Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0<\/strong>led the way in the first event of day 10. The Cuban touched in 1:07.69 for the top seed. Four 1:08s followed as China’s\u00a0Hongguang Jia\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.38), the NEtherlands’\u00a0Thijs Van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.48), Ukraine’s\u00a0Oleksandr Komarov\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.50) and Columbia’s\u00a0Nelson Crispin Corzo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:08.54) finished second through fifth. Crispin Corzo’s teammate\u00a0Oscar Osorio Campaz\u00a0<\/strong>finished sixth this morning in 1:09.56.<\/p>\n Rounding out tonight’s final were\u00a0Francesco Bocciardo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.63) of Italy and Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Haanappel\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.96).<\/p>\n Yelyzaveta Mereshko\u00a0<\/strong>touched in Paralympic record time of 1:12.49 this morning. Her Ukranian teammate\u00a0Viktoriia Savtsova <\/strong>secured the second seed in 1:15.04. British teammates\u00a0Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>(1:16.39) and\u00a0Ellie Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>(1:16.76) followed. In fifth this morning was Australian\u00a0Tiffany Thomas Kane\u00a0<\/strong>with a 1:17.75.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Lingling Song\u00a0<\/strong>(1:18.50), Italy’s\u00a0Emanuela Romano\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.15) and Mexico’s\u00a0Vianney Trejo Delgadillo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:22.39) will also race again tonight.<\/p>\n Oliver Hynd<\/strong> of Great Britain delivered the fastest time of the morning with a time of 2:25.48. China’s\u00a0Song Maodang<\/strong> and the USA’s\u00a0Robert Griswold\u00a0<\/strong>held a tight race in heat one posting times of 2:28.21 and 2:28.32 for the second and third place seeds.<\/p>\n Xu Haijiao<\/strong> of China turned in a 2:28.88 for the fourth place seed, followed by Australia’s\u00a0Jesse Aungles\u00a0<\/strong>(2:31.61).<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Yang Guanglong\u00a0<\/strong>(2:32.77), Denmark’s\u00a0Niels Mortensen\u00a0<\/strong>(2:32.98), and France’s\u00a0Charles Rozoy<\/strong> (2:33.35) return as sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Jessica Long<\/strong> led prelims of the women’s 200 IM SM8 with a qualifying time of 2:44.45.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Stephanie Millward\u00a0<\/strong>finished second overall with a time of 2:45.91, while the Australian duo of\u00a0Lakeisha Patterson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:50.16) and\u00a0Maddison Elliott<\/strong> (2:52.42) took third and fourth.<\/p>\n Mallory Weggemann\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA posted a 2:53.04 for fifth, followed by the Chinese duo of\u00a0Jiang Shengnan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:54.81) and\u00a0Lu Weiyuan\u00a0<\/strong>(2:55.25).<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Abi Tripp\u00a0<\/strong>was eighth with a 2:57.30.<\/p>\n Maksym Veraksa<\/strong> of Ukraine dashed to a first place seed of 23.74 in the men’s 50 free S12 prelims.<\/p>\n Azerbaijan teammates\u00a0Dzmitry Salei<\/strong> and\u00a0Raman Salei\u00a0<\/strong>turned in similar times of 24.40 and 24.43 to return as the second and third place seeds respectively.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Illia Yaremenko<\/strong> finished fourth in prelims with a 24.51, while the USA’s\u00a0Tucker Dupree<\/strong> picked up fifth with a 24.62.<\/p>\n Greece’s\u00a0Charalampos Taiganidis<\/strong> (24.97), Ukraine’s\u00a0Sergii Klippert\u00a0<\/strong>(25.02), and Brazil’s\u00a0Thomaz Matera\u00a0<\/strong>(25.07) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Hannah Russell\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain delivered a 27.79 in prelims of the women’s 50 free S12 to qualify first for finals.<\/p>\n Germany’s\u00a0Naomi Maike Schnittger\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in prelims with a 28.87, while third went to Spain’s\u00a0Maria Delgado Nadal’s\u00a0<\/strong>29.45.<\/p>\n The Ukrainian duo of\u00a0Maryna Stabrovska\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Yaryna Matlo\u00a0<\/strong>posted times of 29.90 and 30.16 for fourth and fifth respectively.<\/p>\n Argentina’s\u00a0Anabel Moro\u00a0<\/strong>(30.49), Venezuela’s\u00a0Belkis Mota\u00a0<\/strong>(30.50), and Germany’s\u00a0Emely Telle\u00a0<\/strong>(31.19) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n Nely Miranda Herrera\u00a0<\/strong>of Mexico touched first in prelims of the women’s 50 free S4 in Paralympic fashion with a time of 40.23.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Rachael Watson\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 40.69 to qualify as a close second, while third went to Kazakhstan’s\u00a0Zulfiya Gabidullina\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 42.28.<\/p>\n Arjola Trimi\u00a0<\/strong>of Italy took fourth with a 42.60, followed by Brazil’s\u00a0Patricia Pereira Dos Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(44.10).<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Cheng Jiao<\/strong> (44.62), Ukraine’s\u00a0Mariia Lafina\u00a0<\/strong>(45.94), and The Netherlands’\u00a0Lisette Teunissen<\/strong> (48.16) return tonight as sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Belarus’\u00a0Ihar Boki\u00a0<\/strong>flirted with a new World Record in prelims of the men’s 100 back S13, posting a qualifying time of 56.82. Boki’s time sets a new Paralympic Record and sits a shy .08 seconds off his World Record of 56.74.