Our Brazil is huge at the Paris Paralympics!
Paris 
> Tokyo 
?
Image: Olympic Games Website
As the end of the Paralympics approaches, comparisons with previously achieved results begin.
At the moment, the medal table is very difficult to predict, since the closer we get to the end, the more finals and medal disputes there will be per day, increasing the possibilities of variation in the table.
On the other hand, we can indeed start to look at how Brazil appears to have evolved in comparison to other countries.
In Tokyo, we finished the competition in 7th place in the overall medal table, behind the already known powers (China, Great Britain, the United States and Russia), as well as the Netherlands and Ukraine.
At the moment, in Paris, we are in 4th place, behind only China, Great Britain and the United States, and we are only 3 gold medals behind the Americans.
TOP 5 is dreaming too much?
For Agripino and Jacques, gold alone is not enough 
Júlio Cesar Agripino (left) and Yeltsin Jacques (right) on the 5000m podium Image: Wander Roberto/CPB
Two-time Olympic champion and great hope for a medal, Júlio César Agripino did not feel the pressure and put the 5000m T11 race in his pocket.
In addition to the expected gold, Júlio César also made history in the category with an incredible 14min48s85 . The mark was achieved with a pace of 2:48min/km, an average of an absurd 20.3 km/h.
In addition to Agripino's gold, we also had a double with Yeltsin Jacques' bronze.
What is the T11 category? The acronym T11 indicates that the race in question was contested by visually impaired athletes, in which each athlete ran accompanied by a guide.
In the 1500m T11, the situation was reversed. Yeltsin won gold with a world record, while Júlio Cesar completed the double with bronze.
The new world record time is 3m55s82, and surpasses the time that Jacques himself had achieved in his gold medal in Tokyo 2020, when he finished the 1500m in 3m57s60.
Brazil: the country of the Paralympic 100m?
Apparently, there is no one to beat in the 100m at the Paralympics, neither in the men's nor in the women's!
In the women's T11 category, Jerusa Geber broke the world record for the event with 11.80s, and this was only the semifinal. Regardless of whether she beats this time in the final, expectations are high for another Brazilian gold medal!
In the men's category, Petrúcio Ferreira and Ricardo Gomes were also champions in their respective categories.
In the T47, Petrúcio won his third Olympic gold, and celebrated jokingly saying that by the end of his career he won't be able to count his Olympic achievements on his fingers (the athlete in question is missing part of his left arm).
In the T37 category, Ricardo Gomes Mendonça won his first Olympic gold after taking bronze at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
What are the T37 and T47 categories?
The T37 category is for athletes with movement disorders and moderate lack of motor coordination on one side of the body.
T47 is for athletes with upper limb disabilities.