Paralympics roundup: Huang nets fourth swimming gold in Rio
Source: Xinhua 2016-09-16 09:06:43
By Michael Place
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Huang Wenpan celebrated his fourth victory in Rio's pool on Thursday as China added another nine golds to its Paralympic Games medal tally here.
Huang shattered the world record to win the 200m freestyle S3 final in three minutes and 9.04 seconds at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
The 21-year-old's time was 7.41 seconds faster than the previous record set by his countryman Li Hanhua in 2010.
Despite his extraordinary time, Huang was pushed to the limit by Ukraine's Dmytro Vynohradets, who grabbed silver, just 0.73sec behind. Li took bronze in 3:23.10.
Huang, who was born with cerebral palsy, has also won the 50m breaststroke SB2, 50m freestyle S3 and the mixed 4x50m freestyle 20 points at the Games.
His latest triumph was one of four swimming gold medals won by China on the eighth day of competition here.
Others to secure victories were Xie Qing, Zou Liankang and Xu Jialing.
Xie claimed the second Paralympic gold medal of her career - eight years after the first - by winning the 100m freestyle.
The visually impaired 28-year-old clocked one minute and 8.3 seconds to beat compatriot Li Guizhi by 28 hundredths of a second. Liesette Bruinsma of the Netherlands took bronze in 1:08.55.
Xie's first Paralympic Games triumph came in the same race at the Beijing 2008 Games. She finished fifth in the event in London four years ago.
Thursday's victory gave Xie her second medal at these Games after her bronze in the women's 400m freestyle S11 on Saturday.
Zou earned his second gold medal of the Rio Paralympics, breaking the world record in the 50m backstroke S2 final.
The 21-year-old finished in 47.17 seconds, beating his previous benchmark of 49.52.
China's Liu Benying took silver in 48.84 and Serhii Palamarchuk bronze in 50.23.
Zou also claimed gold in the 100m backstroke S2 and silver in the 200m freestyle S2 at these Games.
Xu became one of the youngest gold medallists here when she won the 100m butterfly S9 final.
Xu, who turned 14 last month, finished in one minute 7.90 seconds, 10 hundredths of a second faster than
Spain's Sarai Gascon.
Zsofia Konkoly of Hungary claimed bronze in 1:09.21.
Xu, who lost her left arm in a car accident when she was six, also claimed a bronze medal here in the women's 400m freestyle S9.
Meanwhile China won its seventh wheelchair fencing gold medal by defeating Hong Kong, China, in the final of the women's epee team event.
Zou Xufeng, Zhou Jingjing and Rong Jing defeated Yu Chui Yee, Chan Yui Chong and Ng Justine Charissa 45-35 at Carioca 3 arena.
Hungary beat Poland 45-44 in the bronze medal match.
In athletics, Hu Jianwen leapt 6.64 meters to claim gold in the men's long jump T38.
His countryman Zhong Huanghao secured silver with 6.59m while South Africa's Dyan Neille Buis grabbed bronze with a best jump of 6.58m.
"I am very happy and proud of this performance for my country," Zhong said.
"I'm going to compete in the 400m tomorrow and my goal is to finish in the top three."
China smashed the world record to secure gold in the women's 4x400m T53/54 final.
Li Yingjie, Liu Wenjun, Zhou Hongzhuan and Zou Lihong finished in three minutes 32.11 seconds to beat the previous record of 3:40.66 also set by China last year.
China also set a new world record to win the women's 4x100m T35-38 final. The Chinese team of Jiang Fenfen, Chen Junfei, Li Yingli and Wen Xiaoyan crossed the line in 50.81 seconds to eclipse the previous benchmark of 51.63 seconds set by Britain in June.
And Wang Jun grabbed her first Paralympic gold medal when she clinched the women's shot put F35 title with a world record throw.
The 26-year-old registered a best effort of 13.91 meters to beat the previous record of 13.05m set by Ukraine's Mariia Pomazan in October last year.
Pomazan took silver with 13.59m while Brazil's Marivana Oliveira pocketed bronze with 9.28.
Born with cerebral palsy, Pomazan's only previous Paralympic gold medal came at the Beijing 2008 Games when she won the discus F42-46 title.
China breaks world record to win women's 4x100m T35-38 gold
Source: Xinhua 2016-09-16 08:26:36
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- China set a new world record to win gold in the women's 4x100m T35-38 final at the Rio Paralympics on Thursday.
The Chinese team of Jiang Fenfen, Chen Junfei, Li Yingli and Wen Xiaoyan crossed the line in 50.81 seconds to eclipse the previous record of 51.63 seconds set by Britain in June.
Britain took silver in 51.07 and Australia bronze in 55.09.
China add to haul with five athletics gold medals
Source: Xinhua 2016-09-15 11:17:15
By Michael Place
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- China won five athletics gold medals and 12 in total to extend their lead at the top of the Paralympic Games standings on Wednesday.
There were also three victories for Chinese athletes in wheelchair fencing and swimming as well as a gold medal in shooting.
