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North Africa Has Biggest Medal Haul at Tokyo Paralympics

Despite initial skepticism and local opposition, the delayed Tokyo Paralympics Games eventually turned out to be a huge success, with Japanese athletes performing exceptionally well to finish 11th on the log with 51 medals (13 gold, 15 silver and 23 bronze), writes Elias Makori for the Daily Nation. China finished at the top of the medals table with 207 medals (96 gold, 60 silver and 51 bronze) with Great Britain second on 124 (41-38-45) followed in third place by USA with 104 medals (37-36-31).

North Africa led the African nations with Tunisia the top-ranked from the continent with 11 medals (4-5-2) in 28th place. Algeria came in 29th on an inferior silver count with 12 medals (4-4-4) and Morocco 30th (4-4-3). Kenya, jointly with eight other nations, was at the basement of the medals table with one bronze won in the women's T11 (visually impaired athletes) 1,500 metres by Nancy Chelangat Koech.

The next Paralympic Games will be held in Paris in 2024.

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Paralympics symbol and some participating sporting codes

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