19/09/2016

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:00:00. > :00:08.It's Monday and your watching Newsround.

:00:09. > :00:11.The athlete helped over the finishing line by his brother.

:00:12. > :00:23.And the puppy and cheetah who are best friends!

:00:24. > :00:25.But first, 11 days of incredible sporting action have

:00:26. > :00:28.come to an end in Rio, as the Paralympics finished

:00:29. > :00:32.with a colourful and musical closing ceremony last night.

:00:33. > :00:34.Paralympics GB won a whopping 147 medals -

:00:35. > :00:45.Here's Martin with just a few highlights from the Games.

:00:46. > :00:48.The Rio 2016 Paralympics opening ceremony kicked off with this

:00:49. > :00:54.And right from day one, the medals began rolling

:00:55. > :01:00.Kadeena Cox made her Paralympic debut and won gold in not

:01:01. > :01:06.one, but TWO, sports - athletics and cycling.

:01:07. > :01:08.Oh, yes, the history-maker, the record-breaker Kaddena Cox,

:01:09. > :01:10.in a new world record, is the Paralympic champion.

:01:11. > :01:12.And she wasn't the only one competing in her first games.

:01:13. > :01:15.15-year-old Ellie Robinson stormed to victory in the S6

:01:16. > :01:22.50 metre butterfly, setting a new world record too.

:01:23. > :01:25.Coming to the final stages. She gets it.

:01:26. > :01:28.At 13 years old, the youngest member of Paralympics GB,

:01:29. > :01:31.Abby Kane, did an impressive swim in the S13 100 metre backstroke

:01:32. > :01:41.It wasn't all about the newcomers though, as cyclist Dame Sarah Storey

:01:42. > :01:43.became the most successful British female Paralympian ever,

:01:44. > :01:54.winning her 12th, 13th and 14th Paralympic golds at the games.

:01:55. > :01:56.Another familiar face - Jonnie Peacock -

:01:57. > :02:05.He's coming right away, brilliant by Peacock.

:02:06. > :02:08.And Hannah Cockroft added three golds to the two

:02:09. > :02:16.Paralympics GB won a total of 64 golds -

:02:17. > :02:21.nearly double the amount won four years ago.

:02:22. > :02:25.Rio 2016 finished last night with a huge party inside a packed

:02:26. > :02:29.Maracana Stadium, with singers, dancers and fireworks,

:02:30. > :02:34.and the flag was handed over to the next host city - Tokyo.

:02:35. > :02:40.Well, Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock is coming

:02:41. > :02:42.on Newsround tomorrow morning and we want your questions for him.

:02:43. > :02:47.Go to Newsround online now to send them in!

:02:48. > :02:50.Also online, you can tell us your favourite Paralympic moment.

:02:51. > :02:53.Akshita's already been in touch - she loved it when Kadeena Cox

:02:54. > :02:57.While Jessica's best moment was Ellie Simmonds winning gold

:02:58. > :03:04.Back here, things aren't going swimmingly for Rangers

:03:05. > :03:07.He's been banned for three weeks after getting

:03:08. > :03:12.He admitted he overstepped the mark with midfielder Andy Halliday

:03:13. > :03:14.during training last week, after which Joey was sent home.

:03:15. > :03:24.Rangers have said both the club and Joey need some time and space.

:03:25. > :03:26.Next to some sporting drama of a different kind.

:03:27. > :03:28.There was a dramatic finish for Jonny Brownlee in

:03:29. > :03:31.the World Triathlon Series, when his legs began to give way

:03:32. > :03:37.But his brother, and fellow triathlete, Alistair,

:03:38. > :03:39.wasn't far behind and came to the rescue, helping

:03:40. > :03:48.Jonny was taken to hospital and is doing OK.

:03:49. > :04:00.I have been in that position before and when it happened to me in London

:04:01. > :04:03.all those years ago I remember sprinting away in second place and

:04:04. > :04:10.then being in the position he was in and someone going past us. It can

:04:11. > :04:18.happen to anyone. It is a novel position to be in. He could have job

:04:19. > :04:20.that last two K and won the race. Who am I to talk.

:04:21. > :04:22.Well, the Brownlee brothers aren't the first pair of athletes

:04:23. > :04:27.Go to Newsround online for a gallery of other times that sports people

:04:28. > :04:30.From brothers to a rather more unusual pairing,

:04:31. > :04:33.Cheetah cub, Emmett, has found a new friend in puppy,

:04:34. > :04:36.Cullen, at a zoo in the US state of Ohio.

:04:37. > :04:40.Cheetahs can be nervous and excitable creatures.

:04:41. > :04:43.So staff there decided it would be a good idea to pair them up,

:04:44. > :04:47.to help Emmett become more calm and confident.

:04:48. > :04:53.That's all from me, Newsround's back tomorrow morning at 7:40am.