Multiple Paralympic Records fell during prelims of day eight of the 2016 Paralympic Games, setting up for a swift finals session.<\/p>\n
Tamas Sors<\/strong> enters finals of the men’s 100 fly S9 as the first place seed with a qualifying time of 1:00.58, leading the competition by close to a full second.<\/p>\n The field tightened from there with Italy’s\u00a0Federico Morlacchi\u00a0<\/strong>delivering a 1:01.57 for the second place seed. He was followed closely by Greece’s Dimosthenis Michalentzakis\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.91) and Croatia’s\u00a0Kristijan Vincetic<\/strong> (1:01.92).<\/p>\n Cuba’s\u00a0Juan Castillo Estevez\u00a0<\/strong>took fifth in prelims with a 1:02.04, followed by Australia’s\u00a0Brenden Hall<\/strong> (1:02.11).<\/p>\n Argentina’s\u00a0Marco Pulleiro\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.25) and Spain’s\u00a0Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.39) finished seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Xu Jialing<\/strong> led prelims of the women’s 100 fly S9 with a time of 1:09.43. Finishing close behind was Great Britain’s\u00a0Claire Cashmore\u00a0<\/strong>and the USA’s\u00a0Elizabeth Smith<\/strong> with times of 1:09.77 and 1:09.95 respectively.<\/p>\n Sarai Gascon\u00a0<\/strong>of Spain took fourth in prelims with a 1:10.59, just ahead of Hungary’s\u00a0Zsofia Konkoly’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:10.75.<\/p>\n Ireland’s\u00a0Ellen Keane<\/strong>\u00a0took sixth with a 1:10.95, while the Australian duo of\u00a0Madeleine Scott<\/strong> (1:10.96) and\u00a0Emily Beecroft<\/strong> (1:10.97) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Nelson Crispin Corzo<\/strong> of Colombia and\u00a0Ievgenii Bogodaiko<\/strong> of Ukraine kept a tight race in prelims of the men’s 100 breast SB6, finishing .14 seconds apart. Corzo stopped the clock first at a 1:22.74, just ahead of Bogodaiko’s 1:22.88.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Torben Schmidtke\u00a0<\/strong>rounded out the top three qualifiers with a 1:24.61 showing.<\/p>\n Norway’s\u00a0Andreas Skaar Bjornstad<\/strong> took fourth with a 1:28.78, followed by a close race between China’s\u00a0Di Yingbin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:29.70) and Germany’s\u00a0Christoph Burkard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:29.90).<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Antoni Ponce Bertran<\/strong> finished seventh with a 1:30.49, while The Netherlands’\u00a0Thijs van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth with a 1:31.12.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Tiffany Thomas Kane\u00a0<\/strong>surged ahead of the competition in prelims of the women’s 100 breast SB6 to stop the clock in Paralympic Record fashion at a 1:35.43. Kane currently holds the World Record at a 1:34.95.<\/p>\n Charlotte Henshaw\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain and\u00a0Sophia Elizabeth Herzog<\/strong> of the USA kept a tight race throughout, finishing .11 seconds apart. Henshaw claimed the second place seed with a 1:38.11 over Herzog’s 1:38,22.<\/p>\n Tanya Huebner<\/strong> of Australia posted a 1:42.66 to return as the fourth place seed, followed by Great Britain’s\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>(1:43.49).<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Reilly Boyt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.35), Ireland’s\u00a0Nicole Turner\u00a0<\/strong>(1:48.13), and Australia’s\u00a0Kate Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:49.21) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Maksym Krypak<\/strong> and\u00a0Denys Duborv<\/strong> of Ukraine continued to deliver close finishes with a 1-3 qualification in prelims of the men’s 400 free S10. Krypak claimed the first place seed at a 4:05.72, while Dubrov turned in a 4:10.30 for third.<\/p>\n Bas Takken<\/strong> delivered a 4:08.60 finish for the second place seed.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Benoit Huot\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth in prelims with a time of 4:10.58, while Australia’s\u00a0Guy Harrison-Murray<\/strong> was fifth with a 4:11.54.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Dmytro Vanzenko\u00a0<\/strong>(4:13.33), Brazil’s\u00a0Andre Brasil\u00a0<\/strong>(4:13.34), and Australia’s\u00a0Rowan Crothers\u00a0<\/strong>(4:13.72) were sixth through eighth respectively.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Aurelie Rivard\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a time of 4:40.86 to claim the first place seed in tonight’s finals of the women’s 400 free S10.