Finland takes six medals in Paralympics
Finland’s Paralympians won six medals at this year’s games in London, the second best total from a Nordic country.
The Finnish team won four gold, one silver and one bronze medal, finishing the games in 32nd place in the overall medal table.
Sweden put in the best Nordic performance with 12 medals: four gold, four silver and four bronze. Norway won a total of eight medals: three gold, two silver and three bronze.
China was the overwhelming leader in the medal table, with a total of 231 medals including 95 golds. Russia came second with 101 medals including 35 gold, and the United Kingdom was third with 118 medals, 33 of which were gold.
The games officially end on Sunday evening with a closing ceremony organisers promise will be a ’festival of the flame’. Jere Forsberg, Finland’s surprise gold medalist in the Archery competition, will carry the Finnish flag during the march of the athletes as they enter the Olympic Stadium.
British band Coldplay will play at the ceremony, which will be streamed live on Yle Areena from 22:30 Finnish time.
Finnish Paralympic medals in London
Gold
Leo-Pekka Tähti (100m T54)
Toni Piispanen (100m T51)
Jere Forsberg (Archery)
Men’s goalball team
Silver
Katja Karjalainen (Equestrianism, Individual Freestyle test)
Bronze
Marjaana Huovinen (Javelin)
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