The US equestrian crew gained three extra medals in Paralympics dressage on Saturday.
PARIS, France — The US equestrian crew gained three extra medals in Paralympics dressage on Saturday, and Fiona Howard and Rebecca Hart clinched their third gold medals of the Paris Video games.
The Paralympic debutant Howard gained the Grade II particular person freestyle and the veteran Hart gained it in Grade III. Earlier, teammate Kate Shoemaker claimed bronze in Grade IV.
Riders compete in 5 grades, with Grade I for essentially the most severely impaired riders.
Howard and Hart beforehand gained particular person golds this week and helped the U.S. win the crew occasion on Friday.
Lengthy could it proceed
American swimmer Jessica Long prolonged her mammoth Paralympics medal assortment to 31 with gold within the S8 100-meter butterfly.
She gained in 1 minute, 10.59 seconds at La Défense Area, ending one second away from Viktoriia Ishchiulova. Britain’s Alice Tai was third.
The 32-year-old Lengthy additionally gained the ladies’s 400 freestyle on Wednesday.
Her Paralympic profession began when she was 12 and gained three golds on the 2004 Athens Video games.
S8 is for swimmers with the absence of limbs. Lengthy is a double amputee.
