Everything you need to follow along live with the final session of swimming at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Action begins at 5:30 local time. Hit refresh for the latest coverage.<\/p>\n
In the first race of the night,\u00a0Lorenzo Perez Escalona\u00a0<\/strong>led at the halfway mark. The Cuban came home in Paralympic record time of 1:04.70. Earning silver was\u00a0Nelson Crispin Corzo\u00a0<\/strong>of Columbia with a 1:05.37. Ukraine’s\u00a0Oleksandr Komarov\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.21) edged China’s\u00a0Hongguang Jia\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.28) for bronze.<\/p>\n Thijs Van Hofweegen\u00a0<\/strong>of the Netherlands finished fifth in 1:08.05. Australia’s\u00a0Matthew Haanappel\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.24) was just faster than Columbia’s\u00a0Oscar Osorio Campaz\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.45) and Italy’s\u00a0Francesco Bocciardo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:09.64).<\/p>\n Ukrainian swimmers seem set to follow their dominance through the final evening.\u00a0Yelyzaveta Mereshko\u00a0<\/strong>(1:11.40) and\u00a0Viktoriia Savtsova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:13.47) earned gold and silver. Mereshko’s time was also a new Paralympic and World Record. Great Britain’s\u00a0Ellie Robinson\u00a0<\/strong>out touched China’s\u00a0Lingling Song\u00a0<\/strong>1:14.43 to 1:14.46 to earn bronze.<\/p>\n Eleanor Simmonds\u00a0<\/strong>of Britain finished fifth in 1:15.77.\u00a0Tiffany Thomas Kane\u00a0<\/strong>(1:17.56) of Australia,\u00a0Emanuela Romano\u00a0<\/strong>(1:18.34) of Italy and Mexico’s\u00a0Vianney Trejo Delgadillo\u00a0<\/strong>(1:22.05) completed the final.<\/p>\n Oliver Hynd\u00a0<\/strong>of Great Britain made it two in a row for Paralympic and world record tonight, finishing in 2:20.01. Less than a second behind was\u00a0Maodang Song\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:20.79. Taking bronze was his Chinese teammate\u00a0Haijiao Xu\u00a0<\/strong>in 2:21.19.<\/p>\n Finishing fourth was\u00a0Robert Griswold\u00a0<\/strong>(2:26.99) of the USA.\u00a0Guanglong Yang\u00a0<\/strong>of China was fifth with a 2:27.87.<\/p>\n Australia’s\u00a0Jesse Aungles\u00a0<\/strong>(2:28.96), Denmark’s\u00a0Niels Mortensen\u00a0<\/strong>(2:29.77) and France’s\u00a0Charles Rozoy\u00a0<\/strong>(2:33.82) completed the final.<\/p>\n Jessica Long\u00a0<\/strong>of the USA led after the butterfly, but Britain’s\u00a0Stephanie Millward\u00a0<\/strong>took over at the halfway mark.\u00a0Mallory Weggemann\u00a0<\/strong>was in third after the backstroke. Long shot ahead in the breaststroke and built a lead too great. The American stopped the clock in 2:40.23 to claim gold. Millward finished second in 2:43.03.\u00a0Lakeisha Patterson\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia finished third with a 2:45.22.<\/p>\n In fourth was China’s\u00a0Shenghan Jiang\u00a0<\/strong>(2:47.15). Weggemann wound up fifth with a 2:48.95.\u00a0Maddison Elliot\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia placed sixth in 2:49.67. China’s\u00a0Weiyuan Lu\u00a0<\/strong>(2:50.96) and Canada’s\u00a0Abi Tripp\u00a0<\/strong>(2:55.08) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Maksym Veraksa\u00a0<\/strong>sprinted over a half second ahead of the field, winning gold in 23.67. His teammate\u00a0Illia Yaremenko\u00a0<\/strong>took bronze with a 24.41. Silver went to Azerbaijan’s\u00a0Dzmitry Salei\u00a0<\/strong>in 24.29. With a 24.45 his teammate\u00a0Raman Salei\u00a0<\/strong>finished just off the podium.<\/p>\n Tuker Dupree\u00a0<\/strong>of the United States was fifth in 24.49.