Yesterday the Chinese team kept rolling on the penultimate day of the Paralympics, raking in seven more gold medals to lead the medal count with 87 golds and 207 medals in total. Great Britain was a distant second on the ladder with 42 golds and 102 medals, and the United States third with 36 golds and 98 medals overall.
China's pocketing of gold yesterday came mainly from the track. Wang Fang wrapped up her second Paralympics trip with a "double-double" as the 25-year-old Chinese added the 100m T36 gold to her 200m title. She won both events in Athens in 2004, too. Also at the Bird's Nest stadium, the Chinese were triumphant in two relay events - men's 4x100m relay T11-13 and women's 4x100m T53-54. Meanwhile, China claimed three team events in table tennis, and Qi Dong snatched the host nation's ninth gold in weightlifting.

South African sensation Oscar Pistorius completed a hat trick of gold medals in sprint events yesterday. Meanwhile, Canadian wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc reached the top of the podium for the fifth time after she clocked the fastest time of 3 minutes 39.88 seconds in women's 1,500m T54 final.
Eight gold medals are up for grab today. The highly-anticipated event will be the men's football final. The Chinese football team for the blind, which participated in the games for the first time, will compete with the Brazilian world Champions in the final of the five-player football match.
The Paralympic Games will be ending tonight.
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