Paris, France — With three days left in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the U.S. is firmly securing itself at the top of the medal ranks. Team USA is third overall, but is right on Great Britain’s heels with plenty of medals still to be awarded.

Team USA’s medal count is 77 (27 gold, 33 silver, 17 bronze).

Beginning with para shooting, John Joss III and Kevin Nguyen competed in the R6 mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 qualification round, posting scores of 619.2 and 618.6 respectively. Those scores placed them in 14th and 15th, but only the top eight shooters advanced to the finals. Team USA’s para shooting events have come to an end.

East of Paris in Clichy-Sous-Bois, Oksana Masters picked up her second gold medal in as many days. One day after winning the women’s H4-5 individual time trial, Masters took the cake in the road race. Masters now owns 19 Paralympic medals, including nine golds, across four different summer and winter events.

Maria Liana Mutia added to Team USA’s medal collection in para judo. The second-time Paralympian won the first medal of her career in the women’s -57kg J1, taking silver in the event. China’s Yijie Shi bested Mutia in the gold medal match.

Team USA had a successful day at Paris La Defense Arena, adding four para swimming medals to its count. Ali Truwit secured her first Paralympic medal with a 4:31.39 in the women’s 400M freestyle S10, good for silver. Olivia Chambers and Colleen Young snagged bronze and silver respectively in the women’s 100M breaststroke SB13. And the 4X50 medley team of Ellie Marks, Morgan Ray, Abbas Karimi, and Leanne Smith claimed silver with a time of 2:31.01.

The U.S. also had success at Stade de France Thursday, picking up three medals. David Blair picked up his second medal in the men’s discus throw F64, winning bronze to add to his gold from Rio. Jeremy Campbell also medaled in that event- his world record throw of 61.14 meters landed him his fifth Paralympic gold medal. Brian Siemann also brought home a medal, taking bronze in the men’s 800M T53.

Sitting volleyball is going back to the gold medal match. The U.S. knocked off Brazil 25-22, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15. Team USA will battle China at 7:30 on Saturday for all the marbles.

“It means everything,” proclaimed Kathryn Bridge. “We earned it. And it was not easy, it was not pretty, but it means everything to be in the final again.”

Ending with men’s wheelchair basketball, that team is also headed to the gold medal match. The U.S. left no doubt in an 80-43 thrashing of Canada behind 31 points from Brian Bell and 20 from Jake Williams. Team USA is one win away from its third consecutive gold medal- it will challenge Great Britain at 9:30 on Saturday hoping to seal it.

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Justin Phongsavanh competes in the men’s F54 Javelin throw among other events at Stade de France. Blake Haxton races in the para canoe men’s Va’a single 200M VL2 heats. A slew of American swimmers go for gold at Paris La Defense Arena. And women’s wheelchair basketball challenges China at 4 PM Paris time for a trip to the gold medal game.