PARIS (AP) — A gallery of highlights from the first week of the Paralympics captured by AP photographers at the Paris Games.
Paralympic athlete Araujo dos Santos, of Brazil, spits water to celebrate his victory at the Men’s 100m backstroke -S2 final, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Athletes take part at Men’s 5000m – T11 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Belgium’s Maxime Carabin leads the men’s 400m T52 race at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Hong Kong’s Tse Tak Wah competes against Damian Iskrzycki of Poland during the Men’s Individual preliminary round Boccia game at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Japan’s Takashi Sanada returns a ball as he and teammate Daisuke Arai work against Brazil’s Daniel Rodrigues and Gustavo Carneiro Silva during their men’s double second round match at the Paralympic Games in Paris on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Mady Mertens)
Jayci Simon, 19, left, and Miles Krajewski, 19, from the U.S., compete in their first doubles badminton match in the SH6 classification at Porte La Chapelle Arena during the Paralympic Games, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Samantha Hurley)
Paralympic athlete Arjola Dedaj, of Italy, competes at Women’s Long Jump -T11, in the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Chamberlyn Best gets hugged by her aunt, Brittany Matthews, after Best’s brother Korban Best took silver in the men’s 100 meter T47 race during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathalee Simoneau)
Iran’s Morteza Mehrzadselakjani blocks the ball during the preliminary sitting volleyball match against Brazil during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)
Marlene van Gansewinkel, of the Netherlands, competes at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner reacts after winning the women’s 800 m. T53 final during the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Brazil’s Jeferson da Conceicao Goncalves, left, clears the ball past Turkey’s Semih Deniz and Muhammed Ali Oktem during the blind football preliminary match between Brazil and Turkey, at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)
Wei Wang, of China, competes at Men’s Shot Put – 40 final, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Denmark’ Sebastian Frederiksen, left, makes contact with Britain’ Nick Cummins during the preliminary round wheelchair rugby match between United Kingdom and Denmark, at the Paralympic Games in Paris, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)
Fleur Jong, of the Netherlands, competes at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates by hitting the water after winning the Men’s 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Whitney Bogart dives to catch the ball during during the women’s preliminary round Goalball game against France at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Dominican Republic’s Geraldo Castro, left, competes with Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Al Turayk in a men’s K44 under 63kg Taekwondo round of 16 match, at the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Paralympic athlete Zia Zhou, of China, wins the Women’s 100m -T35 final, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Israel’s Adam Berdichevsky returns the ball to Italy’s Luca Arca during their 2024 Paralympics men’s wheelchair singles tennis tournament first round match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris, France, Friday Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Beatriz Hatz, of the U.S., reacts at Women’s Long Jump -T64 final at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Ukraine’s Mykhailo Serbin competes in the men’s 100 m. backstroke S11 during the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Zakia Khudadadi from the Paralympic Refugee Team, top, celebrates her bronze medal in Para Taekwondo during the Paralympic Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Madeleine Mertens)
Paralympic athlete Ugo Didier, of France, celebrates at the podium after winning the Men’s 400 Freestyle -S9, during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Spectators watch the Women’s Long Jump -T11 final, at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Whitney Bogart, left, and Meghan Mahon of Canada compete during their women’s preliminary round Goalball game against France at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Paralympic athlete Fabiola Ramirez, of Mexico, takes the start at the Women’s 100m Backstroke -S2, during a heats swimming serie at the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Camila Muller, of Brasil, left, competes at Women’s 1500 -T11 at the Stade de France stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Spectators turn on their mobile phone flashlights before the heats swimming serie begins during the 2024 Paralympics, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Canada Colin Higgins attempts to block France’s Robert Hedges shot during their preliminary round men’s wheelchair basketball match during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Avni Trivedi)
Archer Sheetal Devi from India prepares to fire during the Paralympic Games in Paris on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Scheyer)
Ricardo Ten Argiles, from Spain, rides during the Men’s C1 3000m individual pursuit qualifying Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Patrick Bos, of the Netherlands, reacts after winning the gold in the Men’s B 4000m Individual pursuit final with Tristan Bangma, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Blind soccer players from France and China compete in a Preliminary Round Group A – Match 4, at the Eiffel Tower Stadium, during the 2024 Paralympics, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
