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Australia tops medal standings with 6 golds at Paralympics

Published : 26 Aug 2021, 00:07

DF News Desk

Paige Greco (C) of Australia, Wang Xiaomei (L) of China and Denise Schindler of Germany pose for pictures during the award ceremony after the women's C1-3 3000m individual pursuit final at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Izu, Japan, Aug. 25, 2021. Photo: Xinhua by Du Xiaoyi.

Australia on Wednesday won six golds, topping the medal standings with 10 medals on the first day of the Tokyo Paralympics, while China is in the close second with five golds, reported Xinhua.

Cyclist Paige Greco bagged the first gold of the Games for Australia, winning the women's track cycling C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit event. Greco also refreshed the previous C3 class world record which she created in the qualification on the same day.

"It feels amazing," Greco said. "I still can't believe it. I keep looking down and seeing (the gold medal). It's not really sunk in yet."

It was the first of the 24 gold medals up for grabs on Wednesday as the Games kicked off after a year's delay due to COVID-19.