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Not meant to be

American Frasure settles for silver again

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American Brian Frasure again failed to win a gold medal, finishing second in the 200-meter final. Nick Laham/Allsport

By Luba Vangelova, Special to CNNSI.com

It just wasn't meant to be a golden Paralympic Games for Brian Frasure. After coming in second to Marlon Shirley in the 100 meters on Saturday, Frasure again had to settle for silver on Wednesday, this time in the 200 meters.

Australia's Neil Fuller won the race in a photo finish.

Crossing the line, Frasure stumbled and injured his shoulder. American Roderick Green, the bronze medalist, supported his teammate and fellow amputee as they left the track.

In another dramatic photo finish, Zimbabwe's Elliot Mujaji, who is without a right arm, won his country's first medal of these Games. Following his victory in his 100-meter race (in a time of 11.13 seconds), he ran around signing autographs for eager young fans.

No cameras were needed to determine who won the intellectually disabled women's 800-meter race; Poland's Barbara Biegonowska finished far ahead of the field and set a new world record in the process.

Australia's Louise Sauvage also had a good evening. After finishing second to Cheri Petitclerc in the 800 meters Sunday evening, she pulled out a victory in Wednesday night's 1,500-meter wheelchair race to earn her first gold of the Games. American Jean Driscoll placed second.

Thailand's Prawat Wahoram and Australia's Tim Sullivan, meanwhile, continued their winning ways. Wahoram won his second wheelchair racing gold, in the 5,000 meters; Sullivan won his third gold, in a cerebral palsy 100-meter running race.

Storylines

The U.S. wheelchair basketball team beat Australia, 62-54, in front of a record crowd of 16,409 spectators. The U.S. will play the Netherlands in Thursday's semifinals, when they'll be looking to avenge their preliminary-round loss to the Dutch. The American wheelchair rugby team also posted a victory, beating Switzerland in its first preliminary game. The U.S. will play Australia Thursday. Another day, another world record for French swimmer Beatrice Hess, who won the 50-meter backstroke for swimmers with no use of their leg and trunk muscles. She now has four golds and four world records (one came in an event in which she finished fourth but was competing outside her normal classification). And she still has two events remaining.

Athlete of the hour

The Czech Republic's Roman Musil, who has cerebral palsy, won two gold medals Wednesday. More remarkable still, they were in two different sports. The first came in the morning in the javelin competition. He then rushed across town to compete in (and win) the tricycle time trial event in road cycling. And earlier in the week, he won gold in the shot put and silver in the discus.

Beauts

Vision-impaired Kenyan runner Henry Wanyoike was on his way to setting a world record in the 5,000 meters Wednesday morning. But his guide (who must accompany and instruct him throughout the race) had trouble finishing. Wanyoike had to support and pull the dehydrated guide over the last 50 meters. He nevertheless set a Paralympic record and won the gold medal. Gotta admire the Australian Paralympians' sense of humor. Their various limb-challenged teams have nicknames such as "The Missing Bits" and "Bits and Pieces." Individual athletes with neurological disorders are often nicknamed "Shakey."

Busts

The U.S. men's goalball team thought it had pulled off a major upset over Germany when it scored a penalty shot with one second remaining to make the score 4-3. But officials overturned a referee's decision to allow the penalty shot. The game thus ended in a 3-3 draw, ending the American team's hopes of advancing to the next round.

Gold rush

Athletics - women's 100m, men's 200m, and other events Equestrian Dressage - mixed individual tests Powerlifting - 67.5kg and 75kg opens Swimming - men's and women's 100m freestyle, 4x100m freestyle relays and other events

On the spot

When the U.S. wheelchair rugby team meets Australia Thursday, the Americans will not only be playing against the home team, but against their old coach, who now works for the Australian side.

 

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