Power in Paralympic Sports, Brazil has achieved important results in the last two weeks, in Singapore and India, Singapore and India Worlds.
At the Paralympic Athletics World Cup, the country reached, for the first time, the leadership in the medal board.
During the competition played in New Delhi, between September 26 and October 5, Brazil won 15 gold, 20 silver and nine bronzes, with a total of 44 medals. China was in second place, with 13 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronzes, 52 in total.
In 12 editions, this was only the second time the Chinese were not in the lead in the medal board.
The first had been in 2013 in Lyon when the Russians stayed in front and the Chinese occupied sixth place.
Until then, the best Brazilian campaign had been in Kobe, Japan, in 2024, when the country ended second in the medal board, behind China. There were 42 podiums, 19 gold medals.
“The result was spectacular. It was a paralympics level competition, with new athletes coming to the next cycle, besides the already consecrated,” Jonas Freire, CPB high performance director, told the Sheet.
In Paris-2024, Brazil had won ten gold medals in the athletics races, with an “incredible evolution” in an interval of approximately 12 months.
According to Freire, although they are different competitions, it is possible to compare the paralympics with the worlds, given that the level of athletes who participate in the two is usually similar.
“It’s not a year’s work. It’s a long -term work, almost eight years, which is now culminating in these results,” Freire said.
Among the medalists in India, familiar names of the Brazilian public went back to the highest place of the podium, such as Petrúcio Ferreira, owner of three golds in Paralympics and who became a five-time world champion in the 100-meter race in the T47 category (with disabilities in the upper limbs), and Jerusa Geber, who won two gold –100 me 200 m (visual deficiency)-and became the largest category-and became the largest category-and became the largest Country medalist in Worlds, with 13 podiums.
Also highlighted were newly named names in World Cup, such as Potiguar Clara Daniele, who crossed second in the 200 meter race in the T12 category (visual impairment), but took over the gold after the arbitration disqualified the Venezuelan Alejandra Paola Lopez, by interference from the guide athlete.
According to the CPB director, the year 2026 will not have major international competitions on the calendar, with specific planning with athletes and their coaches to keep them focused and motivated.
“In 2027, we will have the World Cup again, besides the Parapan American, important and already preparatory events for the Los Angeles games,” Freire said. “The focus now is to keep the good results for the next three years to repeat the performance we had in the World Cup.”
Gabrielzinho and Carol Santiago lead Brazil at the Swimming World Cup
At the Swimming World Cup, which took place between September 21 and 27, the Brazilian team ended the competition in sixth, with 39 medals, 13 of gold. The lead was from Italy, with 46 medals, 18 gold.
The best campaign in Brazil was on Madeira Island, in Portugal, in 2022, when he won 53 medals, 19 gold, and third place in the general board.
In the previous edition, in Manchester, England, in 2023, the Brazilian National Team was fourth in the general staff, with 46 medals, 16 gold.
The country’s main names during the Paralympics in France, when the country returned with seven gold, Gabrielzinho and Carol Santiago again led the Brazilian team.
Owner of six Paralympic medals, three of them in Paris, Gabrielzinho won three more gold at the Singapore World Cup-50 me 100 m back and in the 200 m in the S2 category (physical-motor limitations)-with three-time world champion in the three.
Carol Santiago has won four more golds in worldwide – 100 m back in the S12 category (swimmers with small but still significant visual impairment) and in the 50 m free, 100 m free and 4 × 100 m medley relay in the S2 category (severe physical disability) – raising the total podiums in the competition to 23.
“Carol and Gabrielzinho are two surpluses who have everything to lead this group in getting medals and also in the experience,” said Freire.
He also drew attention to promising names of the new generation, case of Paulista Alessandra Oliveira, 17. The athlete participated in CPB projects since the first sports initiations still in childhood and earned the title and the world record in the 100 meters chest, in the SB4 category (physical-motor impairment).
“Some of our athletes have made their best brands, other world records and the Americas, and we have new athletes emerging. This brings great perspectives.”
