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UPDATED: 16:09, September 25, 2004
China's dominance continued in Athens Paralympic Games
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China continued its dominance in gold medal tally of the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games Friday, grabbing six more golds in athletics, swimming and powerlifting.

China has so far collected 36 gold medals in the 7-day competitions.

As of Friday, Britain maintained the second place with a total of 24 golds, followed by Australia, Ukraine and France.

In athletics, China was the leader of the day with three gold medals as Tunis, Australia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Canada got two golds each.

Germany was the biggest winner in swimming pool, claiming three gold medals while China, South Africa and United States added two golds to their medal tally each.

Four gold medals in cycling road were shared by Denmark, Austria, Slovakia and Australia.

Sweden and Norway grabbed one equestrian gold medal respectively as Australia and Britain got one gold each in wheelchair tennis.

Egypt emerged as a powerhouse in powerlifting, claiming two gold medals and the rest one was obtained by China.

There are four more days left for the Athens Games, the largest ever Paralympic event with over 3,850 athletes competing in 19 sports.


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