Everything you need to follow along with finals of day eight of the 2016 Paralympic Games. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis<\/strong> of Greece rose from his third place seed in finals of the men’s 10o fly S9 to claim first with a new Paralympic Record. Michalentzakis touched in a \u00a0time of 59.27, beating out Italy’s\u00a0Federico Morlacchi\u00a0<\/strong>and Hungary’s\u00a0Tamas Sors<\/strong>. Morlacchi maintained his spot at second with a 59.52 finish, while Sors slipped to third with a 59.85.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Brenden Hall<\/strong> turned in a final time of 1:01.85 for fourth, followed closely by Cuba’s\u00a0Juan Castillo Estevez’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:01.93.<\/p>\n Croatia’s\u00a0Kristijan Vincetic<\/strong> (1:02.50), Argentina’s\u00a0Marco Pulleiro\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.75), and New Zealand’s\u00a0Jesse Reynolds\u00a0<\/strong>(1:04.31) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Xu Jialing\u00a0<\/strong>of China claimed a narrow victory in the women’s 100 fly S9, finishing a shy .10 seconds ahead of Spain’s\u00a0Sarai Gascon\u00a0<\/strong>for first. Xu stopped the clock at a 1:07.90 over Gascon’s 1:08.00.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Zsofia Konkoly\u00a0<\/strong>earned the bronze medal with a 1:09.21 finish, while the USA’s\u00a0Elizabeth Smith\u00a0<\/strong>settled for fourth with a 1:09.22.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Claire Cashmore\u00a0<\/strong>finished fifth overall with a 1:09.46, followed by the Australian duo of\u00a0Emily Beecroft\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.56) and\u00a0Madeleine Scott\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.85).<\/p>\n Ireland’s\u00a0Ellen Keane<\/strong> was eighth with a 1:11.27.<\/p>\n The first World Record of day eight fell during the men’s 100 breast SB6 when Ukraine’s\u00a0Ievgenii Bogodaiko\u00a0<\/strong>took to the pool. Bogodaiko delivered a sizzling 1:18.71 to scrape over a second off the previous record of 1:20.17 set at the 2012 London Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n Nelson Crispin Corzo\u00a0<\/strong>of Colombia turned in a 1:21.47 for second, while Germany’s\u00a0Torben Schmidtke<\/strong> finished third with a time of 1:23.47.<\/p>\n Norway’s\u00a0Andreas Skaar Bjornstad\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 1:26.07 for fourth, followed by China’s\u00a0Di Yingbin<\/strong> (1:27.43).<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Christoph Burkard<\/strong> (1:27.68), Spain’s\u00a0Antoni Ponce Bertran\u00a0<\/strong>(1:30.33), and The Netherlands’\u00a0Thijs van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:32.26) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Tiffany Thomas Kane<\/strong> of Australia maintained her hold on first place with a final time of 1:35.39 in finals of the women’s 100 breast SB6.<\/p>\n Silver went to the USA’s\u00a0Sophia Elizabeth Herzog<\/strong> and her time of 1:36.95, while Great Britain’s\u00a0Charlotte Henshaw\u00a0<\/strong>took third with a 1:37.79.<\/p>\n British teammate\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds<\/strong> finished fourth overall with a 1:39.46, ahead of Australia’s\u00a0Tanya Huebner’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:40.54.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Reilly Boyt\u00a0<\/strong>(1:44.95), Ireland’s\u00a0Nicole Turner<\/strong> (1:46.19), and Australia’s\u00a0Kate Wilson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:46.87) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n The men’s 400 free S10 proved to be the race of the day as all three medalists swam underneath the existing World Record of 4:04.91, set in 2012 by the USA’s\u00a0Ian Silverman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian duo of\u00a0Maksyn Krypak<\/strong> and\u00a0Denys Dubrov\u00a0<\/strong>continued to shine with a 1-2 finish. Krypak demolished the previous World Record with a final time of 3:57.71, while Dubrov flirted with a sub-four minute swim, stopping the clock at a 4:00.11.