More Incredible Records Broken At The Paralympics! 

The records keep on breaking at the track in Paris with Paralympic athletes setting some incredible new times in their events. From 26 finals over the last three days, there have been eight Paralympic records and three world records! There was also another gold (and a Paralympic medal) for TeamGB – the final race in our round-up.

Here’s all the action over Monday 2nd, Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th September. If you want to understand the Paralympic classifications, then check this out. 

MONDAY’S MEDALS

Monday gave us five medals, with the headline performance coming from Ethiopia’s Yayesh Gate and her guide Kindu Girma who ran a new world record in the Women’s 1500m – T11 with an incredible time of 4:27.68. 

Thailand’s Chaiwat Rattana set a new Paralympic record of 14.76 in the Men’s 100m – T34.  

In the Men’s 100m – T35 final, Ihor Tsvietov, who won the Paralympic gold in Rio, ran a new PB of 11.43 to win. 

It needed a photo finish to find the winner in the Men’s 100m – T63. USA’s Ezra Frech took the win in 12.06, with first to fifth all finishing within 0.1 second of each. The following night, Frech set a new Paralympic record to win the Men’s High Jump – T63 with a jump of 1.94m.

The Men’s 100m – T64 final was won by Costa Rica’s Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (pictured above) in a new Paralympic record of 10.65. GB’s Jonnie Peacock was fifth. 

TUESDAY’S TRACK CHAMPS 

There were 15 gold medals won on Tuesday!

Brazil’s Yeltsin Jacques and guide Guilherme dos Anjos Santos started the morning with a world record in the Men’s 1500m – T11, defending their title from Tokyo. His winning time was 3:55.82. He said after he played to celebrate by eating pizza and ice cream, and then going to Disneyland Paris!

Alexsandr Kostin, a neutral athlete, ran 3:44.43 for a new Paralympic record in the Men’s 1500m – T13. Canada’s Cody Fournie won the Men’s 200m – T51.

There was a world record in the Men’s 400m – T36 with Australia’s James Turner defending his Olympic titles and lowering his own world record to 51.54. 

Cuba’s Omara Durand Elias won a remarkable fourth consecutive Paralympic gold in the Women’s 400m – T12, adding the Paris title to ones she won in London, Rio and Tokyo. And she did it in Paris with one of her laces undone! 

Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner continues an incredible Paralympic Games by winning the Women’s 1500m – T54. It’s her third gold and third Paralympic record in Paris. GB’s Sammi Kinghorn finished second – her second silver of the Games. Sammi would get revenge in the 100m on Wednesday… 

The evening session began with gold for Ukraine’s Yuliia Shuliar in the Women’s 400m – T20. 

USA’s Jaydin Blackwell, who had won the Men’s 100m – T38 earlier in the week, struck gold again in the Men’s 400m – T38, where he equalled his own world record time of 48.49. 

Kimberly Alkemade won the Women’s 200m – T64. The Dutch athlete broke the Paralympic record in winning her first Paralympic medal.

Brazil’s Jerusa Geber and guide Gabriel dos Santos won the Women’s 100m – T11. She’d already set a new world and Paralympic medal in the heats and now she takes the gold. 

In the Women’s 100m – T13 final, Azerbaijan’s Lamiya Valiyeva broke the world record with a time of (11.76). Second place Rayane Soares da Silva was also inside the previous world record. 

The Paralympic champion in the Women’s 100m – T47 is Ecuador’s Kiara Rodrigues, and there was more South American success as Columbia’s Jhon Sebastian Obando won the Men’s 400m – T20.

China’s Hua Jin shocked world record holder Marcel Hug to win the Men’s 1500m – T54. Hug now has two silvers in the Games and will no doubt be looking for gold in the 800m and the marathon.

And in the final race of the evening, Ukraine’s Nataliia Kobzar won gold in the Women’s 400m – T37 final to add to her silver in the Women’s 200m – T37. She’ll be hoping for a hat trick of medals as she also goes in the 100m.

WEDNESDAY’S WINNERS!

The first winner of the day was neutral athlete Andrei Vdovin in the Men’s 400m – T37. He’s already won bronze in the Men’s 100m – T37.

That was followed by China’s Yiting Shi setting a new Paralympic record in the Women’s 100m – T36 and then there was another Paralympic record in the Women’s 100m – T54 with Belgium’s Lea Bayekula winning gold. 

Saudi Arabia’s Adbulrahman Alqurashi won the Men’s 100m – T53 final in 14.48, then in the Men’s 100m – T54, Mexico’s Juan Pablo Cervantes won gold in 13.74.

And finally, GB’s Sammi Kinghorn, who has won two silvers in the Games, won the Women’s 100m – T53 final, setting a new Paralympic record of 15.64, and beating Catherine Debrunner who wins silver – her fourth medal in Paris, and she still has the 400m and the marathon to go.

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