<\/p>\n Bianka Pap<\/strong> of Hungary took second overall with a time of 4:42.81, while third went to Mexico’s\u00a0Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata<\/strong> (4:43.98).<\/p>\n France’s\u00a0Elodie Lorandi\u00a0<\/strong>posted a time of 4:45.13 for fourth, ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Monique Murphy<\/strong> and her time of 4:46.58.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Oliwia Jablonska<\/strong> (4:47.30), The Netherlands’\u00a0Marije Oosterhuis\u00a0<\/strong>(4:48.71), and France’s\u00a0Anaelle Roulet\u00a0<\/strong>(4:51.03) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Sarah Louise Rung\u00a0<\/strong>of Norway surged ahead of the competition in prelims of the women’s 200 IM SM5, stopping the clock at a 3:19.54.<\/p>\n Israel’s\u00a0Inbal Pezaro<\/strong> was next to the wall with a 3:37.62, followed by Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales<\/strong> and her time of 3:40.65.<\/p>\n Bela Trebinova\u00a0<\/strong>of the Czech Republic turned in a 3:41.06 for fourth, while fifth went to Belarus’\u00a0Natallia Shavel’s\u00a0<\/strong>3:41.11.<\/p>\n Italy’s Giulia Ghiretti\u00a0<\/strong> (3:47.63), Brazil’s\u00a0Susana Ribeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(3:48.59), and China’s\u00a0Wu Qi\u00a0<\/strong>(3:49.44) took sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Bradley Snyder<\/strong> of the USA dashed ahead of the competition in the men’s 100 free S11 to qualify first with a time of 57.16–a new Paralympic Record. The World Record\u00a0in this event has stood since 1986 when the USA’s\u00a0John Morgan\u00a0<\/strong>set it at Gothenburg.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Yang Bozun\u00a0<\/strong>posted the only other sub-minute swim, earning the second place seed with a 59.74.<\/p>\n Brazil’s\u00a0Matheus Souza<\/strong> claimed third with a 1:00.17, just ahead of Belarus’ Hryhory Zudzilau’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:00.27.<\/p>\n Hendri Herbst<\/strong> of South Africa finished fifth in prelims with a 1:00.59, followed by Poland’s\u00a0Wojciech Makowski’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:01.53.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Keiichi Kimura<\/strong> (1:02.85) and the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Miroslav Smrcka\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.20) finished seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Liesette Bruinsma<\/strong> of The Netherlands delivered the fastest times in prelims of the women’s 100 free S11, finishing with a time of 1:08.97.<\/p>\n A close race for second occurred between Italy’s\u00a0Cecilia Camellini<\/strong> and China’s\u00a0Li Guizhi<\/strong>. Camellini claimed the second place seed with a 1:09.10 finish over Li’s 1:09.22.<\/p>\n Chinese teammate\u00a0Xie Qing\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 1:10.73 for fourth, followed by a close finish between New Zealand’s\u00a0Mary Fisher\u00a0<\/strong>(1:11.85) and Sweden’s\u00a0Maja Reichard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:11.98).<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Maryna Piddubna<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Letticia Martinez\u00a0<\/strong>were seventh and eighth with times of 1:13.00 and 1:13.86 respectively.<\/p>\n Prelims of the men’s 50 back S2 were led by the Chinese duo of\u00a0Liu Benying\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Zou Liankang<\/strong>. Liu delivered the fastest time, stopping the clock at a 52.14 over Zou’s 54.36. Fellow Chinese teammate\u00a0Yang Yang\u00a0<\/strong>was fourth with a 58.63.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Serhii Palamarchuk\u00a0<\/strong>finished third in prelims with a 57.98, while teammate\u00a0Roman Bondarenko<\/strong> took fifth with a 1:01.24.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Jacek Czech\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.28), Greece’s\u00a0Aristeidis Makrodimitris\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.29), and Ukraine’s\u00a0Ievgen Panibratets\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.18) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Multiple Paralympic Records fell during prelims of day eight of the 2016 Paralympic Games, setting up for a swift finals session. 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Men’s 100 Breast–SB6<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Breast–SB6<\/h3>\n
Men’s 400 Free–S10<\/h3>\n
Women’s 400 Free–S10<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM–SM5<\/h3>\n
\u00a0Men’s 100 Free–S11<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free–S11<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Back–S2<\/h3>\n