The Paralympics Closing Ceremony is on in a rainy Paris as we speak… All up, Australia finished 9th on the medal tally, bringing home 18 gold, 17 silver and 28 bronze. Para-athlete Madison de Rozario won our final medal – silver in the marathon T54 – revealing afterwards she’d been dealing with news that her father had died the night before the Games started. Last day shout-outs go to Curtis McGrath who became a 4-time Paralympic gold medallist after taking out the 200m men’s kayak single KL2 race, and James Turner who won the men’s 100m T36 sprint, collecting his second gold medal in Paris. He was our closing ceremony flagbearer alongside dual sport gold medallist Lauren Parker… Also on a high – US Open men’s doubles pair Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell claimed their first grand slam title in straight sets yesterday. But the Wallabies aren’t as perky after a “humiliating” loss to Argentina yesterday 67-27. You can’t win ‘em all…