| Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 81 | 81 | |
| Canada | 78 | 69 | 70 | |
| Brazil | 41 | 40 | 60 | |
| Cuba | 36 | 27 | 34 |
Toronto 2015 chief executive Saad Rafi believes the Parapan American Games have helped the city’s population to better understand the needs of Para-sport athletes.
A special report by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk has found that the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games ended up over budget.
BaAM Productions have been named as the winners in the Best Entertainment Production category at the Canadian Event Industry Awards, for their work on the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games closing ceremony.
Toronto Police have issued warrants for two Brazilian football players, Lucas Piazon and Andrey De Silva Ventura, for an alleged sexual assault on a 20-year-old woman during the Pan American Games in the Toronto city earlier this year.
The CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre, which staged swimming during the recent Parapan American Games, has been officially handed back to the University of Toronto Scarborough and City of Toronto by Games organisers, it has been announced.
Peru's Gladys Tejeda has been stripped of the gold medal she won in the marathon at July's Pan American in Toronto as the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) notified National Olympic Committees of a further six athletes being banned for doping today.
Jose Luis Campo, President of the Americas Paralympic Committee, hailed the Parapan American Games as the "best ever" at the event's Closing Ceremony in Toronto's Nathan Philips Square.
Canada’s wheelchair rugby team came from behind to defeat arch-rivals the United States in the Parapan American Games gold medal match, victory also securing them a place at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
Dion Townsend-Roberts produced a world record in the final of the men’s F42/44/47 high jump to claim Parapan American Games gold for the United States, while there were a further two world records in athletics events on the seventh day of the Games.
Toronto residents are being urged by civic and sport leaders to fill up all the Parapan American Games venues this Saturday (August 15) in a bid to finish the event on a high.
Cuba’s Lorenzo Perez set the second swimming world record of the Parapan American Games in Toronto to claim gold in the men’s 100 metres freestyle S6 event.
American sprinter Jarryd Wallace set a world record in the 100 metres T43/44 final this evening to claim gold at the Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Cuba’s Omara Duran recorded the fastest 100 metres time ever by a female Para-athlete on the first day of athletics at the Parapan American Games in Toronto.
Hosts Canada enjoyed a stunning second day of swimming at the Parapan American Games in Toronto, claiming 15 of the 30 medals available in the evening session, including five golds.
Brazil and Mexico claimed seven gold medals on the opening day of the Parapan American Games in Toronto, with swimming proving to be a fruitful sport for both countries.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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