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Columbia\u2019s\u00a0Carlos Serrano Zarate\u00a0<\/strong>started the morning off quickly, finishing in Paralympic and World record time of 1:14.01. Tonight he took a second and a half off those marks, touching in 1:12.50 for gold. Silver went to Australia’s\u00a0Blake Cochrane\u00a0<\/strong>in 1:18.66. China’s\u00a0Hong Yang\u00a0<\/strong>snagged bronze in 1:20.21.<\/p>\n Simon Boer\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands finished just off the podium with a 1:20.44. China’s\u00a0Jianfeng Chen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:21.37), the USA’s\u00a0Rudy Garcia-Tolson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:22.45), Japan’s\u00a0Tomotaro Nakamura\u00a0<\/strong>(1:23.46) and the USA’s\u00a0Evan Austin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:23.55) rounded out tonight’s final.<\/p>\n In prelims, Elizabeth Marks\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA touched in a new Paralympic record time of 1:28.83. Tonight she dropped another seven tenths to take the world and Paralympic records and gold with her 1:28.13. American teammate\u00a0Jessica Long\u00a0<\/strong>took silver in 1:32.94. The Netherlands’\u00a0Lisa Den Braber\u00a0<\/strong>won bronze with a 1:34.66.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Tess Routliffe\u00a0<\/strong>(1:35.09) and American\u00a0Mallory Weggmann\u00a0<\/strong>(1:36.06) followed.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Oksana Khrul\u00a0<\/strong>(1:38.23), Brazil’s\u00a0Veronica Almeida\u00a0<\/strong>(1:42.41) and the Czeh Republic’s\u00a0Vendula Duskova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:45.29) completed the final.<\/p>\n Two Chinese men were on the podium tonight. Taking gold was\u00a0Qing Xu\u00a0<\/strong>in 28.81. A second behind him his teammate\u00a0Hongguang Jia\u00a0<\/strong>was third with a 29.87. Between the two was Columbia’s\u00a0Nelson Crispin Corzo\u00a0<\/strong>with a 29.27 for silver.<\/p>\n Cuba’s\u00a0Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0<\/strong>(30.31) and Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Haanappel\u00a0<\/strong>(30.77) were fourth and fifth. Sixth through eight were\u00a0Oleksandr Komarov\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine,\u00a0Oscar Osorio Campaz\u00a0<\/strong>of Colombia and\u00a0Thijs Van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands in 31.06, 31.25, and 31.27.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Yelyzaveta Mereshko <\/strong>set a Paralmypic record this morning in\u00a0<\/strong>33.53. Tongith she lowered it by a tenth, touching first in 33.43. Teammate\u00a0Vikrotiia Savtsova\u00a0<\/strong>was just behing in 33.68. Earning bronze was\u00a0Tiffany Thomas Kane\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia with a 34.41.<\/p>\n Britain’s\u00a0Ellie Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>out touched China’s\u00a0Lingling Song\u00a0<\/strong>by .01 as the two hit the wall in 35.24 and 35.25.<\/p>\n Britain’s\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>(35.54), Ireland’s\u00a0Nicole Turner\u00a0<\/strong>(36.31) and Italy’s\u00a0Emanuela Romano\u00a0<\/strong>(36.62) completed the final.<\/p>\n Roy Perkins\u00a0<\/strong>struck gold tonight, stopping the clock in 35.04. China’s\u00a0Shiwei He\u00a0<\/strong>took silver with a 35.25.\u00a0Daniel Dias\u00a0<\/strong>of Brazil posted a 35.62 for bronze.<\/p>\n Andrew Mullen\u00a0<\/strong>of Britain secured fourth with a 36.32.