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Posted on 02/20/2026 12:38:42 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
Brazil's Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo claimed gold in the men's S2 100m backstroke on the opening day of the Paralympic Games in Paris
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None of these Olympians have mega sponsors, none are glorified millionaires, none are trashing their countries. All are just proud to be able to compete..........
Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araújo (born 16 March 2002), also known by his nickname Gabrielzinho, is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer.[1]
Career
Araújo has phocomelia, which resulted in him having atrophied legs and no arms. He swims by undulating like a dolphin,[2] and has earned the nickname “rocketman” for his speed. Thanks, someone I didn’t know about before.
And someone no one here has ever heard of before. He’s my true Olympian.......
WTF?
Why is someone without arms allowed to compete in a backstroke race? That is absurd and ridiculous.
I mean huge kudos for him for being fast, but that is complete BS to not even be doing the swimming style required of the race. Pure BS.
He should not have been allowed to compete.
The Olympics are even more woke corrupt than I thought?
On what planet does anybody get to compete in an event where they can’t fulfill the most basic qualifications of the event being performed.
Pure BS.
I hate the Olympics. Corrupt to the core.
The “winner” did not even do the required stroke. It is some kind of Dolphin stroke.
The Olympics are just a complete joke today? Nobody had the balls to tell this guy, sorry you need arms to do a backstroke. You don’t qualify.
Idiots. Just pure woke idiot cowards.
OOps, my bad. It is paralympics.
I read the title wrong.
OK, pile on. I misread the title. I have it coming. Go ahead.
Your comment is not worthy of a critical response......
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