Germany’s Paralympic team kicked off their Paris campaign with a mix of successes and near misses. 18-year-old swimming debutant Maurice Wetekam, born with a left arm impairment, secured bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke, delivering Germany’s first medal. The women’s table tennis doubles pair, Stephanie Grebe and Juliane Wolf, narrowly missed gold, taking silver after a close final against China’s Wenjuan Huang and Yucheng Jin. Despite a valiant effort, the men’s doubles team of Valentin Baus and Thomas Schmidberger secured their place in the final, ensuring at least a silver medal for Germany. They will compete for gold on Saturday.