Paris Paralympics Sept. 6 recap, highlights: Hunter Woodhall electrifies the track, U.S. to play for wheelchair basketball gold (2024)

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Here's what you should know from the ninth day of competition at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games:

  • Ageless wonders Sarah Storey and Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac each won gold medals to bolster their legendary résumés. Storey won gold in the women's C4-5 road race final for her 30th career Paralympic medal. Bieganowska-Zajac defended her women's 1500m T20 title for the fourth consecutive Paralympics.
  • Americans Derek Loccident and Michael Brannigan added to Team USA's impressive haul of para track and field medals. Brannigan took bronze in the men's 1500m T20 final, finishing behind new world record holder Ben Sandilands of Great Britain.
  • The U.S. women's wheelchair basketball team will play for gold, thanks to a three-point, come-from-behind win over China. Rose Hollermann's 20 points and a massive rebounding advantage assured the American victory, which avenged their Tokyo Paralympic loss to China. They'll face the defending champion Netherlands in the final.
  • Japan's Yui Kamiji took down world No. 1 Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, a five-time Paralympic medalist, to win gold in the women's wheelchair tennis singles final, while the British team of Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid triumphed in the men's doubles final on Court Philippe Chatrier.
  • A strong day in the pool for Team USA saw gold medals won by Leanne Smith and Christie Raleigh Crossley and silver medals for Ali Truwit and Noah Jaffe.

Para track and field: Hunter Woodhall captures 400m gold

Just one month ago, Hunter Woodhall sat trackside at the Stade de France, cheering on as his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall, as she draped herself in gold in the women's long jump. In a poetic reversal of roles, on Friday it was Tara in the stands watching, and cheering, as Hunter made his own golden moment.

Woodhall won the men's 400m T62 final with a time of 46.36 seconds, clinching his fifth Paralympic medal and first gold and sparking an emotional celebration between husband and wife.

"It's been so hard to keep the emotions under control with just everything that's gone on the past few weeks. It's surreal," Woodhall said. "I've got to give a shoutout to Tara, she won the gold medal and humbled herself for three weeks, waiting for me, waiting to celebrate that moment, instilling confidence, energy and emotion in me. I can't thank her enough."

Earlier on the track, a historic men's 1500m T20 final highlighted the morning action at Stade de France. Great Britain's Ben Sandilands won gold in world record fashion, crossing the line in 3:45.40 to squeeze by the record of 3:45.50 set in 2017 by American Michael Brannigan.

"I knew I had it [in me] from all my training," Sandilands said. "I got the race right tactically and just went for it."

On Friday, Brannigan finished four seconds behind Sandilands to take home bronze, which is the second Paralympic medal of his career. Portugal's Sandro Baessa secured silver with a lifetime best of 3:49.46.

Moments after the men's final, the women's 1500m T20 final featured a familiar name topping the podium: Poland's Barbara Bieganowska-Zajac, 43, won her fourth consecutive Paralympic gold medal in the event. The Polish icon coasted to victory in 4:26.06 to add to a sensational Paralympic career that began at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Records then continued to fall as American Derek Loccident set a new men's high jump T64 Paralympic record, clearing 2.06 meters to claim silver. Loccident's leap fell just .02m shy of gold medalist Kumar Praveen of India. For Loccident, a 26-year-old from Oklahoma City, the silver marks his first Paralympic medal.

"I just wanted to compete at my best, give it my all," Loccident said. "That’s what we’re here to do, just leave it all out there.”

Para cycling: Sarah Storey wins gold No. 19

Sarah Storey's Paralympic career began at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, where she took home six swimming medals at age 14.

A generation later in Paris, the British legend claimed her 19th career gold medal, winning the women's C4-5 road race final in a razor-thin finish, edging France's Heidi Gaugain.

Storey, competing in her ninth Paralympic Games this summer, continues to catapult up the list of all-time great Paralympians. She now owns 30 medals and hasn't ruled out competing at the 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics, when she'll be 50 years old.

"I need to enjoy this one first, to quote Simone Biles," Storey said. "But absolutely never say never to anything. But this just needs to sink in. It was actually one of the most exciting races that we had. From the word go it was full gas."

Wheelchair basketball: U.S. tops China, gold medal game next

After trailing by three at halftime, the U.S. women's wheelchair basketball team stormed back to eke out a 50-47 win over China and storm into Sunday's gold medal game.

With the win, the Americans avenged their narrow semifinal loss to the Chinese at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, where the U.S. took bronze. Rose Hollermann powered the Americans with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Becca Murray and Ixhelt Gonzalez chipped in 12 and 11 points, respectively. The U.S. smothered China on the glass, outrebounding their opponents 39-28.

The U.S. will face the Netherlands, who beat Canada 72-61 in the other semifinal, for the gold. The Netherlands is the reigning Paralympic and world champion.

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Paris Paralympics Sept. 6 recap, highlights: Hunter Woodhall electrifies the track, U.S. to play for wheelchair basketball gold (2024)

FAQs

What event did Hunter Woodhall win? ›

This was the culmination of years of relentless training, a moment of destiny. As he surged ahead Friday in the final strides of the men's T62 400-meter sprint, crossing the line at 46.36 seconds, Woodhall felt the weight of his journey lift, replaced by the overwhelming thrill of winning a Paralympic gold medal.

Who is Hunter Woodhall married to? ›

After receiving his gold medal for an electrifying performance in the men's 400m T62 final, American Para athlete Hunter Woodhall found his wife, Olympian Tara Davis-Woodhall, in the crowd to celebrate. In early August, it was Hunter cheering on Tara, as she won Olympic women's long jump gold.

Why did Hunter Woodhall get kicked out of the NCAA? ›

Hunter Woodhall made history in track and field, but N.C.A.A. restrictions on athletes' earnings drove him out of college sports. There has never been another college athlete like Hunter Woodhall. At the University of Arkansas, he earned all-American status as a sprinter for a highly ranked track team.

How fast did Hunter Woodhall run? ›

American sprinter Hunter Woodhall won a gold medal in the 400-meter T62 event at the Paralympics on Friday, joining his wife as a fellow gold medalist. Woodhall completed the race in 46.36 seconds, 0.54 seconds faster than second-place finisher Johannes Floors.

What does Hunter Woodhall do for a living? ›

Hunter Woodhall (born February 17, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in Men's 400 m T62 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, following a bronze medal in the same event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Georgia, U.S.

When did Tara and Hunter start dating? ›

They started dating in 2017

Tara Davis and Hunter Woodhall. After their initial meeting, Davis and Woodhall followed each other on social media, stayed in touch and officially started dating that summer in June 2017.

How did Tara and Hunter meet? ›

How did Tara and Hunter meet? The couple met for the first time at the Simplot Games indoor athletics meet in Idaho in 2017. Hunter says he was leaving the track after running the 400m when Tara walked onto the track and said, “I don't know why, but I just feel like I need to give you a hug.”

How many medals did Hunter Woodhall win? ›

Hunter Woodhall now has four Paralympic medals. Such celebrations come loaded with almost every conceivable emotion, being a commemoration of each athlete's specific journey to the Games. Woodhall was born with a fused right ankle and a condition called fibular hemimelia, which affected his left leg.

What event did John Baxter Taylor win in? ›

Taylor was undeniably the outstanding quarter-miler in the world in 1907. He also won the AAU 440-yard championship in Norfolk, Va., on September 7th.

What is 400m T62? ›

Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Woodhall outran Germany Johannes Floors and the Netherlands' Olivier Hendriks to take first place in the T62 400m, categorized by double amputee para-athletes who run with prosthetic legs.

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