Japan beat three-time former champions the USA 48-41 in Paris on Monday to assert their first gold medal in Paralympics wheelchair rugby.
Katsuya Hashimoto scored 19 tries for Japan, who had secured bronze prior to now two Games.
The Japanese had additionally crushed the USA within the group phases on Friday on the Champs de Mars Arena, within the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.
Defeat means the US stays and not using a gold medal within the occasion, nicknamed “murder ball”, since 2008.
Earlier, world champions Australia claimed bronze by edging defending gold medallists Britain 50-48 in Paris.
Two-time former winners Australia misplaced out on the possibility to struggle for gold after shedding to Japan within the semi-final on Sunday.
In a good contest with the British, the Australians claimed victory to go one higher than their fourth-place end in Tokyo three years in the past.
“It was nice to win convincingly in the final minute,” Australia captain Chris Bond mentioned.
“We missed out on the gold medal match, which I believe we have been ok to be in.
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“We used that pain to fuel us today.”
Britain had began their title defence with victory over Australia of their opening group match on Thursday.
“In the end there were too many errors in the game,” Britain’s Gavin Walker mentioned.
“We go into another rebuilding process, another four years ahead of us and looking towards LA now.”
AFP
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