<\/p>\n Turkey’s\u00a0Beytullah Eroglu\u00a0<\/strong>(38.70), Mexico’s\u00a0Edgar Hugo Pineda Castro\u00a0<\/strong>(38.96), Vietnam’s\u00a0Thanh Tung Vo\u00a0<\/strong>(39.44) and Slovenia’s\u00a0Darko Duric\u00a0<\/strong>(40.92) completed the final.<\/p>\n Xihan Xu\u00a0<\/strong>of China swam well ahead with a winning time of 43.62. Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise\u00a0<\/strong>Rung\u00a0<\/strong>was less than a tenth faster than Italy’s\u00a0Giulia Ghiretti\u00a0<\/strong>as the two won silver and bronze in 45.67 and 45.74.<\/p>\n Finishing just off the podium was Hungary’s\u00a0Reka Kezdi\u00a0<\/strong>in 45.82.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales\u00a0<\/strong>(47.36), Brazil’s\u00a0Joana Maria Silva\u00a0<\/strong>(47.51), Belarus’\u00a0Natallia Shavel\u00a0<\/strong>(47.55) and\u00a0Turkey’s\u00a0Sevilay Ozturk\u00a0<\/strong>(50.89) rounded out the final.<\/p>\n In 44.94\u00a0Dmytro Vynohradets’\u00a0<\/strong>won gold for Ukraine.\u00a0Wenpan Huang\u00a0<\/strong>touched in 46.11 to add a silver to China’s growing medal count. Italy’s\u00a0Vincenzo Boni\u00a0<\/strong>won bronze in 46.67.<\/p>\n Chinese teammates\u00a0Jianping Du\u00a0<\/strong>(47.02) and\u00a0Hanhua Li\u00a0<\/strong>(51.48) took fourth and fifth.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo\u00a0<\/strong>(52.87), Sweden’s\u00a0Mikael Fredriksson\u00a0<\/strong>(56.53), and Chile’s\u00a0Alberto Abarza\u00a0<\/strong>(57.93) completed tonight’s final.<\/p>\n In prelims China’s\u00a0Quiping Peng\u00a0<\/strong>lowered the Paralympic mark and took the world record with a 49.91. Tonight she was event faster, stopping the clock in 48.49. Her teammate\u00a0Guofen Meng\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in 51.42 while bronze went to\u00a0Lisette Teunissen\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands in 53.44<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Olga Sviderska\u00a0<\/strong>(54.01) and Greece’s\u00a0Alexandra Stamatopoulou\u00a0<\/strong>(58.33) followed. Her Greek teammate\u00a0Semicha Rizaoglou\u00a0<\/strong>was eight in 1:12.05.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan’s\u00a0Zulifya Gabidullina\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.68) and Brazil’s\u00a0Maiara Regina Perreira Barreto\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.65) finished sixth and seventh.<\/p>\n Another Paralympic record went down this morning as Belarus\u2019\u00a0Ihar Boki <\/strong>finished\u00a0in 2:06.13. Tonight he led by over a second at the halfway mark and came home in a 2:04.02 to lower the Paralympic standard. Ukrainian teammates\u00a0Iaroslav Denysenko\u00a0<\/strong>(2:08.76) and\u00a0Danylo Chufarov\u00a0<\/strong>(2:11.12) completed the podium.<\/p>\n Azerbaijan’s\u00a0Dzmitry Zalei\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth in 2:13.83 and Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Dmitriy Horlin\u00a0<\/strong>was fifth with a 2:15.18. Australians\u00a0Sean Russo\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.29) and\u00a0Jacob Templeton\u00a0<\/strong>(2:20.90) took sixth and eighth. Ukraine’s\u00a0Sergii Klippert\u00a0<\/strong>(2:16.47) finished seventh.