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.<\/p>\n
Hongguang\u00a0Jia\u00a0<\/strong>set the world record in prelims with a 1:12.27. Tonight, his Chinese teammate\u00a0Tao Zheng\u00a0<\/strong>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\u00a0Iaroslav Semenenko\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:15.97.<\/p>\n The Chinese women then took the top two spots in the women’s S6 100 backstroke.\u00a0Lingling Song\u00a0<\/strong>edged teammate\u00a0Dong Lu\u00a0<\/strong>1:21.43 to 1:21.65. Song earned a new Paralympic and world record.\u00a0Oksana Khrul\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine\u00a0took home bronze (1:26.82).<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Oliver Hynd\u00a0<\/strong>got to the wall first in another World Record time of 4:21.89. Chinese teammates\u00a0Haijiao Xu\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Yinan Wang\u00a0<\/strong>completed the podium in 4:25.65 and 4:32.78.<\/p>\n The impressive record setting streak continued into the women’s event. Australia’s\u00a0Lakeisha Patterson\u00a0<\/strong>rewrote the record books with a 4:40.33.\u00a0Jessica Long\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States\u00a0took home silver with a 4:47.82.\u00a0Stephanie Millward\u00a0<\/strong>secured bronze in 4:49.49.<\/p>\n 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\u00a0Kevin Paul\u00a0<\/strong>won gold with a 1:04.86. In the silver medal spot was\u00a0Denys Dubrov\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:05.10.\u00a0Duncan Van Haaren\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands touched in 1:06.54 for bronze.<\/p>\n Lisa Kruger\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands raced to Paralympic gold with a 1:15.49. Her teammate\u00a0Chantalle Zuderveld\u00a0<\/strong>joined her on the podium, placing third in 1:17.01.\u00a0Harriet Lee\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain won silver with a 1:16.87.<\/p>\n Gi Seong Jo\u00a0<\/strong>of Korea sprinted away from the field to take gold in 1:23.36. At the 50 meter mark, China’s\u00a0Zhipeng Jin\u00a0<\/strong>had a half second lead on the Netherlands’\u00a0Michael Schoenmaker\u00a0<\/strong>and he held on to take silver- 1:26.05 to 1:26.87. Just .01 behind, France’s\u00a0David Smetanine\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth with a 1:26.88.<\/p>\n Kazahstan’s\u00a0Zulfiya Gabidullina\u00a0<\/strong>dominated the S3 women’s 100 freestyle and finished in Paralympic and world record time of 1:30.07. China’s\u00a0Qiuping Peng\u00a0<\/strong>and Ukraine’s\u00a0Olga Sviderska\u00a0<\/strong>had a tight battle for silver. Peng got to the wall first in 1:34.71, ahead of Sviderska’s 1:34.86.<\/p>\n This morning\u00a0Netherlands\u2019 Marc Evers<\/strong> 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.\u00a0In Kook Lee\u00a0<\/strong>of Korea cracked the minute barrier and with a gold medal time and a new Paralympic record of 59.82.\u00a0Takuya Tsugawa\u00a0<\/strong>of Japan earned bronze in 1:03.42.<\/p>\n This morning\u00a0Marlou Van Der Kulk\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands took down\u00a0Bethany Firth<\/strong>‘s Paralympic record, posting a 1:07.23. Firth\u00a0took 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.<\/p>\n Van Der Kulk also swam faster, touching in 1:06.33 for silver. The bronze went to Firth’s British teammate\u00a0Jessica-Jane Applegate\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:08.67.<\/p>\n Ihar Boki\u00a0<\/strong>of Belarus was dominant as he broke his own Paralympic and World records, touching in 53.85. Teammates from Uzbekistan,\u00a0Kirill Pankov\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev\u00a0<\/strong>earned silver and bronze in 56.84 and 57.26.<\/p>\n After prelims, it still seemed as though it could be anybody’s race.\u00a0Rebecca Meyers\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n Uzbekistan teammates once again completed the podium. For the women it was\u00a0Muslima Odilova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.92) and\u00a0Fotimakhon Amilova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.93) touching just .01 apart and earning silver and bronze.<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Daniel Dias\u00a0<\/strong>swam away from the field and took gold in a 2:27.88. The United States’\u00a0Roy Perkins\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed silver with a 2:38.56. Bronze went to\u00a0Andrew Mullen\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain with a 2:40.65.<\/p>\n The podium swimmers all finished under three minutes tonight. Li Zhang\u00a0<\/strong>of China stopped the clock in 2:48.33 to win gold. Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales\u00a0<\/strong>snagged silver with a 2:50.91. Bronze went to Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise Rung\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:07.31.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Ievgenii Bogodaiko\u00a0<\/strong>edged world record holder\u00a0Jonathan Fox\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain 1:10.55 to 1:10.78 to claim gold. Bronze went to\u00a0Italo Pereira\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:12.48.<\/p>\n Chinese teammates\u00a0Liting Ke\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ying Zhang\u00a0<\/strong>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.\u00a0Rebecca Dubber\u00a0<\/strong>of New Zealand earned bronze with a 1:23.85.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. 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