Prelims of day six of the 2016 Paralympic Games were highlighted by several Parlaympic Records falling, setting up for a swift finals session.<\/p>\n
Thijs van Hofweegen<\/strong> of The Netherlands qualified first in the men’s 400 free, stopping the clock at a 5:11.79.<\/p>\n The second place seed was claimed by Italy’s\u00a0Francesco Bocciardo\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 5:18.61, followed cloes by China’s\u00a0Luo Jinbiao<\/strong> (5:20.7) and Cuba’s\u00a0Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0<\/strong>(5:20.79).<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Talisson Glock<\/strong> posted a 5:22.52 for fifth, followed by New Zealand’s\u00a0Hamish McLean’s\u00a0<\/strong>5:22.88.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Haanappel\u00a0<\/strong>(5:36.09) and China’s\u00a0Yang Hong\u00a0<\/strong>(5:44.82) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n On the women’s side, it was\u00a0Yelyzaveta Mereshko<\/strong> of Ukraine qualifying first with a time of 5:25.27 for the women’s 400 free.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Song Lingling\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a 5:35.43 for second, followed by Great Britain’s\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>(5:37.75) and\u00a0Ellie Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>(5:41.04).<\/p>\n Viktoriia Savtsova\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine took fifth in prelims with a time of 5:43.05, while sixth went to Ireland’s\u00a0Nicole Turner<\/strong> (5:51.99).<\/p>\n Mexico’s\u00a0Vianney Trejo Delgadillo\u00a0<\/strong>(5:56.01) and Italy’s\u00a0Emanuela Romano\u00a0<\/strong>(5:58.53) were seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Car;ps Serramp Zarate\u00a0<\/strong>of Colombia claimed first in the men’s 200 IM with a time of 2:40.58. He was followed closely by the USA’s\u00a0Rudy Garcia-Tolson<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(2:43.26) and Ukraine’s\u00a0Ievgenii Bogodaiko<\/strong> (2:44.89).<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Levy<\/strong> edged out Germany’s\u00a0Tobias Pollap<\/strong> for fourth with a 2:46.04 over Pollap’s 2:46.16.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0valerio Taras\u00a0<\/strong>(2:48.98), China’s\u00a0Wang Jingang\u00a0<\/strong>(2:49.56), and Norway’s\u00a0Andreas Skaar Bjornstad\u00a0<\/strong>(2:50.76) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Nikita Howarth<\/strong> of New Zealand posted the only sub-3 minute 200 IM of the morning, stopping the clock at a 2:58.82 for the first place seed in tonight’s final.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Tess Routliffe\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in prelims with a 3:04.87, followed by the USA’s\u00a0Cortney Jordan<\/strong> and her time of 3:08.84.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Zhang Ying<\/strong> took fourth with a 3:13.95, just ahead of Canada’s\u00a0Sarah Mehain<\/strong> (3:14.82).<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Arianna Talamona\u00a0<\/strong>(3:18.06), Brazil’s\u00a0Veronica Almeida\u00a0<\/strong>(3:22.27), and Spain’s\u00a0Judit Rolo Marichal\u00a0<\/strong>(3:41.89) return as sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian duo of\u00a0Maksym Krypak\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Denys Dubrov\u00a0<\/strong>continued to post 1-2 finishes in prelims of the men’s 100 free. Krypak delivered a 51.52 to claim the top seed in tonight’s final and put him in good contention to take down the existing Paralympic Record of 51.07 from 2012. Dubrov returns as second with a qualifying time of 51.76.<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Phelipe Rodrigues\u00a0<\/strong>took third in prelims with the only other sub-52 second swim–a 51.96.<\/p>\n Rowan Crothers<\/strong> of Australia finished fourth overall with a 52.98, followed by Brazil’s\u00a0Andre Brasil<\/strong> and his time of 54.53.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Nathan Stein<\/strong> (54.56), The Netherlands’\u00a0Olivier van de Voort\u00a0<\/strong>(54.77), and Ukraine’s\u00a0Dmytro Vanzenko\u00a0<\/strong>(54.77) complete the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Aurelie Rivard\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada claimed the first place seed in prelims of the women’s 100 free with a 59.89–a new Paralympic Record.