U.S. Paralympic Taking pictures Staff Earns 9 Medals at 2024 Arequipa Grand Prix
By Brittany Nelson, USAS Public Relations & Communications Supervisor
COLO SPRGS, CO (July 16, 2024) – The U.S. Paralympic taking pictures crew earned a powerful 9 medals on the 2024 World Taking pictures Paralympic Taking pictures (WSPS) Arequipa Grand Prix, July 7-13, the final competitors earlier than the Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games this summer time.
Lots of the athletes that medaled are on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Staff to incorporate Kevin Nguyen, McKenna Geer, Marco De La Rosa, and Jazmin Almlie-Ryan. Geer, Rio 2016 Paralympic bronze medalist, additionally punched her ticket to the Paris video games at this Peruvian competitors. Geer completed first in the usParalympic trials in R4 Combined 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 again in April however wanted to shoot a minimal qualification rating (MQS) at a world competitors earlier than she might be named to the crew. Geer shot larger than the wanted rating on the Arequipa grand prix, formally incomes her spot on the Video games this summer time.
Nguyen, Geer, De La Rosa, and Almlie-Ryan all earned two medals on the grand prix, a powerful feat for a world competitors. Leah Groggett earned a bronze medal in P2 Ladies’s 10m Air Pistol SH1, bringing the USA medal depend to 9. In actual fact, the ushad the very best medal depend out of all of the nations competing. Cuba completed second total with 5 medals.
Brenda Silva, the U.S. nationwide Paralympic coach, was acknowledged for our nations highest total medal depend. The vary that the competitors was held at, Membership Internacional Arequipa, was additionally celebrating their a hundred and thirtieth anniversary.
See beneath for the complete medal outcomes:
McKenna Geer: Gold, R4 Combined 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2
Jazmin Almlie-Ryan: Bronze, R4 Combined 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2
Marco De La Rosa: Gold, P3 Combined 25m Sport Pistol SH1
Kevin Nguyen: Gold, R3 Combined 10m Air Rifle Susceptible SH1
Jazmin Almlie-Ryan: Silver, R5 Combined 10m Air Rifle Susceptible SH2
McKenna Geer: R5 Bronze, Combined 10m Air Rifle Susceptible SH2
Marco De La Rosa: Silver, P1 Males’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
Leah Groggett: Bronze, P2 Ladies’s 10m Air Pistol SH1
Kevin Nguyen: Silver, R6 Combined 50m Susceptible Rifle SH1
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games kick off this summer time Aug. 28 in France. View the complete U.S. Paralympic taking pictures crew roster right here, the taking pictures schedule right here, and our watch information for the video games right here.
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