Five world records kick-start swimming at Rio 2016
The Netherlands’ Lisa Kruger broke the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9 world record on her Paralympic debut on day one of swimming at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Thursday (8 September), headlining a series of five swimmers to set new bests.
Uzbekistan’s Fotimakhon Amilova (1:04.72) also had an impressive Paralympic debut in the women’s 100m butterfly S13. The 17-year-old stormed to a new world record ahead of the USA’s Rebecca’s Meyers (1:04.94). Amilova’s teammate, Muslima Odilova (1:05.92), was third.
China’s Paralympic silver medallist Hongguang Jia qualified with a new world record in the men’s 100m backstroke S6.
Jia’s compatriot Lingling Song went on to break the women’s 100m backstroke S6 world record, touching in at 1:24.66. Chinese title holder Lu Dong (1:26.43) was second quickest, followed by Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko (1:27.64).
Great Britain’s Paralympic champion Bethany Firth (1:04.53) led the women’s 100m backstroke S14 with a new world record. Firth, who showed nothing of the injury which saw her pull out of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, led Dutch Paralympic bronze medallist Marlou van der Kulk (1:07.23) into second.
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The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were held from 7-18 September 2016. Athletes from more than 160 countries competed in 528 medal events in 22 different sports.
The Netherlands’ Lisa Kruger broke the women’s 100m breaststroke SB9 world record on her Paralympic debut on day one of swimming at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Thursday (8 September), headlining a series of five swimmers to set new bests.
Uzbekistan’s Fotimakhon Amilova (1:04.72) also had an impressive Paralympic debut in the women’s 100m butterfly S13. The 17-year-old stormed to a new world record ahead of the USA’s Rebecca’s Meyers (1:04.94). Amilova’s teammate, Muslima Odilova (1:05.92), was third.
China’s Paralympic silver medallist Hongguang Jia qualified with a new world record in the men’s 100m backstroke S6.
Jia’s compatriot Lingling Song went on to break the women’s 100m backstroke S6 world record, touching in at 1:24.66. Chinese title holder Lu Dong (1:26.43) was second quickest, followed by Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko (1:27.64).
Great Britain’s Paralympic champion Bethany Firth (1:04.53) led the women’s 100m backstroke S14 with a new world record. Firth, who showed nothing of the injury which saw her pull out of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, led Dutch Paralympic bronze medallist Marlou van der Kulk (1:07.23) into second.
For more information on the Rio 2016 Paralympic Game, please visit http://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016
Like us: https://www.facebook.com/Paralympics and follow us: https://www.twitter.com/paralympics
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games were held from 7-18 September 2016. Athletes from more than 160 countries competed in 528 medal events in 22 different sports.
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