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Sophie Pascoe<\/strong> took second with a :01.54, followed by France’s\u00a0Elodie Lorandi\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.24).<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Lisa Kruger\u00a0<\/strong>finished a close fourth with a 1:02.73, just ahead of China’s\u00a0Chen Yi\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.79).<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Mariana Ribeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.84), The Netherlands’\u00a0Marije Oosterhuis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.16), and Mexico’s\u00a0Steffany Rubi Cristino Zapata\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.44) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Oleksadr Mashchenko<\/strong> of Ukraine delivered the fastest time of the morning in prelims of the men’s 100 breaststroke, stopping the clock at a 1:13.75.<\/p>\n A trio of 1:15’s followed him to the wall as Japan’s\u00a0Keiichi Kimura\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.05), China’s\u00a0Yang Bozun\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.17), and the USA’s\u00a0Tharon Drake\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.58) qualified second through fourth.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Viktor Smyrnov\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth with a 1:18.20, followed by Colombia’s\u00a0Brayan Urbano Herrera’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:20.74.<\/p>\n The Czech Republic’s\u00a0Miroslav Smrcka\u00a0<\/strong>(1:23.65) and Cuba’s\u00a0Yunerki Ortega\u00a0<\/strong>(1:25.73) were seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Uladzimir Izotau<\/strong> took first in prelims of the men’s 100 breaststroke SB12 with a qualifying time of 1:07.52.<\/p>\n Azerbaijan’s\u00a0Dzmitry Salei<\/strong> claimed second with a 1:08.68, while third went to Kazakhstan’s Anuar Akhmetov<\/strong> and his time of 1:09.35.<\/p>\n Colombia’s Daniel Giraldo Correa <\/strong>finished fourth with a 1:10.53 ahead of the Ukrainian duo of\u00a0Sergii Klippert\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.65) and Maksym Veraksa<\/strong> (1:10.92).<\/p>\n Germany’s Daniel Simon<\/strong> (1:11.52) and Italy’s\u00a0Fabrizio Sottile\u00a0<\/strong>(1:13.60) return as seventh and eighth for tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Robert Griswold\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA finished first in prelims of the men’s 100 back with a 1:05.33 to set a new Paralympic Record in the event. Griswold was followed closely by Ukraine’s\u00a0Iurii Bozhynskyi<\/strong> who finished with a time of 1:05.94.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Oliver Hynd\u00a0<\/strong>was third overall with a 1:06.12, just ahead of Ukraine’s\u00a0Bohdan Hrynenko’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:06.73.<\/p>\n Pipo Carlomagno<\/strong> of Argentina took fifth in prelims with a 1:07.70, while China’s\u00a0Zhou Cong<\/strong> settled for sixth with a 1:07.72.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Jesse Aungles<\/strong> was seventh with a 1:10.39 and Denmark’s\u00a0Niels Mortensen<\/strong> was eighth with a 1:10.41.<\/p>\n Stephanie Millward\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain finished prelims of the women’s 100 back in Paralympic Record fashion, stopping the clock at a 1:13.75 to lower the existing record.<\/p>\n The USA qualified second and third with\u00a0Jessica Long<\/strong> and\u00a0Elizabeth Marks\u00a0<\/strong>posting times of 1:18.92 and 1:19.97 respectively.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Stephanie Slater\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a time of 1:20.17 for fourth, ahead of the Australian duo of\u00a0Lakeisha Patterson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.32) and\u00a0Maddison Elliot\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.79).<\/p>\n Cleo Keuzer<\/strong> of The Netherlands took seventh with a 1:21.81, while China’s\u00a0Lu Weiyuan\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth with a 1:22.47.<\/p>\n Matthew Wylie<\/strong> of Great Britain finished first in prelims of the men’s 50 free S9 by squeaking past the 26-second mark. Wylie stopped the clock at a 25.99 for the first place seed, followed by Australia’s\u00a0Timothy Disken<\/strong> and his time of 26.08.