The 2024 Paralympics held its closing ceremony on Sunday, with Team USA taking home a total of 105 medals — the third largest for any competing country.
Seven of these medals were won by the five Georgia athletes who represented The Peach State: track and field runners Ryan Medrano and Jarryd Wallace, swimmers McKenzie Coan and Gia Pergolini, and wheelchair basketball player Bailey Moody.
In her second Olympics competition, Pergolini took home a gold medal in 100-meter backstroke and a silver in 50-meter freestyle in the classification of S13, reserved for para-athletes with vision problems.
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