<\/p>\n This morning Uzbekistan\u2019s\u00a0Fotimakhon\u00a0<\/strong>Amilova\u00a0<\/strong>was first to the wall in a new Paralympic and World record of 2:24.43. Tonight, she held the lead by nearly two seconds after the backstroke. The USA’s\u00a0Rebecca Meyers\u00a0<\/strong>was in second, .02 ahead of Ukraine’s\u00a0Anna Stetsenko\u00a0<\/strong>at the halfway point. In the end, Meyers took her second gold in of the Games, finishing in 2:24.66. Amilova could not repeat this morning’s speed, finishing second in 2:25.23. Her teammate\u00a0Shokhsanamkhon\u00a0<\/strong>Toshpulatova\u00a0<\/strong>earned bronze with a 2:27.31.<\/p>\n Stetsenko finished fourth in 2:28.95. Colleen Young\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA was fifth in 2:30.85.<\/p>\n Spain’s Ariadna Edo Beltran\u00a0<\/strong>(2:36.45), Italy’s\u00a0Alessia Berra\u00a0<\/strong>(2:37.91), and Australia’s\u00a0Prue Watt\u00a0<\/strong>(2:39.06) rounded out the final.<\/p>\n Maksym Krypak\u00a0<\/strong>added another Paralympic and World record to the morning\u2019s count, touching in 58.25. Tonight he swam over a second faster, stopping the clock in 57.24. The Netherlands’\u00a0Olivier Van de Voort\u00a0<\/strong>was also under the old mark, taking silver in 58.10. Bronze went to Krypak’s teammate\u00a0Denys Dubrov\u00a0<\/strong>in 59.37.<\/p>\n Andrew Brasil\u00a0<\/strong>of Brazil finished fourth in 59.55. Canada’s\u00a0Benoit Huot\u00a0<\/strong>(1:00.33) and\u00a0Alec Elliot\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.45) were fifth and seventh. In sixth was\u00a0Michael Anderson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.37) from Australia while\u00a0Riccardo Menciotti\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy finished eighth in 1:02.70.<\/p>\n Sophie Pascoe\u00a0<\/strong>of New Zealand touched first in 1:07.04. Hungary’s\u00a0Bianka Pap\u00a0<\/strong>claimed silver in 1:07.95 and Great Britain’s\u00a0Alice Tai\u00a0<\/strong>finished the podium in 1:09.39.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Aurelie Rivard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.62) and the Netherlands’\u00a0Lisa Kruger\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.59) followed. Kruger’s teammate\u00a0Marije Oosterhuis\u00a0<\/strong>wound up eight tonight in 1:13.07.<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Mariana Ribeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(1:11.03) and\u00a0Anaelle Roulet\u00a0<\/strong>(1:12.21) of France were sixth and seventh.<\/p>\n Americans took home gold and silver.\u00a0Bradley Snyder\u00a0<\/strong>had a dominating performance, touching in 4:28.78 to win ahead of teammate\u00a0Tharon Drake\u00a0<\/strong>in 4:40.96. Bronze went to\u00a0Matheus Souza\u00a0<\/strong>of Brazil with a 4:41.05.<\/p>\n Israel Oliver\u00a0<\/strong>(4:43.17) of Spain was fourth. Ukrainian teammates\u00a0Viktor Smyrnov\u00a0<\/strong>(4:48.71) and\u00a0Dmytro Zalevskyi\u00a0<\/strong>(5:02.38) were fifth and sixth. Argentina’s\u00a0Sergio Zayas\u00a0<\/strong>(5:06.77) and Lithuania’s\u00a0Edgaras Matakas\u00a0<\/strong>(5:30.66) completed the heat.<\/p>\n Stopping the clock in 5:15.08,\u00a0Liesette Bruinsma\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands took gold. Just over a second behind,\u00a0Cecilia Camellini\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy earned silver in 5:16.36. Bronze went to China’s\u00a0Qing Xie\u00a0<\/strong>in 5:25.14.<\/p>\n In 5:28.28, Mary Fisher<\/strong>\u00a0of New Zealand finished fourth. Germany’s\u00a0Daniela Schulte\u00a0<\/strong>touched fifth in 5:29.93.<\/p>\n Liwen Cai\u00a0<\/strong>of China was sixth in 5:35.92 and her teammate\u00a0Guizhi Li\u00a0<\/strong>was eight with a 5:52.79. 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