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Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB5
Karl Forsman posted a 1:34.27 to earn gold for Sweden. Korea’s Woo Geun Lim raced to a 1:35.18 for silver and Mexico’s Pedro Rangel claimed bronze in 1:37.84.
Italy’s Marco Maria Dolfin finished fourth in 1:38.27 and fifth went to Brazil’s Roberto Rodriguez (1:39.06).
Greece’s Georgios Sfaltos (1:40.05), Vietnam’s Thahn Hai Do (1:40.31), and Brazil’s Adriano De Lima (1:46.18) rounded out the heat.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB5
Yelyzaveta Mereshko jumped out to a half second lead at the 50 and held off her Ukrainian teammate to claim gold in 1:41.63. Viktoriia Savtsova took silver with a 1:42.14. China’s Lingling Song earned bronze in 1:45.21.
Germany’s Verena Schott (1:46.07) and Hungary’s Fanni Illes (1:48.14) were fourth and fifth.
Vietnam’s Thi Bich Nhu Trinh (1:51.07) and Italy’s Emanuela Romano (1:52.33) rounded out the heat as Sabine Weber-Treiber was disqualified.
Men’s 200m IM SM9
The podium swimmers had a fairly tight finish this evening. Italy’s Federico Morlacchi got to the wall first in 2:16.72 while Hungary’s Tamas Sors finished second in 2:17.33. Bronze went to Australia’s Timothy Disken in 2:17.72.
Tamas Toth of Hungary was fourth (2:19.40). Australia’s Timothy Hodge (2:21.14) finished fifth and his teammate Brendan Hall was disqualified. Cody Bureau (2:24.63) of the USA and James Crisp of Great Britain (2:24.96) finished sixth and seventh.
Women’s 200m IM SM9
In what was one of the most back and forth and closest races of the week so far, Spain’s Nuria Marques Soto turned at the halfway mark in 1:10.52. Just behind was Great Britain’s Amy Marren in 1:11.84. With a strong breaststroke leg Madeline Scott of Australia was tied with Marren with a 50 to go. China’s Ping Lin barreled home and held off an also charging Sarai Gascon of Spain. Lin touched first in 2:35.64, two tenths ahead of Gascon in 2:35.84. Marren held on for bronze in 2:36.26.
China’s Jialing Xu finished just off the podium in 2:36.48. Marques Soto stopped the clock in 2:37.30. Scott finished sixth with a 2:37.65.
Canada’s Katarina Roxon (2:37.87) and Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore (2:38.34) completed the heat, which was only spread by two and a half seconds.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB13
While the women in the event before had a tight battle, the men in the 100 breaststroke raise the standard. While Ukraine’s Oleksii Fedyna led by .34 at the halfway mark, he and Uzbekistan’s Firdavsbek Musabekov both touched the wall in 1:04.94 to tie for gold! Belarus’ Ihar Boki claimed bronze in 1:06.71.
Liam Bekric of Australia finished fourth (1:08.70). Brazil’s Guilherme Silva (1:13.58) then led a strong of 1:13s as Greece’s Gerasimos Lignos, Australia’s Sean Russo and Spain’s Ivan Salguero Oteiza finished in 1:13.68, 1:13.86, and 1:13.95.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB13
Rebecca Redfern took down the first Paralympic record of the morning. The English woman touched in 1:17.08 in prelims. Tonight, she was over three seconds faster but finished second in 1:13.81. Gold went to Fotimakhon Amilova of Uzbekistan in a new Paralympic and World record of 1:12.45. American Colleen Young held on for bronze in 1:17.02.
Cyprus’ Karolina Pelendritou (1:17.22) and Germany’s Elena Krawzow (1:17.46) finished just off the podium.
Finishing sixth through eighth were Australia’s Prue Watt (1:18.16), Belarus’ Anastasiya Zudzilava (1:19.79), and the USA’s Martha Ruether (1:20.48).
Men’s 200m Freestyle S14
Daniel Fox turned in the first men’s Paralympic record of the morning with a 1:57.19. While he was faster tonight, it was not quite enough. The top three finishers were under the old mark, but Wai Lok Tang of Hong Kong got to the wall first in 1:56.32 after leading start to finish. Britain’s Thomas Hamer was just behind in 1:56.58 while Fox settled for bronze in 1:56.69.
Iceland’s Jon Margeir Sverrisson finished fourth in 1:57.50. Australia’s Liam Schluter was also under two minutes in 1:59.38.
Japan’s Keichi Nakajima (2:00.61), Korea’s Won Sang Cho (2:00.83) and Brazil’s Felipe Vila Real (2:02.33) completed the heat.
