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Former Cumming Waves swimmer medals in Rio Paralympics
MackenzieCoan ParalympicGold 7 WEB
McKenzie Coan, a former swimmer on the Cumming Waves, returned to the Cumming Aquatic Center Thursday to show kids her four medals – three gold and one silver – from the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio. - photo by Micah Green
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.