Everything you need to follow along with day three prelims of the 2016 Paralympic Games. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n
Columbia’s\u00a0Carlos Serrano Zarate\u00a0<\/strong>started the morning off quickly, finishing in Paralympic and World record time of 1:14.01. Australia’s\u00a0Blake Cochrane\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.08) and\u00a0Simon Boer\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.43) of the Netherlands finished close together. Both racing in hear one, China’s\u00a0Hong Yang\u00a0<\/strong>(1:21.27) and Japan’s\u00a0Tomotaro Nakamura\u00a0<\/strong>(1:21.97) qualified fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Jianfeng Chen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:22.45) and Americans\u00a0Evan Austin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:23.48) and\u00a0Rudy Garcia-Tolson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:23.82) complete tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Elizabeth Marks\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA touched in a new Paralympic record time of 1:28.83. The Netherlands’\u00a0Lisa Den Braber\u00a0<\/strong>qualified second in 1:34.13, just faster than\u00a0Jessica Long\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA with a 1:34.48.<\/p>\n In fourth was\u00a0Tess Routliffe\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada in 1:36.34 while American\u00a0Mallory Weggemann\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth in 1:37.88.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Oksana Khrul\u00a0<\/strong>(1:39.89), Brazil’s\u00a0Veronica Almeida\u00a0<\/strong>(1:42.88), and the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Vendula Duskova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.51) also earned lanes in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Hongguang Jia\u00a0<\/strong>edged\u00a0Nelson Crispin Corzo\u00a0<\/strong>29.66 to 29.68 for the top seed. Cuba’s\u00a0Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0<\/strong>was third this morning in 30.24. The fourth seed went to\u00a0Qing Xu\u00a0<\/strong>of China in 30.82. Ukraine’s\u00a0Oleksandr Komarov\u00a0<\/strong>(31.07) and Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Haanappel\u00a0<\/strong>(31.47) followed. Colombia’s\u00a0Oscar Osorio Campaz\u00a0<\/strong>and the Netherlands’\u00a0Thijs Van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>tied for seventh in 31.81.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian duo of\u00a0Yelyzaveta Mereshko\u00a0<\/strong>(33.53) and\u00a0Viktoriia Savtsova\u00a0<\/strong>(34.68) took the top two seeds with Mereshko setting a Paralympic record along the way. In third this morning was\u00a0Ellie Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain in 34.99.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Tiffany Thomas Kane (<\/strong>35.27) and China’s\u00a0Lingling Song\u00a0<\/strong>(35.41) were also under 36 this morning. Britain’s\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>(36.44) and Ireland’s\u00a0Nicole Turner\u00a0<\/strong>(36.70) and\u00a0Italy’s\u00a0Emanuela Romano\u00a0<\/strong>(37.04) also secured lanes in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Shiwei He\u00a0<\/strong>out touched the USA’s\u00a0Roy Perkins\u00a0<\/strong>35.74 to 35.75 this morning. Brazil’s\u00a0Daniel Dias\u00a0<\/strong>(36.86) touched third.\u00a0Andrew Mullen\u00a0<\/strong>of Britain stopped the clock in 38.19 for the fourth seed ahead of Turkey’s\u00a0Beytullah Eroglu\u00a0<\/strong>(38.61) and Vietnam’s\u00a0Thanh Tung Vo\u00a0<\/strong>(38.76). Mexico’s\u00a0Edgar Hugo Pinedo Castro\u00a0<\/strong>(39.20) and Slovenia’s\u00a0Darko Duric\u00a0<\/strong>(40.99) will also race again tonight.<\/p>\n Xihan Xu\u00a0<\/strong>of China\u00a0was first to the wall with a 43.90. Hungary’s\u00a0Reka Kezdi\u00a0<\/strong>(46.13) was second and Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales\u00a0<\/strong>(47.73) touched third.<\/p>\n In a 48.33 Italy’s\u00a0Giulia Ghiretti\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth, just ahead of Belarus’\u00a0Natallia Shavel\u00a0<\/strong>in 49.78.<\/p>\n Turkey’s\u00a0Sevilay Ozturk\u00a0<\/strong>(49.94), Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise Rung\u00a0<\/strong>(50.63) and Brazil’s\u00a0Joana Maria Silva\u00a0<\/strong>(51.56) will race again tonight.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Dmytro Vynohradets’\u00a0<\/strong>was the top qualifier in 45.97. Italy’s\u00a0Vincenzo Boni\u00a0<\/strong>touched in 47.16 ahead of a Chinese duo of\u00a0Jianping Du\u00a0<\/strong>(47.35) and\u00a0Wenpan Huang\u00a0<\/strong>(49.24). Their teammate\u00a0Hanhua Li\u00a0<\/strong>finished sixth this morning in 55.29. Fifth seed goes to Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo\u00a0<\/strong>in 51.69.<\/p>\n Chile’s\u00a0Alberto Abarza\u00a0<\/strong>(56.73) and Sweden’s\u00a0Mikael Fredriksson\u00a0<\/strong>(56.91) also finished under a minute.