Women’s 200m Freestyle S14
Bethany Firth made it two in a row for downed Paralympic records, stopping the clock in 2:05.96 this morning. Tonight, she was over two seconds faster, moving the mark to 2:06.92. Her British teammate Jessica-Jane Applegate won silver in 2:06.92. For bronze Marlou Van Der Kluk of the Netherlands finished in 2:10.20.
Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg (2:12.54), Spain’s Michelle Alonso Morales (2:16.65), Italy’s Xenia Francesca Palazzo (2:19.21), Belarus’ Michelle Franssen (2:19.91), and Germany’s Janina Breuer (2:22.16) rounded out tonight’s final.
Men’s 200m IM SM10
This morning Denys Dubrov of Ukraine set a new Paralympic mark of 2:09.23. Tonight he was a good bit faster and took down the World mark as well, stopping the clock in 2:06.87. His teammates joined him in sweeping the podium. Maksym Krypak was also under the old Paralympic record in 2:08.10. Dmytro Vanzenko went a 2:10.48 for bronze.
Benoit Huot of Canada finished fourth in 2:11.85 and the Netherlands’ Olivier Van de Voort was fifth in 2:13.72.
South Africa’s Kevin Paul (2:16.25), Belarus’ Sven Decaesstecker (2:16.94), and Canada’s Isaac Bouckley (2:17.33) also raced tonight.
Women’s 200m IM SM10
Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand then took down both marks in the women’s event, stopping the clock in 2:24.90. Canada’s Aurelie Rivard was runner up with a 2:30.03 and Hungary’s Bianka Pap won bronze in 2:31.46.
The Netherlands’ Lisa Kruger finished fourth in 2:32.81 just ahead of Yi Chen of China in 2:33.06 and her teammate Chantalle Zijderveld in 2:33.10.
Britain’s Harriet Lee (2:34.91) and China’s Meng Zhang (2:36.53) were seventh and eighth.
Men’s 100m Freestyle S8
Two Chinese swimmers topped the podium tonight. Yinan Wang registered a 56.80 for gold and Maodang Song swam a 58.13 for silver. Bronze went to Joseph Craig in 58.19. His British teammate Oliver Hynd finished just off the podium in 58.85.
China’s Guanglong Yang was fifth in 59.17. Also under a minute was Ukraine’s Bohdan Hrynenko in 59.74. Canada’s Zack Mcallister (1:01.37) and Mexico’s Luis Armando Andrade Guillen (1:01.90) were seventh and eighth.
Women’s 100m Freestyle S8
After a tight morning, things were close again tonight. Australia’s Maddison Elliott held a slight lead at the 50 and held on to set a Paralympic record of 1:04.73 tonight. Her teammate Lakeisha Patterson swam a 1:05.08 for silver. Taking bronze was Stephanie Millward of Great Britain in 1:05.16.
Jessica Long of the USA finished six tenths off the podium in 1:05.72.
Canada’s Morgan Bird (1:09.67) and her teammate Abi Tripp (1:10.40) were fifth and seventh. Brazil’s Cecilia Jeronimo De Araujo (1:09.83) and American Mallory Weggemann (1:11.80) finished sixth and eighth.
Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB4
China’s Junsheng Li edged Daniel Dias of Brazil 1:35.96 to 1:36.13 for gold. Colombia’s Moises Fuentes Garcia out touched Greece’s Antonios Tsapatakis 1:37.40 to 1:37.69 for bronze.
Spain’s Ricardo Ten (1:38.07), Vietnam’s Thanh Trung Nguyen (1:49.67) and Italy’s Andrewa Massussi (1:51.96) followed. Shiwei He of China was disqualified.
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB4
Sarah Louise Rung won gold for Norway in 1:44.94. Nearly six seconds behind her was Italy’s Giulia Ghiretti in 1:50.58. Another five seconds back was Singapore’s Rui Si Theresa Goh in 1:55.55 for bronze.
China’s Li Zhang also broke two minutes in 1:58.13.
Belarus’ Natallia Shavel (2:00.71), Israel’s Inbal Pezaro (2:01.02), Greece’s Chrysoula Antoniadou (2:06.24), and China’s Cuan Yao (2:07.64) completed the final.
Men’s 200m Freestyle S2
China’s Liangkang Zou set the lone world record of the morning, and took down the Paralympic mark with a 3:49.37. Tonight, his teammate Benying Liu got to the wall first in 3:41.54 to take both records. While Zou was faster tonight, his 3:42.58 was only good for silver. Ukraine’s Serhii Palamarchuk was also under the old marks with a bronze winning 3:43.69.
China’s Yang Yang was fourth in 4:11.20. In 4:29.80 Ukraine’s Roman Bondarenko finished fifth. Greece’s Aristeidis Makrodimitris (4:57.90), and Israel’s Itzhak Mamistvalov (5:09.96) and Iad Joseph Shalabi (5:22.39) rounded out the top eight.