China ended the day with 75 gold, 58 silver and 39 bronze medals. Britain was second with 43 gold and Ukraine third with 31.
Zou Lijuan gave China a flying start in the morning by setting a new world record to win the women's shot put F34 final. The 22-year-old posted a best throw of 8.75m, eclipsing the previous benchmark of 8.60m.
Poland's Lucyna Kornobys took silver with 8.00m and New Zealand's Jessica Hamill secured bronze with 7.54m.
It was Zou's second gold medal here after her triumph in the javelin F34 on Friday.
China set a new world record to win the women's 4x100m T11-13 final. The Chinese team of Zhou Guohua, Shen Yaqin, Jia Juntingxian and Liu Cuiqing clocked 47.18 seconds to beat the previous record of 48.33, also set by China in April.
Brazil were second in 47.57 and Colombia third in 51.93.
Li Lu recorded a personal best 58.09 seconds to win the women's 400m T47 final.
The 21-year-old beat South Africa's Anrune Liebenberg by 0.79 sec, with Japan's Sae Tsuji claiming bronze in 1 minute 0.62sec.
Teenager Wen Xiaoyan smashed her own world record to clinch gold in the women's T37 long jump. The 18-year-old leapt 5.14 meters to beat the previous mark of 4.92m she set in Beijing in April.
Germany's Franziska Liebhardt took silver, 0.72m behind Wen, and Australia's Jodi Elkington-Jones claimed bronze with a best jump of 4.30m.
Zhou Xia caused one of the biggest upsets of the Rio Paralympics athletics competition by beating Australian world record holder Isis Holt in the women's 100m T35 final.
The 17-year-old crossed the line in 13.66 seconds to edge out Holt by nine hundredths of a second, with Britain's Maria Lyle taking bronze in 14.41.
"I wasn't expecting to win so I am really happy. I was just hoping to finish in the top three," Zhou told the Paralympic News Service.
Rong Jing claimed China's sixth wheelchair fencing title here by winning the women's individual foil category A title.
The 27-year-old defeated Yu Chui Yee of Hong Kong, China, 15-8 in the final.
"I'm very, very happy. I'm so happy to be able to participate at the Paralympic Games in such a beautiful city and winning a gold makes me even happier," Rong said.
Another Chinese athlete to win fencing gold was Feng Yanke, who beat countryman Hy Daoliang 15-11 in the men's individual foil category B final.
The day's most keenly anticipated fencing duel was the individual foil category A final between China's Ye Ruyi and Hungary's Richard Osvath.
Seven-time world champion Ye secured his third consecutive Paralympic title in his pet event by winning the match 15-8.
Afterwards he revealed his intention to retire, saying his body could no longer cope with the rigors of top-level competition.
"It was difficult for me to win gold here," said the 29-year-old, who lost his left leg in a car accident in 1992.
"I could feel my physical capacity has kind of declined, it's not as good as it used to be. Since winning back-to-back Paralympic gold medals everyone has wanted to defeat me. I felt a lot of pressure from all the young athletes here, who are very competitive.
In addition to winning the individual foil category A at the London 2012 and Beijing 2008 Games, Ye also triumphed in the team event in London and the individual sabre category A in Beijing.
In swimming, Cheng Jiao secured her second gold medal here by winning the women's 50m breaststroke SB3.
The 22-year-old touched the wall in 58.28 seconds to beat Ukraine's Mariia Lafina by more than three seconds. Mexico's Patricia Valle grabbed bronze in 1:02.40.
Cheng also won the 150m individual medley SM4 title on Monday.
Jin Zhipeng set a new world record to win the men's 50m breaststroke SB3 final.
Jin finished in 47.54 seconds, beating Miguel Luque of Spain by 0.93sec. Italy's Efrem Morelli earned bronze in 49.92
"I have been swimming close to the world record in training but to beat it by nearly a second is a big improvement," Jin said after the race.
Jin has also won two silver medals and one bronze at these Games.
Huang Wenpan smashed his own world record to clinch his third gold medal of these Games in the 50m breaststroke SB2.
The 21-year-old touched the wall in 50.65 seconds, to beat his previous mark of 52.48.
It was a clean sweep of medals for China with Li Tingshen taking silver in the event in 51.78 and Huang Chaowen bronze in 54.29.
Huang also won the mixed 4x50 freestyle 20 points on Friday and the 50m freestyle S3 on Tuesday.
Shooter Zhang Cuiping beat Abdullah Sultan Alaryani of the United Arab Emirates with her final shot to take gold in the R6 mixed 50m rifle prone SH1.
Zhang, who finished with 206.8 points, overturned a 1.2-point deficit with two series' remaining to win by a margin of just 0.3 points.
Serbia's Laslo Suranji claimed bronze with 185.2 points.
"I tried my best on the last shot to try and win and it happened, Zhang said. "I was so happy to win gold.
"It's been a long time since China has had a champion in this competition so I thought about nothing and just decided to enjoy the competition."
The 28-year-old also won gold in the R8 50m rifle 3P SH1 on Tuesday and took silver in the 10m AR standing SH1 on September 8.
