Swimmer Keiichi Kimura confirmed himself as Japan’s star of the 2016 Paralympics, winning his third medal of the Games and second silver when he finished second in the men’s S11 100-meter butterfly, 0.19 seconds behind Spanish victor Israel Oliver.
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Her first two medals were in handcycling, but in 2013 she was looking for a new challenge and took up rowing with the encouragement and support of the Guildford Rowing Club.
The T37 classification defines athletes with cerebral palsy or a similar disability, who are ambulant and able to run.
Born with cerebral palsy he now adds Paralympic gold to the European title he claimed earlier this year.
They were engraved in braille for the visually impaired to read, but that did not seem enough.
Maksym Veraksa (Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke – SB12), Oleg Naumenko (Wheelchair Fencing, Men’s Individual Epee – Category B), Yevheniia Breus (Wheelchair Fencing, Women’s Individual Epee – Category A), and Maryna Lytovchenko (Table Tennis, Women’s Singles – Class 6) won bronze medals. The Scottish sprinter can now call herself a double Paralympic champion thanks to her success in Rio. But it didn’t win gold.
“I really want to be a good player because this time I played on center court and so many Japanese people watched my game here”.
One event later, it was Zhang Xiatong who etched her name into the world record books with a win in the women’s event.
Other Paralympians making their way into the history books include Kadeena Cox, who has become the first Briton in 32 years to win gold medals in two sports at one Games.
Dame Sarah Storey delivered the first gold of the day in the C5 road time-trial on Wednesday morning, officially taking the team beyond the 34 gold medals won during London 2012. He finished third in yesterdayevent, receiving his bronze medal later in the afternoon.
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After spending most of August in residential training camps in Spain and a pre-Paralympic camp at Caversham, she set off with the GB rowing squad on September 1 and was immediately into race-day timings.
