Paralympic Breakfast Day 10

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Day 10 of the Paralympics saw flag bearer Curtis McGrath complete a gold medal three-peat with the men's kayak single 200m KL2 but he said his heart and mind are with his wife and son at home. Pictures by Getty, AAP.

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00:00Day 10 of the Paralympics is done and dusted and it was a fantastic day.

00:08We had another 10 medals and some really important conversations around the importance of the

00:12emotional toll that winning a medal can have for some athletes.

00:16Curtis McGrath spoke after his repeat gold medal in the kayak about leaving his young

00:21son back home in Australia and how hard that's been for him.

00:24And I cannot imagine leaving my six week old baby back home in Australia.

00:28And I think that was a really brave and important conversation to have about, you know, these

00:32athletes have lives outside of what we see happening at the Paralympics.

00:35And it's really amazing to hear about all the sacrifices that they've done and also

00:39really humanize them as individuals.

00:41We also had Cole Pearce in the pool win silver and talking about losing his grandfather just

00:45a fortnight ago and the emotional toll that that's had.

00:48Over in the athletics, we had James Turner win his second gold medal for the run.

00:53We also heard from him about some letters that he's receiving from his coach and how

00:57they've helped calm him down and some good mental health practices before his events

01:01have really helped gear him up, which I think is awesome.

01:04It's been a fantastic 10 days for our Aussie Paralympians.

01:06We are ninth on the medal tally.

01:08There's a couple more events to still come, but it has been fantastic to have you on

01:11board. Check out online for some more stories and we'll see you all next time.

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