Paralympic Video games, Day 4: Mykhailo Serbin, Gabriel Araujo Take Down World Information
The swimming portion of the Paralympic Video games continued Sunday with 14 gold-medal finals held inside La DĆ©fense Area, and the spotlight of the day was UkraineāsĀ Mykhailo Serbin taking down his personal world document within the malesās S11 100 backstroke on the way in which to gold. In a while, BrazilāsĀ Gabriel Araujo broke his personal international mark within the SM2 200 IM in a fourth-place end within the SM3 last.
Nice Britain, which entered the day with seven gold medals, has added 4 extra, because of Maisie Summers-Newton successful a second consecutive high prize within the SB6 100 breaststroke andĀ Brock Whiston andĀ Alice Tai going 1-2 within the SM8 200 IM. China, in the meantime, has captured three gold medals.
Six Paralympic data have gone down on this finals session: along with the world marks, record-setters have included Chinaās Yang Hong within the SB6 malesās 100 breast, Summers-Newton in her breaststroke race, Italyās Simone Barlaam because the lone S9 swimmer within the S10 last of the ladsās 100 freestyle and Germanyās Tanja Scholz within the SM3 class whereas swimming within the SM4 last of the ladiesās 200 IM.
Malesās SB6 100 Breaststroke
ColombiaāsĀ Nelson Crispin set the world document within the SB6 100 breaststroke earlier this yr, and he had the lead via the preliminary portion of the Paralympic last, however he couldn’t keep his benefit down the stretch as ChinaāsĀ Yang Hong surged via the sphere.
Hong, already a gold medalist and world-record setter within the SM6 150 IM, got here via for the win in 1:18.34, breaking the Paralympic document of 1:18.71 set by UkraineāsĀ Yevhenii Bohodaiko eight years in the past. That swim provided China with its sixth gold medal within the pool via the primary three-plus days of competitors. Crispin, in the meantime, pale badly with a 43.19 closing cut up on the way in which to a last time of 1:19.76, his second silver after coming in behind Yang within the 150 IM.
Bohodaiko earned bronze in 1:20.70, with American Ray MorganĀ ending simply over a second off the rostrum in fourth (1:21.99).
Girlsās SB6 100 Breaststroke
Maisie Summers-Newton, a 22-year-old from Nice Britain, has repeated the gold-medal double she beforehand achieved three years in the past in Tokyo, successful 200 IM gold within the SM6 class in addition to the 100 breast for SB6. And simply as she did in Tokyo, Summers-Newton defeated world-record holderĀ Liu Daomin for the breaststroke gold.
Summers-Newton jumped on the sphere from the start, main by greater than one-and-a-half seconds on the midway level. Liu closed the hole as she moved into silver-medal place, however it was not sufficient as Summers-Newton completed in 1:31.30, smashing the Paralympic document of 1:32.34 she set in Tokyo.
Liu took silver in 1:32.25 as she pulled away from the remainder of the sphere whereas Hong KongāsĀ Cheuk Yan Ng was the clear third-best swimmer, incomes bronze in 1:34.15.
Malesās S10 100 Freestyle
ItalyāsĀ Stefano Raimondi added to the gold medal he gained within the 100 breast (SB9) as he edged out a pair of aggressive Australians on this 100 free last. Raimondi, who gained eight medals in Tokyo, had a slim lead all through and reached the wall in 51.40, 15-hundnredths away fromĀ Rowan Crothers, who gained silver in 51.55.
Crowthersā countryman Thomas Gallagher, who was in second place on the flip earlier than falling barely off the tempo down the stretch, secured bronze in 51.86.
Swimmers within the S9 class have been additionally eligible to compete within the last, and one other Italian shined as Simone Barlaam set a Paralympic document of 52.43 in his fifth-place end. He crushed his personal Paralympic document of 53.89 from prelims and got here up simply shy of the world document (52.23) he set two years in the past.
Girlsās S10 100 Freestyle
The house nation earned its second gold medal of the swimming portion of the Paralympics and first on the ladiesās aspect asĀ Emeline Pierre obtained the higher of CanadaāsĀ Aurelie Rivard for gold within the S10 100 free. Rivard charged down the stretch, however the French swimmer had only a bit additional within the tank as she emerged on high in 1:00.49, one-third of a second away from Rivardās 1:00.82.
