfect bullseye supposedly ever happening in competition. I don't think you can really top it."

At her debut Paralympics, Ali Truwit collected a pair of silver medals (400m freestyle S10, 100m backstroke S10) in para swimming.

Truwit, 24, was a member of the able-bodied swimming team at Yale University but lost her leg in a shark attack in May 2023. She's had little time to recover (both physically and mentally), get back in the water, relearn to swim, and ultimately win a Paralympic medal.

“I’ve had so many moments where I open up my camera roll and look at where I was a year ago today,” Truwit told NBCOlympics. “To think about those fears and tears and all the moments of learning life with a prosthetic and to think about where I’m at now is just a surreal moment for me.”

The United States became the first country to win three straight gold medals in wheelchair basketball and sent Steve Serio out on top with a perfect tournament that culminated in a 73-69 win over Great Britain in the men's final.

Serio, a five-time Paralympian who played a key role in all three gold medals, announced that he would be retiring after the Paralympics.

"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," he said afterward.

Sitting at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the blind soccer stadium was one of the standout venues of the 2024 Paris Paralympics. It was also the site of one of the indelible moments of the Games — France beating Argentina in a shootout to win a gold medal in front of a raucous home crowd.

Ever since blind soccer debuted at the 2004 Athens Games, every iteration of the tournament has been won by Brazil. But a semifinal defeat — also via shootout — at the hands of South American rival Argentina ensured that a new winner would be crowned in Paris. In the final, France and Argentina played to a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation before Frederic Villeroux ultimately put the winning penalty kick into the back of the net.

One of the most captivating athletes at the Paralympics was Brazilian para swimmer Gabriel Araujo, who won three gold medals in Paris to bring his career tally to five.

Born with a condition called phocomelia, Araujo has atrophied legs and no arms. His unique method of swimming has earned him the nickname "Rocket Man," and his infectious celebrations have endeared him to legions of Paralympic fans.

Araujo won gold in the S2 class in the 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 100m backstroke.

The United States earned silver in wheelchair rugby, losing to Japan in the final. Although the U.S. team was hoping for gold, there were still plenty of positives for the players.

Among the silver linings was the debut of Sarah Adam, who became the first woman to play on the U.S. wheelchair rugby team at the Paralympics. She played a pivotal role throughout the tournament, including in the gold medal game, where her 14 tries tied Chuck Aoki for the team lead.

“It's a really exciting time for females in sport and finally getting some recognition and visibility,” Adam told NBC Olympics. “To be a small piece of that puzzle has been really exciting. Honestly, to be able to do it amongst this team in particular who embraced me from the beginning and treated me as no different than any other teammate has been really fun.”

For the fifth straight Paralympics, the United States and China faced off in the gold medal match for women's sitting volleyball. And for the third straight time, the U.S. was victorious.

After splitting the first two sets, the Americans reeled off back-to-back wins in Sets 3 and 4 to take the match victory. It was a reversal from both teams' opening match of the tournament in which China defeated the U.S. in four sets during pool play.

With a time of 46.36 seconds, Hunter Woodhall raced to gold in the men's 400m T62 final. It was the fifth Paralympic medal of his career but the first gold for the three-time Paralympian.

Cheering wildly from the stands was his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall. Just one month prior, Hunter was the one in the stands watching Tara win her first Olympic gold in the women's long jump.