Everything you need to follow along live with the first night of finals at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Action begins at 5:30 local Rio de Janeiro time. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.
Men’s 100m Backstroke S6
Hongguang Jia set the world record in prelims with a 1:12.27. Tonight, his Chinese teammate Tao Zheng lowered that mark to a 1:10.84 to set a Paralympic and World Record and win gold. Jia settled for silver in 1:13.42. Bronze went to Ukraine’s Iaroslav Semenenko in 1:15.97.
Women’s 100m Backstroke S6
The Chinese women then took the top two spots in the women’s S6 100 backstroke. Lingling Song edged teammate Dong Lu 1:21.43 to 1:21.65. Song earned a new Paralympic and world record. Oksana Khrul of Ukraine took home bronze (1:26.82).
Men’s 400m Freestyle S8
Great Britain’s Oliver Hynd got to the wall first in another World Record time of 4:21.89. Chinese teammates Haijiao Xu and Yinan Wang completed the podium in 4:25.65 and 4:32.78.
Women’s 400m Freestyle S8
The impressive record setting streak continued into the women’s event. Australia’s Lakeisha Patterson rewrote the record books with a 4:40.33. Jessica Long of the United States took home silver with a 4:47.82. Stephanie Millward secured bronze in 4:49.49.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB9
In the next event, the record setting streak came to an end, but a different nation found its way to the top of the medal stand. South Africa’s Kevin Paul won gold with a 1:04.86. In the silver medal spot was Denys Dubrov in 1:05.10. Duncan Van Haaren of the Netherlands touched in 1:06.54 for bronze.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB9
Lisa Kruger of the Netherlands raced to Paralympic gold with a 1:15.49. Her teammate Chantalle Zuderveld joined her on the podium, placing third in 1:17.01. Harriet Lee of Great Britain won silver with a 1:16.87.
Men’s 100m Freestyle S4
Gi Seong Jo of Korea sprinted away from the field to take gold in 1:23.36. At the 50 meter mark, China’s Zhipeng Jin had a half second lead on the Netherlands’ Michael Schoenmaker and he held on to take silver- 1:26.05 to 1:26.87. Just .01 behind, France’s David Smetanine finished fourth with a 1:26.88.
Women’s 100m Freestyle S3
Kazahstan’s Zulfiya Gabidullina dominated the S3 women’s 100 freestyle and finished in Paralympic and world record time of 1:30.07. China’s Qiuping Peng and Ukraine’s Olga Sviderska had a tight battle for silver. Peng got to the wall first in 1:34.71, ahead of Sviderska’s 1:34.86.
Men’s 100m Backstroke S14
This morning Netherlands’ Marc Evers raced to a Paralympic record of 1:00.97. Tonight he improved on that time with a 1:00.63. However, that only earned him silver. In Kook Lee of Korea cracked the minute barrier and with a gold medal time and a new Paralympic record of 59.82. Takuya Tsugawa of Japan earned bronze in 1:03.42.
Women’s 100m Backstroke S14
This morning Marlou Van Der Kulk of the Netherlands took down Bethany Firth‘s Paralympic record, posting a 1:07.23. Firth took it back in the next heat with a 1:04.53. Tonight Firth affirmed her place at the top with a Paralympic and World Record finish of 1:04.05.
Van Der Kulk also swam faster, touching in 1:06.33 for silver. The bronze went to Firth’s British teammate Jessica-Jane Applegate in 1:08.67.
Men’s 100m Butterfly S13
Ihar Boki of Belarus was dominant as he broke his own Paralympic and World records, touching in 53.85. Teammates from Uzbekistan, Kirill Pankov and Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev earned silver and bronze in 56.84 and 57.26.
Women’s 100m Butterfly S13
After prelims, it still seemed as though it could be anybody’s race. Rebecca Meyers of the United States used a strong second 50 to power her way to gold. Meyers touched in a new Paralympic and World Record time of 1:03.25.
Uzbekistan teammates once again completed the podium. For the women it was Muslima Odilova (1:04.92) and Fotimakhon Amilova (1:04.93) touching just .01 apart and earning silver and bronze.
Men’s 200m Freestyle S5
Brazil’s Daniel Dias swam away from the field and took gold in a 2:27.88. The United States’ Roy Perkins grabbed silver with a 2:38.56. Bronze went to Andrew Mullen of Great Britain with a 2:40.65.
Women’s 200m Freestyle S5
The podium swimmers all finished under three minutes tonight. Li Zhang of China stopped the clock in 2:48.33 to win gold. Spain’s Teresa Perales snagged silver with a 2:50.91. Bronze went to Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung in 2:07.31.
Men’s 100m Backstroke S7
Ukraine’s Ievgenii Bogodaiko edged world record holder Jonathan Fox of Great Britain 1:10.55 to 1:10.78 to claim gold. Bronze went to Italo Pereira in 1:12.48.
Women’s 100m Backstroke S7
Chinese teammates Liting Ke and Ying Zhang came out on top of a very tight race in the S7 women’s 100 backstroke. Ke got her hand to the wall first in 1:23.06. Zhang earned silver in 1:23.34. Rebecca Dubber of New Zealand earned bronze with a 1:23.85.