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Paralympic athletes from the East of England have secured 20 medals in Rio as part of the squad's impressive haul of 147.

Great Britain closed the Rio Paralympics with 64 gold medals, the most by a British team since 1988 - six of them were earned by athletes living or training in the East region.

ParalympicsGB surpassed their London 2012 medal tally of 120 on day nine of the Games in Rio and finished with 147, second in the medal table behind China.