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RIO DE JANEIRO -- After Jerome Avery failed to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 100 meters in both 2000 and 2004, it seemed like his dream of international sports glory had faded away.On Saturday, at Olympic Stadium, he will be running for gold alongside David Brown, the current fastest blind man alive. Brown is the reigning world champion in the T11 category of the 100 meters. T11 athletes are nearly or totally blind.Despite his lack of sight, Brown is comfortable on the track due to Avery, his guide runner since 2014, as he sees what Brown cannot.Hes the voice on the inside, Brown said. Hes been a guide runner for a number of years so his experience allows me to just focus on running at my best and nothing else.Guides are designated aids to visually impaired Paralympic athletes, in sports from track and field to equestrian and soccer. Their commitment level is parallel to their athletes -- training alongside them day in and day out. This is the first Paralympics at which guides are receiving medals.When youre running alone, its more selfish, said Chris Clarke, the guide for British sprinter Libby Clegg, who won the T11 womens 100 meters on Friday. As a guide, Ive got to look out for Libby -- set her (starting) blocks up and give her cues every now and then. Its interesting, I like it. Its like being part of a Formula One team.Clarke and Clegg were caught in controversy Friday, when Clegg was disqualified after the T11 100-meter semifinal because it appeared Clarke broke the rules by pulling her during the race. The ruling was appealed and overturned.This is my third Paralympic games, I would never want to dishonorably win a medal, Clark said. For me, I was a little upset that allegation was made against me and Im just glad that I have a fantastic team fighting in my corner.U.S. triple and long jumper Lex Gillette and his guide, Wesley Williams, have worked together for nine years and are roommates in Chula Vista, Calif.Hes basically my brother, said Gillette, who won a fourth consecutive Paralympic silver in the long jump Thursday and celebrated on the medal stand with Williams at his side. If I need anything, hes there to the rescue.Williams was a top sprinter at Cal-State Northridge before hearing about guide running from a friend. He attended a camp through Team USA where he and Gillette hit it off.In addition to Paralympic silver and the last two world championship golds in the long jump, Williams has helped Gillette to the world record in the event (22 feet, 1 inch). Gillette is the only totally blind man to eclipse 22 feet.When Gillette is preparing to jump, Williams stands in the middle of the jumpboard, calling out instructions. He jumps off to the left or right just before the jump, depending on where he thinks Gillette should go.We train every day, putting each other in different positions, Williams said. Just him knowing that I got his back and me knowing hes got mine and we groove from there.In cycling, the guide and athlete work in teams called tandems. The guide, called the pilot, sits in front of a two-person bike and steers. The guide has to be just as fit and skilled as the athlete, called the stoker, as they both pedal.As a team we have to stay in sync in all areas, and it can be really tough when youre constantly seeing great times being put up right before you go, said British pilot Helen Scott, who, working with stoker Sophie Thornhill, set a Paralympic record Friday in the 1000 meters in the B category.U.S. sprinter Brown and Avery had only been together a few months when Brown broke T11 world records in the 100 and 200 meters in April 2014, marking the first time both records fell to the same person in a 24-hour span.Bound together by a tether attached to their hands, Avery and Brown run stride for stride down the track with Avery leading the way vocally to keep Brown in the lane. When Brown and Avery began working together, the tether was 10 inches. As they got more comfortable running next to each other, they shortened it. At one point, it was 3 inches long. Now that theyre totally in sync, the tether is long again.Browns world record in the 100 (10.92 seconds) still stands. He is the only totally blind man to run under 11 seconds. He and Avery call themselves Team BrAvery.On Saturday, Team BrAvery will be together again on the track at Rios Olympic Stadium. This time, they also could be together at the top of the medal stand.Its what weve been training so hard for during the last for years, to see it fulfilled is going to be great, Brown said. Just to have him up there with me, there will be a lot of emotions for the both of us.---Kennington Lloyd Smith III is a journalism student at the University of Georgia. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics. Cheap Jerseys From China . Sgt. Eric ONeal says most of the arrests at Monday nights game were for public drunkenness, though one person was taken into custody on suspicion of trying to steal a seat from the stadium. 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PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter until the sixth inning Friday night, but Adrian Beltre upstaged him in the Texas Rangers 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.Beltre had four hits, including leading off consecutive innings with home runs that gave him 434 for his career, moving him into a tie with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 45th place all-time.Thats who he is, thats what he means to us, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. Hes obviously a future Hall of Famer ... and weve seen this type of performance before.Several of those efforts have come against the Rays. Beltre has homered in four of his last five games against Tampa Bay, and he hit three homers at Tropicana Filed in Game 4 of the 2011 ALDS. Beltres 20th and 21st home runs of the season Friday night marked the 30th multi-homer game of his career.But Hamels was the story until Beltres power surge. Hamels had retired 15 straight, striking out seven, when Corey Dickerson singled with two outs in the sixth for Tampa Bays first hit.I saw the big zero on the scoreboard and for some reason, I thought he was going to get it today, said Elvis Andrus, who scored from first on Ian Desmonds single in the fifth. (Hamels) was in command of everything from the first pitch of the game, and when he gets that way its a lot of fun to watch.Hamels (13-4) gave up one run and three hits, including Steve Souza Jr.s home run, while striking out 10 in 7 1/3 innings.Mitch Morelands 21st home run broke a scoreless tie in the fifth.Beltre led off a three-run sixth off Tampa Bay starter Matt Andriese with the first of his two homers. The Rangers tacked on two more runs in the inning, taking a 5-0 lead when reliever Ryan Garton walked Jurickson Profar with the bases loaded.Beltres second homer came off Garton in the seventh.Andriese (6-5) lost his third straight start, giving up five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.The Rangers haave won four straight and 10 of 13.ddddddddddddhe loss ended the Rays four-game winning streak.We got out-pitched, we got out-hit, out-defended, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. They didnt make any mental mistakes, we made a handful. So a pretty disappointing effort.FOND MEMORY FOR HAMELSHamels only other start at Tropicana Field was for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the 2008 World Series, of which he was named the MVP.It was a sellout, a pretty important game, he recalled. So I had to kind of get to that mindset where youre hearing about 50,000 bells, as opposed to the 10 or 11 that were here. (The announced attendance Friday night was 15,109).WHOS LEFT?The Rays had three left fielders in the game before they got their first hit.Mikie Mahtook started the game in left, but moved to center field after the second inning when Kevin Kiermaier left with tightness in his left hip.Nick Franklin, who replaced Mahtook in left, was replaced by Dickerson in the fifth, leaving backup catcher Luke Maile as the only healthy position player on the Rays bench.Franklin was placed on the 7-day concussion DL.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: RHP Colby Lewis (right lat strain) threw 42 pitches over two innings in a simulated game. Banister said pitching in a rehab game Wednesday is part of the plan for Lewis, who last pitched on June 21.Rays: SS Matt Duffy, who left Wednesdays game after three innings due to left Achilles soreness, played. ... 2B Logan Forsythe (back spasms) remains out of the lineup but doesnt expect to go on the DL.UP NEXTRHP A.J. Griffin (5-2) pitches for Texas on Saturday night against Rays RHP Jake Odorizzi. Griffin has a 6.69 ERA in his last seven starts, but the Rangers are 4-1 in his last five. In six starts since the All-Star break, Odorizzi is 4-0 with a 1.66 ERA. ' ' '