Paralympic Video games, Day 2: Tully Kearney Turns into First to Win Second Gold
It’s two gold medals in two days for Tully Kearney, the British swimmer added to her gold within the S5 200 freestyle with 100 free gold on Friday.
Kearney went 1:15.10 to win the occasion on the Paris La Protection Area on Friday evening, the second finals session of the Paralympics. She defended her title within the 100 free from the Tokyo Video games.
In all, it’s 14 finals for the Paralympians on Evening 2.
Males’s S5 100 freestyle
Ukraine’s Oleksandr Komarov picked up his second medal of those Video games by successful the 100 free in 1:07.77. He roared again from second on the wall to shut in 35.91, rallying previous Guo Jincheng of China. Guo set an Asian file of 1:08.22 that was additionally underneath Daniel De Faria Dias’ time from the London Video games (1:08.39).
Komarov had gained bronze within the 200 free. That is the fourth profession Paralympic medal and first particular person gold for the 35-year-old, who didn’t medal in Tokyo.
Third went to Impartial Paralympic Athlete Kirill Pulver in 1:09.41. He surged from fourth on the wall to disclaim Francesco Bocciardo one other medal. Pulver had been first in prelims.
Ladies’s S5 100 freestyle
Tully Kearney turned second within the 100 free however summoned the one sub-40 ultimate lap in 39.03 to win in 1:15.10. In the long run, she was 2.27 seconds forward of Ukraine’s Iryna Poida, who picked up her second silver of the video games. Monica Boggioni of Italy gained bronze once more in 1:21.74. It’s an actual repeat of the 200 free podium.
Germany’s Tanja Scholz set the S4 Paralympic file for a second straight day in 1:25.78. Within the ultimate, she completed sixth within the ultimate.
Males’s S4 100 freestyle
Ami Omer Dadaon of Israel wasn’t fairly as quick within the ultimate as in prelims, when he reset the Paralympic file of 1:19.33. However his 1:20.25 in finals was greater than a second to the nice with medals on the road, the 23-year-old choosing up his fourth profession Paralympic medal. It repairs a disqualification within the even in Tokyo three years in the past.
Takayuki Suzuki, who gained gold in Tokyo in that Paralympic file, picked up silver in 1:21.71. He was fourth on the wall however surged later to get his second medal of the Video games and ninth all-time.
Bronze went to Angel de Jesus Camacho of Mexico, in an Americas file of 1:22.32.
Males’s SM6 200 particular person medley
China’s Yang Hong lowered his world file from final yr to 2:37.31 to select up the gold medal. It’s his second profession gold, becoming a member of a bronze in 2016 in Rio when he was simply 16 years previous. Yang completed fourth, simply .05 off the rostrum, on this occasion in Tokyo.
It took a world file to disclaim a stellar swim by Nelson Crispin, who went 2:38.04. That’s faster than the time he used to win gold in Tokyo, which was then a world file, and it’s the brand new America’s file. With eight medals, Crispin is probably the most adorned Paralympian in Colombia’s historical past. Six of his medals are silvers.
Talisson Henrique Glock rose from sixth to 3rd on the freestyle leg to take bronze in 2:39.30. He’s a holdover from the ultimate in Tokyo.
Ladies’s SM6 200 particular person medley
The British ladies are off to a unbelievable begin to the Paralympics. Maisie Summers-Newton confirmed it, dominating the sector for gold. Her time of two:56.90 was inside .32 of the time she used to win gold in Tokyo. The world-record holder was greater than 5.5 seconds away from the sector in successful gold, defending her title from Tokyo and choosing up her third profession gold.
The race for second was extra compelling. American Ellie Marks raced house in 40.82, greater than 4 seconds faster than China’s Liu Daomin, to safe her second silver of the meet. Marks clocked in at 3:02.50, greater than a second forward of Liu.
Males’s S11 400 freestyle
Czechia’s David Kratochvil lived as much as the pre-meet hype with a win in a European file time of 4:26.34. The nation didn’t win a gold medal on the final Paralympics, but it surely has one within the 16-year-old.
To take action, he needed to deny the veteran Rogier Dorsman. The 25-year-old and reigning champion received silver this time round, his fourth profession medal. Dorsman led on the 300-meter mark, however Kratochvil overhauled him within the ultimate 100, attending to the wall first by a clear 5 seconds. Dorsman went 4:31.34. He simply held off a cost by Uchu Tomita of Japan, who was .99 seconds behind. Two-time medalist Hua Dongdong of China was simply off the rostrum in fourth.
Ladies’s S11 400 freestyle
The shock of the session meant that world file holder and reigning Olympic champion Anastasia Pagonis didn’t simply fall wanting defending her title however leaves and not using a medal of any shade.
Pagonis, who has handled accidents and coaching disruptions for a lot of the final two years, was quickest in prelims. However an outstanding race by the Netherlands’ Lisette Bruinsma to take it out arduous and maintain it gave her the gold medal in 5:00.42, 4 seconds sooner than Pagonis in prelims however six seconds slower than her world file from Tokyo. Bruinsma’s time is a European file. It’s the eighth profession medal for the Dutchwoman, which incorporates silver to Pagonis on this race in Tokyo and gold in Rio on this occasion.
