United States At The 2024 Summer Paralympics
The United States competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024. Medalists The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. , style="text-align:left;width:78%;vertical-align:top", , style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top", Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games, including game-eligible alternates in team sports. Archery United States entered three para-archers in compound and recurve event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic. Athletics U.S. track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Para Athletics Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as ...
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Flag Of The United States
The national flag of the United States, United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements, canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the Thirteen Colonies, thirteen British colonies that declared independence from Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include the ''Stars and Stripes'', ''Old Glory'', and the ''Star-Spangled Banner''. History The current design of the U.S. flag is its 27th; the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. ...
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