\u00a0Greece’s\u00a0Charalampos Taiganidis\u00a0<\/strong>(24.99), Ukraine’s\u00a0Sergii Klippert\u00a0<\/strong>(25.00) and Brazil’s\u00a0Thomaz Matera\u00a0<\/strong>(25.13) were sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Hannah Russell\u00a0<\/strong>had an even larger margin of victory than the men. She touched in 27.53 to claim gold for Great Britain.\u00a0Naomi Maike Schnittger\u00a0<\/strong>swam a 28.38 for silver for Germany. Spain’s\u00a0Maria Delgado Nadal\u00a0<\/strong>completed the podium in 29.03.<\/p>\n Anabel Moro\u00a0<\/strong>of Argentina edged Ukraine’s\u00a0Maryna Stabrovska\u00a0<\/strong>30.01 to 30.02. Venezuela’s\u00a0Belkis Mota\u00a0<\/strong>(30.47), Ukraine’s\u00a0Yaryna MAtlo\u00a0<\/strong>(30.65) and Germany’s\u00a0Emely Telle\u00a0<\/strong>(30.87) completed the final.<\/p>\n Breaking the 40 second barrier was\u00a0Gi Seong Jo.\u00a0<\/strong>The Korean struck gold with a 39.30. France’s\u00a0David Smetanine\u00a0<\/strong>snagged silver in 40.58 and bronze went to Ukraine’s\u00a0Andrii Derevinskyi\u00a0<\/strong>in 40.94.<\/p>\n Slovenia’s\u00a0Darko Duric\u00a0<\/strong>(41.21), Czech Republic’s\u00a0Arnost Petracek\u00a0<\/strong>(41.55) and Mexico’s\u00a0Gustavo Sanchez Martinez\u00a0<\/strong>(41.99) were just behind.<\/p>\n Petracek’s teammate\u00a0Jan Povysil\u00a0<\/strong>(42.73) and Brazil’s\u00a0Ronystony Cordeiro\u00a0<\/strong>(43.51) placed seventh and eighth.<\/p>\n Rachel Watson\u00a0<\/strong>stopped the clock in 40.13. The Australian won gold ahead of Italy’s\u00a0Arjola Trimi\u00a0<\/strong>(40.51). Mexico’s\u00a0Nely Miranda Herrera\u00a0<\/strong>was just .01 back with a bronze medal finish of 40.53.<\/p>\n Kazakhstan’s\u00a0Zulifya Gabidullina\u00a0<\/strong>(42.24), China’s\u00a0Jiao Cheng\u00a0<\/strong>(43.13) and Brazil’s\u00a0Patricia Pereira Dos Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(43.92) were fourth through sixth. Wrapping up the heat were the Netherlands’\u00a0Lisette Teunissen\u00a0<\/strong>(45.56) and Ukraine’s\u00a0Mariia Lafina\u00a0<\/strong>(48.31).<\/p>\n Ihar Boki<\/strong> of Belarus stormed past his World Record in the men’s 100 back S13 to set the new record at a sizzling 56.68. Boki’s previous World Record was a 56.74.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Iaroslav Denysenko\u00a0<\/strong>and Canada’s\u00a0Nicolas Guy Turbide<\/strong> both slid beneath the one minute mark with times of 59.02 and 59.55 for second and third respectively.<\/p>\n Kirill Pankov<\/strong> of Uzbekistan finished fourth overall with a 1:00.44, followed by Australia’s\u00a0Sean Russo’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:01.43.<\/p>\n Finland’s\u00a0Antti Latikka\u00a0<\/strong>(1:02.84), Uzbekistan’s\u00a0Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev\u00a0<\/strong>(1:03.80), and Canada’s\u00a0Devin Gotell\u00a0<\/strong>(1:06.62) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s\u00a0Anna Stetsenko\u00a0<\/strong>powered to a new Paralympic Record in the women’s 100 back S13, stopping the clock at a 1:08.30.<\/p>\n The silver medal went to Great Britain’s\u00a0Abby Kane\u00a0<\/strong>and her time of 1:09.30, while Australia’s\u00a0Katja Dedekind<\/strong> claimed the bronze with a 1:12.25.<\/p>\n The USA’s\u00a0Colleen Young<\/strong> was a close fourth with a final 1:12.93, followed by Slovakia’s\u00a0Karina Petrikovicova\u00a0<\/strong>(1:14.61) and The Netherlands’\u00a0Sanne Hofman\u00a0<\/strong>(1:14.70).<\/p>\n Jenna Jones\u00a0<\/strong>of Australia and\u00a0Anastasia Zudzilava\u00a0<\/strong>of Belarus took seventh and eighth with times of 1:15.14 and 1:16.32 respectively.<\/p>\n Hometown favorite\u00a0Daniel Dias\u00a0<\/strong>swam to gold in the mens’ 100 free S5, turning in a final time of 1:10.11.