<\/p>\n Benoit Huot\u00a0<\/strong>of Canada took bronze with a 4:04.63, also squeaking under the previous World Record.<\/p>\n Bas Takken\u00a0<\/strong>of The Netherlands finished fourth overall with a 4:05.46, while Ukraine’s\u00a0Dmytro Vanzenko<\/strong> was fifth with a 4:10.19.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Rowan Crothers<\/strong> (4:10.83), Brazil’s\u00a0Andre Brasil<\/strong> (4:11.12), and Australia’s\u00a0Guy Harrison-Murray\u00a0<\/strong>(4:11.18) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Aurelie Rivard<\/strong> of Canada continued the record-breaking enthusiasm into the women’s 400 free S10 dipping below the previous record of 4:33.15, originally set in 2008 by Poland’s\u00a0Katarzyna Pawlik.\u00a0<\/strong>Rivard stopped the clock at a final time of 4:29.96 for first and new World and Paralympic Records.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Monique Murphy<\/strong> delivered a time of 4:35.09 for second, followed by France’s\u00a0Elodie Lorandi’s\u00a0<\/strong>4:35.49.<\/p>\n Oliwia Jablonska<\/strong> of Poland finished fourth with a close time of 4:35.52, while Hungary’s\u00a0Bianka Pap<\/strong> was fifth with a 4:41.11.<\/p>\n Mexico’s\u00a0Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata<\/strong> (4:45.04), The Netherlands’\u00a0Marije Oosterhuis\u00a0<\/strong>(4:48.13), and France’s\u00a0Anaelle Roulet\u00a0<\/strong>(4:53.59) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n The records continued to be obliterated in the men’s 200 free S3 where both\u00a0Huang Wenpan<\/strong> of China and\u00a0Dmytro Vynohradets’\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine left the previous World Record of 3:22.98 behind by more than thirteen seconds. Vynohradets’ posted the previous record during the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, but settled for second during finals with a time of 3:09.77. Huang finished just ahead of him with a time of 3:09.04 to claim the official World and Paralympic titles.<\/p>\n Li Hanhua<\/strong> of China turned in a time of 3:23.10 for third, while Italy’s\u00a0Vincenzo Boni<\/strong> took fourth with a 3:30.02.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Huang Chaowen<\/strong> (3:39.41), Spain’s\u00a0Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo<\/strong> (3:45.19), Greece’s\u00a0Ioannis Kostakis<\/strong> (4:01.46), and Sweden’s\u00a0Mikael Fredriksson<\/strong> (4:17.70) were fifth through eighth respectively.<\/p>\n Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise Rung<\/strong> continued to reign over the competition in finals of the women’s 200 IM SM5, finishing more than twenty seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Rung stopped the clock at a 3:15.83 to claim the gold and flirt with\u00a0Natalia Ziani’s\u00a0<\/strong>World Record of 3:13.43.<\/p>\n Teresa Perales\u00a0<\/strong>of Spain delivered a final time of 3:36.14 for the silver medal, while Israel’s\u00a0Inbal Pezaro\u00a0<\/strong>was third with a 3:38.20.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Natallia Shavel<\/strong> finished fourth with a time of 3:39.61, followed by the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Bela Trebinova’s\u00a0<\/strong>3:41.76.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0giulia Ghiretti\u00a0<\/strong>(3:48.68), Brazil’s\u00a0Susana Ribeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(3:50.69), and China’s\u00a0Wu Qi<\/strong> (3:51.08) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Bradley Snyder<\/strong> of the USA delivered a new World and Paralympic Record in the men’s 100 free S11. Snyder dashed ahead of the competition to touch first with a 56.15 and re-write the record books.<\/p>\n Picking up second was China’s\u00a0Yang Bozun<\/strong> with a final time of 59.51, followed closely by Japan’s\u00a0Keiichi Kimura\u00a0<\/strong>and his time of 59.63.