The medal is Pierreās first on the Paralympic Video games whereas Rivard, who gained two gold medals (together with on this occasion) and 5 whole medals in Tokyo, reached the rostrum for the second time in Paris.
On the midway level, ItalyāsĀ Alessia ScortechiniĀ owned the highest cut up (29.05), however Pierre, Nice BritaināsĀ Callie-Ann Warrington and Rivard have been all inside two tenths. As Pierre and Rivard emerged within the top-two positions, Scortechini ended up securing bronze in 1:01.02, simply forward of Warrington (1:01.10) and quick ending Dutch swimmerĀ Lisa Kruger (1:01.12).
The race stayed tight all through, with high seven swimmers all ending inside a second of one another, with Chinaās Zhang Meng ending with an Asian document of 1:01.47 in seventh place.
Malesās SM8 200 Particular person Medley
China gained its second malesās gold medal in three occasions throughout this session asĀ Xu HaijiaoĀ used an outstanding freestyle leg to overhaul countrymanĀ Yang Guanglong, who surged on the breaststroke, and obtain a 1-2 end for his or her nation. Xu touched first after butterfly however fell behind till coming via with a 33.36 closing size to the touch in 2:22.54.
Yang, whose 38.39 breaststroke cut up saved the day after the sphere crushed him on backstroke, ended up with silver in 2:23.50. The 2 Chinese language swimmers every improved one spot from their end in Tokyo three years in the past. Bronze, in the meantime, went to PortugalāsĀ Diogo Cancela, who cut up 31.99 on freestyle to safe his podium spot.
Girlsās SM8 200 Particular person Medley
Two races afterĀ Maisie Summers-Newton brough British gold, countrywomenĀ Brock Whiston andĀ Alice Tai every scored spots on the rostrum within the SM8 200 IM.
Tai had the lead all through, with the swimmer already with 100 again gold in Paris turning an unimaginable 5 seconds away from the sphere and 10 seconds forward of Whiston after that leg. However Whiston, who gained silver within the SB8 100 breast, got here via with a 41.48 cut up to maneuver into second place, and on the freestyle, she outdueled Impartial Paralympic AthleteĀ Viktoriia Ishchiulova to win gold by lower than three tenths.
Whiston clocked 2:40.37, simply forward of Ishchiulovaās 2:40.65, whereas Tai earned bronze in 2:41.29. Simply lacking the rostrum was four-time defending championĀ Jessica Lengthy of america, whose time of two:45.70 left her in fourth place.
Malesās S11 100 Backstroke
For the second consecutive Paralympics,Ā Mykhailo Serbin is golden within the S11 malesās 100 again, and this time, he has achieved his high prize in world-record time.
The 20-year-old Ukrainian turned the primary swimmer in his class to ever break 1:06 for 2 lengths of backstroke, along with his time of 1:05.84 busting via the time of 1:06.01 he set final August in Manchester. Serbin additionally downed the Paralympic document of 1:06.66 beforehand owned by countryman Dmytro Zalevskyi.
David Kratochvil of Czechia additionally obtained below the earlier Paralympic mark as he secured silver in 1:06.54 whereas Ukraine put two swimmers on the rostrum asĀ Danylo Chufarov gained bronze in 1:07.03.
Girlsās S11 100 Backstroke
Chinaās third gold medal of the day and first amongst ladiesās occasions noticed S11 100 again world-record holderĀ Cai LiwenĀ defend the title she gained in Tokyo three years in the past whereas swimming simply over a half-second off her international customary. Cai dominated the sphere and gained by greater than two seconds as she swam a time of 1:14.02. Her world and Paralympic data within the class stand at 1:13.46.
And simply as was the case within the malesās SB8 200 IM, China went 1-2 right here asĀ Li Guizhi positioned second in 1:16.17, a half-second away from European-record-setting, bronze-medal-winning Paralympic Impartial Athlete Daria Lukianenko (1:16.64). One other Chinese language swimmer,Ā Ma Jia, positioned fourth in 1:17.13.