<\/p>\n Roy Perkins<\/strong> of the USA added another silver to his medal collection, stopping the clock at a 1:14.55, while Great Britain’s\u00a0Andrew Mullen<\/strong> finished third overall with a time of 1:15.93.<\/p>\n Sebastian Rodriguez<\/strong> of Spain took fourth with a 1:17.10, followed by Vietnam’s\u00a0Thanh Tung Vo’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:18.02.<\/p>\n France’s\u00a0Theo Curin\u00a0<\/strong>(1:18.68), Ireland’s\u00a0James Scully\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.18), Brazil’s\u00a0Clodoaldo Silva\u00a0<\/strong>(1:20.80) rounded out the top eight.<\/p>\n Zhang Li<\/strong> of China delivered a first place finish in the women’s 100 free S5, stopping the clock at a 1:18.85.<\/p>\n Spain’s\u00a0Teresa Perales<\/strong>, the current World Record holder in this event, finished second overall with a 1:20.47, while\u00a0Joana Maria Silva<\/strong> added another medal to Brazil’s medal count with a third place finish of 1:23.21.<\/p>\n Yao Cuan\u00a0<\/strong>of China turned in a 1:23.99 for fourth, followed by Israel’s\u00a0Inbal Pezaro’s\u00a0<\/strong>1:24.04.<\/p>\n Norway’s\u00a0Sarah Louise Rung\u00a0<\/strong>(1:25.04), Japan’s\u00a0Mayumi Narita\u00a0<\/strong>(1:26.39), and the Czech Republic’s\u00a0Bela Trebinova<\/strong> (1:27.59) posted sixth through eighth.<\/p>\n Marc Evers<\/strong> of The Netherlands posted a new Paralympic Record in finals of the men’s 200 IM SM14 en route to his way to gold. Evers stopped the clock at a 2:10.29 to finish more than two seconds ahead of the competition.<\/p>\n Great Britain’s\u00a0Thomas Hamer<\/strong> turned in a 2:12.88 for the silver medal, while the bronze medal went to Japan’s\u00a0Keichi Nakajima<\/strong> and his time of 2:!5.46.<\/p>\n Won Sang Cho<\/strong> of Korea finished fourth overall with a 2:17.76, while fifth went to Japan’s\u00a0Takuya Tsugawa’s\u00a0<\/strong>2:18.03.<\/p>\n Iceland’s\u00a0Jon Margeir Sverrisson\u00a0<\/strong>(2:18.61), Australia’s\u00a0Liam Schluter\u00a0<\/strong>(2:18.85), and Canada’s\u00a0Gordie Michie\u00a0<\/strong>(2:18.88) completed the top eight.<\/p>\n The British duo of\u00a0Bethany Firth\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jessica-Jane Applegate\u00a0<\/strong>delivered a 1-2 finish in the last individual event of day 10 to add two more medals to Great Britain’s medal count. Firth lowered her Paralympic Record of 2:23.78 to a sizzling 2:19.55 on her way to gold. Applegate posted a final time of 2:27.58 for the silver.<\/p>\n The Netherlands’\u00a0Marlou van der Kulk\u00a0<\/strong>took third overall with a 2:29.49, well ahead of Sweden’s\u00a0Pernilla Lindberg’s\u00a0<\/strong>3:36.30.<\/p>\n Fifth place went to Belgium’s\u00a0Michelle Franssen<\/strong> and her time of 2:36.54, while\u00a0Magda Toeters<\/strong> of The Netherlands finished a close sixth with a 2:36.56.<\/p>\n Syuci Indriani<\/strong> of Indonesia and\u00a0Michelle Alonso Morales\u00a0<\/strong>of Spain were seventh and eighth with times of 2:40.64 and 2:44.87 respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everything you need to follow along live with the final session of swimming at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games. Action begins at 5:30 local time. 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Men\u2019s 200 IM\u2013SM8<\/h3>\n
Women\u2019s 200 IM\u2013SM8<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Freestyle -S12<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Freestyle -S12<\/h3>\n
Men’s 50 Freestyle -S4<\/h3>\n
Women’s 50 Freestyle -S4<\/h3>\n
Men’s 100 Backstroke S13<\/h3>\n
Women’s 100 Backstroke 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