SPAIN is now up to 28 Paralympic medals after Zaragoza-born swimmer Teresa Perales and Madrid's Israel Oliver scooped up golds in the 50-metres backstroke and 200 medley, categories S5 and SM11, respectively.
Two of the latest, won in the early hours of this morning (Sunday), were already guaranteed – a silver in men's wheelchair basketball and in men's table tennis.
A haul of medals for swimming came on Wednesday and Thursday after several days without any – an uncharacteristic situation for Spain whose Olympic and Paralympic water-borne sportsmen and, even more so, sportswomen are prolific prizewinners.
At present, Spain's swimmers now have six golds, eight silvers and three bronzes in swimming alone – a total of 17 out of the country's 28 medals.
For Perales, her gold is her 25th Paralympic medal, and with the subsequent silver, she is now up to 26.
Wednesday earned three golds for Spain at the Aquatic Centre in Rio's Olympic Park, thanks to Óscar Salguero Galisteo, Michelle Alonso and Israel Oliver, plus a silver for Miguel Luque and two bronzes for María Delgado.
Salguero Galisteo led the way with Wednesday's flood of prizes, dominating the 100-metres breaststroke, category SB8, from the very beginning and reaching the finish in one minute, 11.11 seconds, a comfortable 1.57 seconds ahead of his nearest rival, Italy's Federico Morlacchi, and 3.33 seconds in front of bronze-winner, Austria's Andreas Onea.
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