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Guofen Meng\u00a0<\/strong>clocked a Paralympic record of 52.64 in the first heat. Her teammate\u00a0Quiping Peng\u00a0<\/strong>then lowered that mark and took the world record with a 49.91. the Netherlands’\u00a0Lisette Teunissen\u00a0<\/strong>will be tonight’s third seed in 54.34 while Ukraine’s\u00a0Olga Sviderska\u00a0<\/strong>(56.49) will be fourth. Greece’s\u00a0Alexandra Stamatopoulou\u00a0<\/strong>(58.47) also cleared a minute.<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Maiara Regina Perreira Barreto\u00a0<\/strong>(1:05.94), Greece’s\u00a0Semicha Rizaoglou\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.18) and Kazakhstan’s Zulfiya Gabidullina\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.46) will also race again tonight.<\/p>\n Another Paralympic record went down. This time it was Belarus’\u00a0Ihar Boki\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:06.13. Ukrainian teammates\u00a0Iaroslav Denysenko\u00a0<\/strong>(2:12.87) and\u00a0Danylo Chufarov\u00a0<\/strong>(2:15.36) were second and third this morning.<\/p>\n Azerbaijan’s\u00a0Dzmitry Salei\u00a0<\/strong>edged Ukraine’s\u00a0Sergii Klippert\u00a0<\/strong>2:16.31 to 2:16.35. Australia’s\u00a0Sean Russo\u00a0<\/strong>was just another .02 behind in 2:16.37.\u00a0Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Dmitriy Horlin\u00a0<\/strong>was another half second back with a 2:16.84. Australia’s\u00a0Jacob Templeton\u00a0<\/strong>completed the top eight in 2:18.72.<\/p>\n Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Fotimakhon\u00a0<\/strong>Amilova\u00a0<\/strong>was first to the wall in a new Paralympic and World record of 2:24.43. Her teammate\u00a0Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova\u00a0<\/strong>qualified third with a 2:30.16. Between the duo was the USA’s\u00a0Rebecca Meyers\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:29.88.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Anna Stetsenko\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth in 2:31.96 and American\u00a0Colleen Young\u00a0<\/strong>qualified fifth in 2:32.75.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Alessia Berra\u00a0<\/strong>(2:36.39), Spain’s\u00a0Ariadna Edo Beltran\u00a0<\/strong>(2:38.29) and Australia’s\u00a0Prue Watt\u00a0<\/strong>(2:40.48) round out tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Maksym Krypak\u00a0<\/strong>added another Paralympic and World record to the morning’s count, touching in 58.25. Just behind him was the Netherlands’\u00a0Olivier Van De Voort\u00a0<\/strong>in 58.53.\u00a0Denys Dubrov\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine finished third this morning with a 1:00.78. Australia’s\u00a0Michael Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth in 1:01.02. Only .01 behind him was Canada’s\u00a0Benoit Huot\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:01.03, and another .05 behind was\u00a0Andrew Brasil\u00a0<\/strong>of Brazil in 1:01.08.<\/p>\n Alec Elliot\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada (1:01.36) and\u00a0Riccardo Menciotti\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy (1:02.63) round out tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Sophie Pascoe\u00a0<\/strong>of New Zealand led qualifying this morning in 1:07.23. Hungary’s\u00a0Bianka Pap\u00a0<\/strong>secured the second spot in 1:09.15.\u00a0Alice Tai\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain finished third with a 1:09.64.<\/p>\n Aurelie Rivard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.47) and\u00a0Lisa Kruger\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.56), representing Canada and the Netherlands were next.<\/p>\n France’s\u00a0Anaelle Roulet\u00a0<\/strong>(1:12.20), Brazil’s\u00a0Mariana Ribeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(1:12.34), and Netherlands’\u00a0Marije Oosterhuis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:12.41) also qualified for tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Cecilia Camellini\u00a0<\/strong>(5:19.17) led the way this morning. Less than a second behind her was the Netherlands’\u00a0Liesette Bruinsma\u00a0<\/strong>in 5:20.04. Germany’s\u00a0Daniela Schulte\u00a0<\/strong>(5:27.41) was also under 5:30.<\/p>\n Mary Fisher\u00a0<\/strong>of New Zealand (5:33.64) finished ahead of a trio of Chinese:\u00a0Qing Xie\u00a0<\/strong>(5:34.81),\u00a0Guizhi Li\u00a0<\/strong>(5:42.18), and\u00a0Liwen Cai\u00a0<\/strong>(5:43.41). Ukraine’s\u00a0Olga Iakibuk\u00a0<\/strong>(5:44.15) will also swim in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along with day three prelims of the 2016 Paralympic Games. Hit refresh for the latest coverage. 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Men’s 50m Freestyle S6<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50m Freestyle S6<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50m Butterfly S5<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50m Butterfly S5<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50m Backstroke S3<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50m Backstroke S3<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200m IM SM13<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200m IM SM13<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100m Backstroke S10<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100m Backstroke S10<\/h3>\n
Women’s 400m Freestyle S11<\/h3>\n