Malesās SM4 150 Particular person Medley
Roman Zhdanov, a Impartial Paralympic Athlete, defended the Paralympic gold he gained three years in the past in Tokyo with a time of two:23.03, besting the sphere by virtually seven-and-a-half seconds. Zhdanov completed about two seconds shy of his world and Paralympic marks as he captured the sixth gold for NPA swimmers in Paris.
IsraelāsĀ Ami Omer Dadaon, beforehand the gold medalist within the 100 freestyle within the S4 class, completed effectively forward of anybody else within the discipline as he claimed silver in 2:30.50 whereas MexicoāsĀ Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez earned bronze in 2:37.29, making up a 1.07-second deficit on the ultimate 50 to cross KoreaāsĀ Jo Giseong by 16-hundredths on the end.
Girlsās SM4 150 Particular person Medley
GermanyāsĀ Tanja Scholz was the one SM3 swimmer competing on this last, however she was capable of blast the end and safe the gold medal within the occasion by greater than three-and-one-third seconds, her time of two:51.31 setting the SM3 Paralympic document within the occasion. She crushed the earlier mark of two:54.14 set by UkraineāsĀ Olga SviderskaĀ in 2016.
Impartial Paralympic AthleteĀ Nataliia Butkova earned the silver medal in 2:54.68, making her the highest competitor within the SM4 class, whereas BrazilāsĀ Lidia Vieira da Cruz scored bronze in 2:57.16, simply forward of GermanyāsĀ Gina Boettcher (2:57.44).
Malesās SM3 150 Particular person Medley
Germany gained gold for a second consecutive Paralympic last asĀ Josia Topf got here via to win this last by precisely two seconds. The Australian duo of Ahmed Kelly andĀ Grant Patterson owned the top-two positions getting into the ultimate size, however Topfās superior ending talents put him into gold-medal place in 3:00.16.
Australia ended up ending 2-3 for the second time within the Sunday night session, with Kelly securing silver in 3:02.16 and Patterson taking bronze in 3:06.94. That trio completed seven seconds forward of anybody else, however in fourth place was a world-record setter.
BrazilāsĀ Gabriel Araujo beat his personal world and Paralympic marks within the SM2 150IM, coming in at 3:14.02, greater than a second faster than his earlier mark of three:15.06.
Malesās SB5 100 Breaststroke
SwitzerlandāsĀ Leo McCrea scored gold in wire-to-wire vogue within the 100 breast within the SB5 class, with McCrea prevailing by greater than two seconds in 1:27.15.
SpaināsĀ Antoni Ponce Bertran earned silver on this occasion for the second consecutive Paralympics, touching in 1:29.43, whereas UkraineāsĀ Danylo Semenykhin secured bronze in 1:30.96. A pair of Vietnamese swimmers,Ā Le Dat andĀ Do Hai, positioned fourth and fifth, respectively.
Girlsās SB5 100 Breaststroke
Nice Britainās third gold medal of the day got here within the ladiesās SB5 100 breaststroke last asĀ Grace Harvey overcame an early deficit amounting to virtually a full second to drag forward and win gold by eight tenths. Harvey, in third place midway via after splitting 47.95, got here residence in 54.38 to return out on high in 1:42.33.
ChinaāsĀ Zhang Li, who led on the midway level, completed second in 1:43.17, setting an Asian document, whereas UkraineāsĀ Anna Hontar positioned third in 1:44.25.
Combined S14 400 Freestyle Relay
The British crew as soon as once more confirmed superiority, successful the final occasion of the day by greater than three seconds and by no means trailing one other nation. The crew ofĀ William Ellard,Ā Rhys Darbey,Ā Poppy Maskill andĀ Olivia Newman-Baronius claimed gold in 3:43.05.
AustraliaāsĀ Jack Eire,Ā Madeleine McTernan,Ā Ruby Storm andĀ Benjamin Hance gained silver in 3:46.37 whereas Brazil set a brand new Americas document of three:47.49 in a bronze-medal effort, courtesy of Arthur Xavier Ribeiro,Ā Gabriel Bandeira,Ā Beatriz Borges Carneiro andĀ Ana Karolina Soares de Oliveira.