Treble for US cagers, Jiang gets 7th gold

The United States won a third consecutive men's Paralympic wheelchair basketball title on Sept 7, while teenage Chinese swimmer Jiang Yuyan collected a remarkable seventh gold of the Paris Games.

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The Americans were made to fight at a packed Bercy Arena by a determined British side, appearing in the final for the first time since 1996.

But although Britain cut the deficit to three points with 14 seconds remaining with a Terry Bywater three-pointer, the US saw out the final seconds for the 73-69 win.

Jake Williams top-scored for the Americans with 26 points and the retiring Steve Serio hit 24 points.

"This is what dreams are made of, man," said the 37-year-old Serio, who has three Paralympic golds, one bronze and five world championship medals.

The men have now won gold in Rio, Tokyo and Paris and will go for four in a row in front of their home crowd at Los Angeles 2028.

The US women, champions in Rio and third in Tokyo, took silver after losing 63-49 to the Netherlands on Sept 8.