USA Tokyo Paralympics: medal count and final results

Thobois told reporters that Paris organisers would be as ready as possible to face whatever challenges come their way to deliver a successful games.

"My first reaction (about holding the Games during the pandemic) is that we need to thank our Japanese friends, to be able to pull that off in this particular situation is kind of amazing, it's a remarkable achievement," said Thobois, who was visiting Tokyo for the Paralympics.

"They had to cope with it, and they did a fantastic job. Obviously we hope that in three years from now, this will be behind us, or not in the same level of worries. But definitely we learned from that," he said.

Tokyo medal count

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China were the top nation at the Paralympics with a total of 207 medals of which 96 were gold. The US followed Britain in third place with a total medal count of 104: 37 gold, 36 silver and 31 bronze medals. The US performed well in swimming securing a total of 35 medals in the water with 15 golds along with 10 silver and bronze medals.

Am impressive 41 medal haul was also secured in athletics with 10 golds including a win for the 4 x 100m team. Complimenting the ten golds in track and field were 17 silvers and 14 bronze medals.