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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 12: Markus Rehm, David Behre, Felix Streng and Johannes Floors of Germany celebrate after winning the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m - T42-47 final on day 5 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on September 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel/Getty Images)

(ATR) World records are being broken and athletes are tallying their medals as the Rio Paralympics nears its final days.

The record for women's power lifting - previously at 133kg - was beaten byNigeria’s Lucy Ejike with a massive 142kg lift that earned her a third Paralympic gold medal.

Georgie Hermitage broke the world record for the T37 400m swimming event with a time of 1;53 - winning her second gold medal.

China, Great Britain and Ukraine are leading the Paralympic medal table.

The final four days of competition feature medal events in 17 of the 23 sports disciplines.

Road cycling, wheelchair rugby and paracanoe will begin in Rio today with medal events on Thursday.

The men's and women's wheelchair marathons athletes will be the final medalists of the Games on the afternoon of Sep.18.

The closing ceremony will then get underway at 8 pm local time officially concluding the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The Rio Paralympic Games began on Sep.7. and will conclude on Sep.18.

Click here to view photos of the 2016 Paralympic Games so far.

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