RIO DE JANEIRO — University of Illinois connections took all three medals Thursday in the T-54 women’s 5,000 meters at the Paralympics, with Tatyana McFadden pacing the group.
The UI graduate student clocked 11 minutes, 54.07 seconds for her third gold medal of the games. Current Illini Chelsea McClammer took silver in 11:54.33, and UI graduate student Amanda McGrory landed bronze in 11:54.34.
Also a gold medalist on the day was former Illini Raymond Martin, who took down the T-52 men’s 1,500 in 3:40.63. In other men’s track and field action, Parkland College athlete Gyu Dae Kim earned bronze in the T-54 men’s 800 in 1:34.