London Paralympics Published: August 29, 2012 12:41am EDT 1. Fireworks over the Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Tal Cohen/EPA 2. Jonnie Peacock (2-L) of Great Britain wins gold in the men’s 100m - T44 final. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA 3. Marlou van Rhijn of Netherlands celebrates winning gold in the women’s 200m - T44 final. Tal Cohen/EPA 4. Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil reacts after winning gold in the Women’s 100m -T11 final. Kerim Okten/EPA 5. China’s Fang Yao (L) during her gold medal win over Hungary’s Dani Gyongyi on September 4. Gerry Penny/EPA 6. Australia’s Jacqueline Freney powers towards gold in the women’s 50m butterfly S7 swimming final. Andy Rain/EPA 7. Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira of Brazil wins the gold medal in the men’s 200m – T44, ahead of South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius. Julian Stratenschulte/EPA 8. Marcel Hug (R) of Switzerland competes in a Men’s 5000m – T54 heat. Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA 9. Australia’s Paralympic swimming team claimed its first gold medal overnight. Alan Porritt/AAP image 10. Performers enter the Olympic Stadium on wires to mark the start of the Paralympic Games. Daniel Karmann/EPA 11. The 2012 Paralympic Games are up and rolling. Andrew Drummond/AAP image 12. Wheelchair rugby star Greg Smith was selected to carry the flag for the Australian Paralympic Team at the opening ceremony of the Games. AAP Image/Jeff Crow