CUMMING -- A running joke with the Paralympic Team USA swimmers is that their medals – a hefty number – from the Rio games are worth just a little bit more than the Olympic medals. The Braille on the back adds just a little bit more gold or silver or bronze. The beads inside each – 28 in each gold, 20 in each silver, 16 in each bronze – that make each level sound different so the visually impaired athletes can tell which kind they’re holding adds just a little bit more weight.
Former Cumming Waves swimmer medals in Rio Paralympics