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Olympics and Paralympics
MPR News Staff and Amy Felegy

Team USA, Waseca native win gold in sitting volleyball match vs. China in Paralympics

Volleyball players communicate as a center player sets the ball.
U.S. #3 Alexis Ann Shifflett-Patterson (C) competes in a sitting volleyball women's preliminary round pool A match between USA and China during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the North Paris Arena in Paris on Friday, Aug. 30.
Dimitar Dilkoff | AFP via Getty Images

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Team USA beat China in the women’s gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Paralympics on Saturday, winning 3-1.

Waseca native Alexis Shiflett-Patterson, a member of the U.S. women’s sitting volleyball team, returned for her third Paralympic Games. Her previous two trips were also successful, with the U.S. team securing gold medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.

The Paralympics closing ceremony is 2 p.m. CDT Sunday.