Wheelchair racing legend McFadden wins 18th Paralympic medal
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Wheelchair racing legend McFadden wins 18th Paralympic medal

The Hindu  

US wheelchair racing legend Tatyana McFadden won her 18th Paralympic medal on Saturday, while elsewhere at the Tokyo Games charismatic Italian fencer Beatrice "Bebe" Vio attempted to defend her title. McFadden added that it was "quite amazing" that she took the bronze behind US team-mate Susannah Scaroni, who won gold. Away from the track, Italian force of nature Vio, one of the world's most recognisable Paralympians, began the defence of her wheelchair fencing individual foil title from the 2016 Rio Games. - Boccia underway - Also on Saturday, the boccia competition got underway with all four individual gold medallists from the Rio Games returning to defend their titles.

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