Cyclist Shawn Morelli of Team USA competing in the women's C4 3,000-meter individual pursuit at the Izu velodrome onthe first day of the Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games in Shizuoka, Japan. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images
Cyclist Shawn Morelli won Team USA's first Tokyo Paralympic Games medal in Japan, when she snatched silver in the women's C4 3,000-meter individual pursuit on Wednesday.
The big picture: It was a third Paralympics medal for Morelli, who won two golds at the 2016 Rio Games. Australia's Emily Petricola won the gold medal and Canada's Keely Shaw bronze in Wednesday's race.
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