Behind Bruinsma was an excessive amount of pace for Pagonis to get a medal by going seven tenths slower than prelims. Zhang Xiaotong of China set the Asian file of 5:03.45 for silver. Daria Lukianenko, a Impartial Paralympic Athlete, gained bronze in 5:04.37. Pagonis was fourth in 5:05.31, her cost on the ultimate 100 by no means fairly materializing.
Fifth was Cai Liwen, the Chinese language five-time medalist and winner of bronze in Tokyo.
Males’s SB9 100 breaststroke
Stefano Raimondi netted seven medals, although just one gold, on the Tokyo Olympics. He efficiently defended that gold on Friday, going 1:05.28 to win. He was comfortably forward of the sector all the best way, up by greater than 1.5 seconds on the wall and holding on to a .63-second margin of victory when the sector charged for house.
That cost was led by Hector Denayer of France. With the house crowd behind him, he rose from third to silver within the ultimate 50, touching in 1:05.91. Third was Germany’s Maurice Wetekam in 1:07.04. By 1 / 4 second, he denied Artem Isaev of NPA a podium spot. Isaev had gained silver in Tokyo and had set the tempo in prelims at 1:07.48. Denayer, 19, gained his first profession medal.
Ladies’s SB9 100 breaststroke
After 5 medals in Tokyo, Chantalle Zijderveld winnowed her program to a single occasion in Paris. Her focus paid off on what’s turning into a historical past evening for the Dutch.
Whereas Zijderveld was nowhere close to her Paralympic file of 1:10.99 from Tokyo, she was greater than a second away from the sector in 1:13.74 to seize one other gold in her signature occasion. Zijderveld gained this occasion in Tokyo and took bronze in Rio as a 15-year-old.
Zhang Meng of China set an Asian file to get silver in 1:15.05. She rallied from fourth to second on the ultimate 50. Lisa Kruger made it two Dutchwomen on the rostrum with bronze, a half-second up on Keira Stephens of Australia. For Kruger, the Rio Paralympic champion, it’s a sixth general medal and means she’s received one in all every shade.
Males’s S13 100 backstroke
Make it 18 gold medals and 20 complete medals for Ihar Boki, the Belorussian swimming underneath the NPA banner dominating the sector from the begin to win in 56.60. His time was 1.35 seconds forward of Vladimir Sotnikov, who had taken the highest seed in prelims. As an alternative, he received silver in 57.95.
Frenchman Alex Portal joined them underneath a minute in 59.08 to glean his second medal of the meet.
Ladies’s S13 100 backstroke
It has been a typically woeful begin to the meet for the USA, for anybody not named Ellie Marks. Whereas the look ahead to a male finalist stretches via the second evening, the look ahead to a gold medal is not less than over.
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Gia Pergolini noticed to that, taking gold in 1:04.93 to defend her title from Tokyo and seize her second profession medal. She was only a contact slower than the 1:04.64 utilized in Tokyo, however 2.34 seconds faster than Roisin Ni Riain of Eire. The 19-year-old picks up her first medal. Bronze went to Carlotta Gilli of Italy in 1:08.08, her second medal of those Video games and 7 all-time.
Fellow American Grace Nuhfer completed eighth.
Males’s SB8 100 breaststroke
The flags above Andrei Kalina have modified thrice. However since Athens in 2004, he has kind of dominated this occasion. The previous Ukrainian who has swum for Russia and now as an NPA gained this occasion for the fifth time, in 1:09.02. He was two seconds behind the world file he set in Beijing 16 years in the past, however that sentence incorporates all you should know concerning the longevity of the 11-time Paralympic medalist, who’s 37 years previous.
Yang Guanglong challenged him, the Chinese language swimmer setting an Asian file of 1:09.83 for silver. He upgrades from bronze within the occasion in Tokyo for his fourth Paralympic medal.
Bronze on this multi-class occasion went to Carlos Serrano of Colomba, an S7 swimmer. His time of 1:10.55 clipped 1.5 seconds off his Paralympic file from Tokyo and was inside .23 of his world file from final yr’s World Championships. For Serrano, it’s medal No. 8, although his first swimming up in an S8/SB8 occasion. He gained a world championship on this occasion as an S7 swimmer in Manchester at Worlds final yr.
Ladies’s SB8 100 breaststroke
Anastasiya Dmytriv of Spain backed up the most effective time in prelims with a win within the ultimate, going 1:19.75 to win by greater than a second. It’s her first Paralympic medal. She was 1.29 away from world file holder Brock Whiston of Nice Britain. Whiston was nowhere close to her mark set in 2019 at 1:13.83, however she was away from the sector for silver in 1:21.04. Bronze went to Viktoriia Ishchiulova of NPA. It denied Ellen Keane an opportunity at her third Olympic medal by .19 seconds.
Blended 200 medley relay 20 factors
The Chinese language foursome of Peng Qiuping, Yuan Weiyi, Jiang Yuyan and Guo Jincheng established a world file of two:14.98, breaking the nation’s prior commonplace of two:15.49, set on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. The US posted an American file of two:18.99 behind the relay of Leanne Smith, Abbas Karimi, Zach Shattuck and Ellie Marks, whereas Brazil earned the bronze medal.
