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 Défense Area, and the spotlight of the day was Ukraine’s Mykhailo Serbin taking down his personal world document within the males’s S11 100 backstroke on the way in which to gold. In a while, Brazil’s 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 and Brock Whiston and 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 China’s Yang Hong within the SB6 males’s 100 breast, Summers-Newton in her breaststroke race, Italy’s Simone Barlaam because the lone S9 swimmer within the S10 last of the lads’s 100 freestyle and Germany’s Tanja Scholz within the SM3 class whereas swimming within the SM4 last of the ladies’s 200 IM.
Males’s SB6 100 Breaststroke
Colombia’s 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 China’s 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 Ukraine’s 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 Morgan ending simply over a second off the rostrum in fourth (1:21.99).
Girls’s 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 holder 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 Kong’s Cheuk Yan Ng was the clear third-best swimmer, incomes bronze in 1:34.15.
Males’s S10 100 Freestyle
Italy’s 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 from Rowan Crothers, who gained silver in 51.55.
Crowthers’ 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.
Girls’s S10 100 Freestyle
The house nation earned its second gold medal of the swimming portion of the Paralympics and first on the ladies’s aspect as Emeline Pierre obtained the higher of Canada’s 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 Rivard’s 1:00.82.
The medal is Pierre’s 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, Italy’s Alessia Scortechini owned the highest cut up (29.05), however Pierre, Nice Britain’s 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 swimmer Lisa Kruger (1:01.12).
The race stayed tight all through, with high seven swimmers all ending inside a second of one another, with China’s Zhang Meng ending with an Asian document of 1:01.47 in seventh place.
Males’s SM8 200 Particular person Medley
China gained its second males’s gold medal in three occasions throughout this session as Xu Haijiao used an outstanding freestyle leg to overhaul countryman 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 Portugal’s Diogo Cancela, who cut up 31.99 on freestyle to safe his podium spot.
Girls’s SM8 200 Particular person Medley
Two races after Maisie Summers-Newton brough British gold, countrywomen Brock Whiston and 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 Athlete Viktoriia Ishchiulova to win gold by lower than three tenths.
Whiston clocked 2:40.37, simply forward of Ishchiulova’s 2:40.65, whereas Tai earned bronze in 2:41.29. Simply lacking the rostrum was four-time defending champion Jessica Lengthy of america, whose time of two:45.70 left her in fourth place.
Males’s S11 100 Backstroke
For the second consecutive Paralympics, Mykhailo Serbin is golden within the S11 males’s 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 as Danylo Chufarov gained bronze in 1:07.03.
Girls’s S11 100 Backstroke
China’s third gold medal of the day and first amongst ladies’s occasions noticed S11 100 again world-record holder Cai Liwen 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 males’s SB8 200 IM, China went 1-2 right here as 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, Ma Jia, positioned fourth in 1:17.13.
Males’s 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.
Israel’s 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 Mexico’s Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez earned bronze in 2:37.29, making up a 1.07-second deficit on the ultimate 50 to cross Korea’s Jo Giseong by 16-hundredths on the end.
Girls’s SM4 150 Particular person Medley
Germany’s 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 Ukraine’s Olga Sviderska in 2016.
Impartial Paralympic Athlete Nataliia Butkova earned the silver medal in 2:54.68, making her the highest competitor within the SM4 class, whereas Brazil’s Lidia Vieira da Cruz scored bronze in 2:57.16, simply forward of Germany’s Gina Boettcher (2:57.44).
Males’s SM3 150 Particular person Medley
Germany gained gold for a second consecutive Paralympic last as Josia Topf got here via to win this last by precisely two seconds. The Australian duo of Ahmed Kelly and Grant Patterson owned the top-two positions getting into the ultimate size, however Topf’s 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.
Brazil’s 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.
Males’s SB5 100 Breaststroke
Switzerland’s 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.
Spain’s Antoni Ponce Bertran earned silver on this occasion for the second consecutive Paralympics, touching in 1:29.43, whereas Ukraine’s Danylo Semenykhin secured bronze in 1:30.96. A pair of Vietnamese swimmers, Le Dat and Do Hai, positioned fourth and fifth, respectively.
Girls’s SB5 100 Breaststroke
Nice Britain’s third gold medal of the day got here within the ladies’s SB5 100 breaststroke last as 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.
China’s Zhang Li, who led on the midway level, completed second in 1:43.17, setting an Asian document, whereas Ukraine’s 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 of William Ellard, Rhys Darbey, Poppy Maskill and Olivia Newman-Baronius claimed gold in 3:43.05.
Australia’s Jack Eire, Madeleine McTernan, Ruby Storm and 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, Gabriel Bandeira, Beatriz Borges Carneiro and Ana Karolina Soares de Oliveira.