<\/p>\n Canada’s\u00a0Nicolas Guy Turbide\u00a0<\/strong>posted a 59.93 for the second place seed, marking him as the only other athlete to post a sub-one minute time.<\/p>\n Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Kirill Pankov\u00a0<\/strong>and Ukraine’s\u00a0Iaroslav Denysenko\u00a0<\/strong>delivered close times of 1:01.21 and 1:01.56 in heat one to qualify as the third and fourth place seeds. Finland’s\u00a0Antti Latikka\u00a0<\/strong>turned in a 1:01.93 to claim fifth from the same heat.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Sean Russo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.19), Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev<\/strong> (1:04.58), and Canada’s\u00a0Devin Gotell\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.56) completed the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Abby Kane<\/strong>of Great Britain turned in a 1:09.09 in prelims of the women’s 100 back S13 for a new Paralympic Record.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Anna stetsenko\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock at a 1:10.38 for second, followed by the USA’s\u00a0Colleen Young<\/strong> and her time of 1:13.44.<\/p>\n Katja Dedekind<\/strong> of Australia picked up fourth with a 1:14.61, while Slovakia’s\u00a0Karina Petrikovicova\u00a0<\/strong>was fifth with a 1:14.68.<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Sanne Hofman\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.00), Australia’s\u00a0Jenna Jones\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.62), and Belarus’\u00a0Anastasiya Zudzilava\u00a0<\/strong>(1:15.72) rounded out the top eight qualifiers.<\/p>\n Daniel Dias\u00a0<\/strong>continued to thrill his home crowd of Brazil by qualifying first in the men’s 100 free S5 with a time of 1:15.08.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Roy Perkins\u00a0<\/strong>finished second in prelims with a 1:17.54, while Vietnam’s\u00a0Thanh Tung Vo<\/strong> was third with a 1:17.64.<\/p>\n Sebastian Rodriguez<\/strong> of Spain claimed fourth with a time of 1:18.12, followed by France’s\u00a0Theo Curin’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:19.04.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Andrew Mullen\u00a0<\/strong>(1:19.58), Brazil’s\u00a0Clodoaldo Silva\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.16), and Ireland’s\u00a0James Scully\u00a0<\/strong>(1:21.15) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n China’s\u00a0Zhang Li\u00a0<\/strong>posted the fastest time of the morning in the women’s 100 free S5 at a 1:22.83.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales\u00a0<\/strong>and Israel’s\u00a0Inbal Pezaro\u00a0<\/strong>join Zhang in the middle of the pool with qualifying times of 1:24.37 and 1:24.38 respectively.<\/p>\n Yao Cuan\u00a0<\/strong>of China turned in a 1:24.44 for the fourth place seed, followed closely by Brazil’s\u00a0Joana Maria Silva<\/strong> and her time of 1:24.57.<\/p>\n Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise Rung\u00a0<\/strong>(1:26.41), Japan’s\u00a0Mayumi Narita\u00a0<\/strong>(1:26.91), and the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Bela Trebinova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:27.60) qualified sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Marc Evers<\/strong> of The Netherlands posted a sizzling 2:12.07 to set a new Paralympic Record and return as the top seed for the men’s 200 IM SM14.<\/p>\n Japan’s\u00a0Keichi Nakajima<\/strong> and Great Britain’s\u00a0Thomas Hamer\u00a0<\/strong>posted similar times of 2:16.00 and 2:16.28 to qualify second and third respectively.<\/p>\n Won Sang Cho<\/strong> of Korea turned in a 2:17.40 for fourth, while the fifth place seed went to Japan’s\u00a0Takuya Tsugawa<\/strong> (2:18.45).<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Liam Schluter\u00a0<\/strong>(2:18.59), Iceland’s\u00a0Jon Margeir Sverrisson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:19.56), and Canada’s\u00a0Gordie Michie\u00a0<\/strong>(2:19.85) also qualified for tonight’s final.<\/p>\n The Paralympic Record fell twice during the two prelims heats of the women’s 200 IM SM14.\u00a0Jessica-Jane Applegate<\/strong> of Great Britain first lowered it to a 2:30.11 in heat one before British teammate\u00a0Bethany Firth<\/strong> slid the record down to a sizzling 2:23.78 in heat two. Firth and Applegate return as the first and second place seeds respectively.<\/p>\n Marlous van der Kulk\u00a0<\/strong>of The Netherlands posted a qualifying time of 2:31.41 to return as third, while Sweden’s\u00a0Pernilla Lindberg<\/strong> finished fourth with a 2:35.26.<\/p>\n Belgium’s\u00a0Michelle Franssen<\/strong> (2:37.31), Indonesia’s\u00a0Syuci Indriani\u00a0<\/strong>(2:38.26), The Netherlands’\u00a0Magda Toeters\u00a0<\/strong>(2:38.40), and Spain’s\u00a0Michelle Alonso Morales\u00a0<\/strong>(2:39.62) finished fifth through eighth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Men’s 100 Free – S6 Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0led the way in the first event of day 10. The Cuban touched in 1:07.69 for the top seed. 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Men’s 200 IM–SM8<\/h3>\n
Women’s 200 IM–SM8<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Free–S12<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Free–S12<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Free–S4<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Back–S13<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Back–S13<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Free–S5<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Free–S5<\/h3>\n
Men’s 200 IM–SM14<\/h3>\n
Women’S 200 IM–SM14<\/h3>\n