{"id":485856,"date":"2021-08-25T07:01:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=485856"},"modified":"2021-08-25T07:27:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:27:18","slug":"paralympic-games-day-1-australian-men-claim-three-gold-medals-on-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paralympic-games-day-1-australian-men-claim-three-gold-medals-on-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympic Games Day 1: Australian Men Claim Three Gold Medals; World Record for Zhdanov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a gold rush for the Australian men during the first day of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Aussie men claimed three gold medals and two bronze medals to open the competition.<\/p>\n<p>It was a huge start for the Aussies, but several other countries claimed medals in a fast start to the meet, including an upset of the world record holder in the 100 butterfly and Russian Olympic Committee\u2019s <strong>Roman Zhdanov<\/strong> setting a world record.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/tokyo-2020\/paralympic-games\/en\/results\/swimming\/results-men-s-100m-freestyle-s8-fnl-000100-.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2020-tokyo-paralympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete meet coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s 50 free S10, Australia\u2019s <strong>Rowan Crothers<\/strong> earned the gold medal (23.21), while Ukraine\u2019s <strong>Maksym Krypak<\/strong> took the silver (23.33) and Brazil\u2019s <strong>Phelipe Rodrigues<\/strong> won the bronze (23.50).<\/p>\n<p>In the 100 freestyle, it was another Aussie victory as <strong>Ben Pophan<\/strong> claimed gold in the S8 event (57.37). He held off Russian Paralympic Committee\u2019s <strong>Andrey Nikolaev<\/strong>, who won the silver medal (57.69), and Greece\u2019s <strong>Dimosthenis Michalentzakis<\/strong>, who won the bronze (58.73).<\/p>\n<p>In the S9 400 free, Australia\u2019s <strong>William Martin<\/strong> continued the dominating opening-day performance by the Aussies. Martin won the gold medal in the S9 (4:10.25), followed by France\u2019s<strong> Ugo Didier<\/strong> (4:11.33) and Australian teammate <strong>Alexander Tuckfield <\/strong>(4:13.54)<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the 50 breast SB3, Russian Olympic Committee\u2019s <strong>Roman Zhdanov<\/strong> claimed gold in world-record fashion (46.49) ahead of Spain\u2019s <strong>Miguel Luque<\/strong> (49.08) and Japan\u2019s <strong>Takayuki Suzuki <\/strong>(49.32).<\/p>\n<p>In the S14 100 fly at the Paralympic Games, Brazil\u2019s <strong>Gabriel Bandeira<\/strong> won gold (54.76) ahead of Great Britain\u2019s world record holder <strong>Reece Dunn<\/strong> (55.12) and Australia\u2019s <strong>Benjamin<\/strong> <strong>Hance <\/strong>(56.90).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m quite happy with it, a little bit disappointed to be off my PB as if I\u2019d been nearer that I could of got gold, but for a first final on my debut Paralympics silver is not bad,&#8221; Dunn said.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m never satisfied, I could have the perfect race and I\u2019d find something &#8211; I\u2019m a little upset with my finish as I lost it there but I\u2019m still happy none the less as I knew it was going to be a tough race coming in and that it was going to go down to those last five meters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the S5 200 free, it was Italy\u2019s <strong>Francesco Bocciardo<\/strong> who claimed gold in the event (2:26.76). 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