<\/p>\n South Africa’s\u00a0Hendri Herbst<\/strong> delivered a 59.71 for fourth, while Brazil’s\u00a0Matheus Souza<\/strong> also squeezed underneath the one minute mark with a 59.80.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Hryhory Zudzilau<\/strong> (1:00.21), Poland’s\u00a0Wojciech Makowski<\/strong> (1:01.74), and the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Miroslav Smrcka<\/strong> (1:02.95) finished sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n China delivered a 1-2 finish in finals of the women’s 100 free S11. Teammates\u00a0Xie Qing<\/strong> and\u00a0Li Guizhi\u00a0<\/strong>turned in times of 1:08.03 and 1:08.31 respectively for the gold and silver medals.<\/p>\n Bronze was won by The Netherlands’\u00a0Liesette Bruinsma<\/strong> and her final time of 1:08.55.<\/p>\n New Zealand’s\u00a0Mary Fisher<\/strong> took fourth overall with a 1:09.47, while fifth went to Italy’s\u00a0Cecilia Camellini<\/strong> (1:10.39).<\/p>\n Sweden’s\u00a0Maja Reichard\u00a0<\/strong>(1:10.53), Ukraine’s\u00a0Maryna Piddubna\u00a0<\/strong>(1:11.55), and the USA’s\u00a0Letticia Martinez\u00a0<\/strong>(1:14.09) claimed sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Hennadii Boiko<\/strong> powered ahead of the competition in the men’s 50 back S1, stopping the clock at a 1:00.85, more than ten seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Francesco Bettella\u00a0<\/strong>finished second overall with a time of 1:12.49, while the bronze medal went to Ukraine’s\u00a0Anton Kol<\/strong> and his time of 1:15.42.<\/p>\n The Greek duo of\u00a0Christos Tampaxis\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Dimitrios Karypidis\u00a0<\/strong>finished fourth and fifth with times of 1:22.30 and 1:32.09 respectively.<\/p>\n Colombia’s\u00a0Luis Rojas Osorno<\/strong> was sixth with a time of 1:46.67.<\/p>\n The men’s 50 back S2 field obliterated the previous World Record of 1:00.90 set in 2012 by China’s\u00a0Yang Yang\u00a0<\/strong>by having an astounding five swimmers post times underneath the World Record.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Zou Liankang<\/strong> led the charge posting the new official record at a sizzling 47.17. He was followed to the wall by Chinese teammate\u00a0Liu Benying<\/strong> and his time of 48.84.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Serhii Palamarchuk\u00a0<\/strong>took third overall with a 50.23, while Yang posted a 57.27 for fourth.<\/p>\n Ievgen Panibratets\u00a0<\/strong>of Ukraine was the final person to swim under the previous record, delivering a final time of 1:00.03 for fifth.<\/p>\n Poland’s\u00a0Jacek Czech\u00a0<\/strong>(1:01.91), Greece’s\u00a0Aristeidis Makrodimitris\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.46), and Ukraine’s\u00a0Roman Bondarenko<\/strong> (1:03.89) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Singapore’s\u00a0Pin Xiu Yip<\/strong> finished first in the women’s 50 back S2 with a time of 1:00.33 to flirt with a sub-minute swim.<\/p>\n The silver medal went to China’s\u00a0Feng Yazhu<\/strong> and her time of 1:02.66, while Ukraine’s\u00a0Iryna Sotska<\/strong> claimed third with a time of 1:17.22.<\/p>\n Italy’s\u00a0Glorica Boccanera<\/strong> was fourth overall with a 1:22.80, followd by Greece’s\u00a0Maria Kalpakidou’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:24.45.<\/p>\n Hungary’s\u00a0Zsanett Adami<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Cassie Mitchell<\/strong> were sixth and seventh with times of 1:25.97 and 1:28.19 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along with finals of day eight of the 2016 Paralympic Games. 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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
Men’s 200 Free–S3<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM–SM5<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Free–S11<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free–S11<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Back–S1<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Back–S2<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Back–S2<\/h3>\n