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Jose antonio Mari Alcaraz\u00a0<\/strong>finished tihrd with a 26.15, ahead of Japan’s\u00a0Takura Yamada’s\u00a0<\/strong>26.20.<\/p>\n The Hungarian duo of\u00a0Tamas Toth\u00a0<\/strong>(26.22) and\u00a0Tamas Sors\u00a0<\/strong>(26.32) return as fifth and sixth for tonight’s finals.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Ryan Crouch<\/strong> was seventh with a 26.54, while Brazil’s\u00a0Ruiter Silva\u00a0<\/strong>took eighth with a 26.68.<\/p>\n World Record holder\u00a0Michelle Konkoly\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA flirted with her own World Record as she delivered a 28.36 in prelims of the women’s 50 free S9, good for a new Paralympic Record. Her current World Record sits at a 28.24 from the USA Paralympic Swim Trials earlier this year.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Ellie Cole\u00a0<\/strong>and China’s\u00a0Lin Ping<\/strong> delivered matching times of 29.26 for the second place seed.<\/p>\n Chinese teammate\u00a0Wang Jiexin<\/strong> finished fourth with a 29.55, followed by a three-way tie for fifth\u00a0between Spain’s\u00a0Sarai Gascon<\/strong> and Australia’s\u00a0Emily Beecroft\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Ashleigh Mcconnell<\/strong>. The three stopped the clock simultaneously at a 29.61.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Nuria Marques Soto<\/strong> was eighth with a 30.10.<\/p>\n Huang Wenpan\u00a0<\/strong>of China smashed the existing Paralympic and World Recods in the men’s 50 free S3, stopping the clock at a sizzling 40.51. The previous records were\u00a0set in 2008 at the Beijing Paralympic Games at a 42.60 Ukraine’s\u00a0Dmytro Vynohradets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Vynohradets, meanwhile, finished second with a 42.92, just off his former World Record.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Du Jianping\u00a0<\/strong>claimed third with a 46.95, followed cloesly by Italy’s\u00a0Vincenzo Boni’s\u00a0<\/strong>47.03.<\/p>\n Li Hanhua\u00a0<\/strong>of China was fifth in prelims with a 50.55, while sixth went to Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo\u00a0<\/strong>(51.09).<\/p>\n Sweden’s\u00a0Mikael Fredriksson\u00a0<\/strong>(52.26) and Greece’s\u00a0Ionnis Kostakis\u00a0<\/strong>(55.45) were seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Korea’s\u00a0Seong Jo Gi\u00a0<\/strong>claimed the first place seed in prelims of the men’s 200 free with a swift 3:03.64. He was followed to the wall by a trio of 3:05’s led by Slovaki’s\u00a0Darko Duric<\/strong> (3:05.03). The Netherlands’\u00a0Michael Schoenmaker\u00a0<\/strong>was third overall with a 3:05.13, followed by France’s\u00a0David Smetanine\u00a0<\/strong>(3:05.38).<\/p>\n Mexico’s\u00a0Gustavo Sanchez Martinez\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth with a 3:09.56 finish, while sixth went to the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Jan Povysil\u00a0<\/strong>(3:13.02).<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Jin Zhipeng\u00a0<\/strong>(3:13.42) and Ukraine’s\u00a0Andrii Derevinskyi\u00a0<\/strong>(3:18.59) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prelims of day six of the 2016 Paralympic Games were highlighted by several Parlaympic Records falling, setting up for a swift finals session. Men’s 400 Free–S6 Thijs van Hofweegen of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":216792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,62076,10],"tags":[56824],"class_list":["post-220985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-paralympics","category-world","tag-2016-rio-paralympic-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nWomen’s 400 Free–S6<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 IM–SM7<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM–SM7<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Free–S10<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free–S10<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Breast–SB11<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Breast–SB12<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Back–S8<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Back–S8<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Free–S9<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Free–S9<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Free–S3<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 Free–S4<\/h3>\n