Tokyo Paralympics Day One

The opening day of action from the Paralympics saw 24 medal events across three sports with a whopping 16 in Swimming. 

Medals

The first medals of the games came in the Women's C1-3 Individual Pursuit as Paige Greco (AUS) stormed to GOLD as she defeated Xiaomeu Wang (CHN) who took SILVER. BRONZE went to Denise Schindler (GER) after she defeated Clara Brown (USA). 

In the Women's C4 3000m Individual Pursuit, GOLD was won by Emily Petricola (AUS) as she defeated Shawn Morelli (USA) who took SILVER. BRONZE was collected by Keely Shaw (CAN) as she defeated Meg Lemon (AUS). 

A superb GB 1-2 in the Women's C5 3000m Individual Pursuit as Dame Sarah Storey stormed to her 15th Paralympic GOLD as she overlapped Crystal Lane-Wright who took SILVER. BRONZE went to Marie Patouillet (FRA) as she defeated Nicole Murray (NZL). 

The Men's B 4000M Individual Pursuit saw GOLD won by Tristan Bangma (Guide- Patrick Bos) (NED) as he overlapped GB's Stephen Bate (Guide- Adam Duggleby) who took SILVER. BRONZE was collected by Marcin Polak (Guide- Michael Ladosz) (POL) as he defeated Alexandre Loveras (Guide- Corentin Ermenault) (FRA). 

The Men's 400m Freestyle S9 saw GOLD won by William Martin (AUS) with a Paralympic Record of 4:10.25 ahead of Ugo Didier (FRA) who took SILVER while Alexander Tuckfield (AUS) collected BRONZE. 

In the Women's 400m Freestyle S9, Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) won GOLD ahead of Zsofia Konkoly (HUN) who scooped SILVER and GB's Toni Shaw who claimed BRONZE. 

GOLD for Iyad Shalabi (ISR) in the Men's Backstroke S1 as he finished ahead of Anton Kol (UKR) who scooped SILVER while Francesco Bettella (ITA) took BRONZE. 

The Men's 100m Backstroke S2 saw GOLD won by Alberto Abarza (CHI) as he finished ahead of Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo (BRA) who took SILVER while Vladimir Danilenko (RPC) collected BRONZE.

Xiu Pin Yip (SGP) stormed to GOLD in the Women's 100m Backstroke S2 as she finished ahead of Miyuki Yamada (JPN) who scooped SILVER while Fabiola Ramirez (MEX) collected BRONZE. 

A Paralympic Record time of 54.76 for Gabriel Bandeira (BRA) as he won GOLD in the Men's 100m Butterfly S14 ahead of GB's Reece Dunn who took SILVER while Benjamin Hance (AUS) collected BRONZE. 

A WORLD RECORD time of 1:03.59 for Valeriia Shabalina (RPC) as she won GOLD in the Women's 100m Butterfly S14 ahead of Australian duo Paige Leonhardt who took SILVER and Ruby Storm who claimed BRONZE. GB duo Louise Fiddes & Jessica-Jane Applegate finished in fifth and sixth. 

GOLD and a WORLD RECORD time of 46.49 for Roman Zhdanov (RPC) in the Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 as he finished ahead of Miguel Luque (SPA) who scooped SILVER while Takayuki Suzuki (JPN) collected BRONZE.

Yelyzaveta Mereshko (UKR) won GOLD in the Women's 50m Freestyle S6 ahead of Elisabeth Marks (USA) who took SILVER while Anna Hontar (UKR) collected BRONZE. 

The Men's 50m Freestyle S10 GOLD was won by Rowan Crothers (AUS) as he finished ahead of Maksym Krypak (UKR) who scooped SILVER and Phelipe Melo Rodrigues (BRA) who claimed BRONZE. 

Anastasiia Gontar (RPC) won GOLD in the Women's 50m Freestyle ahead of Chantalle Zijderveld (NED) who took SILVER while Aurelie Rivard (CAN) collected BRONZE. GB's Zara Mullooly finished in seventh. 

A Paralympic Record time of 53.80 saw Ihar Boki (BLR) win GOLD in the Men's 100m Butterfly S13 ahead of Oleksii Virchenko (UKR) who claimed SILVER and Islam Aslanov (UZB) who took BRONZE.

An Italian 1-2 in the Women's 100m Butterfly S13 with Carlotta Gilli winning GOLD and Alessia Berra scooping SILVER while Daria Pikalova (RPC) collected BRONZE.

The Men's 200m Freestyle GOLD was won by Francesco Bocciardo (ITA) with a Paralympic Record time of 2:26.76 as he finished ahead of Antoni Ponce Bertran (ESP) who took SILVER while Daniel de Faria Dias (BRA) claimed BRONZE. 

GOLD for Li Zhang (CHN) in the Women's 200m Freestyle S5 as she finished ahead of GB's Tully Kearney who scooped SILVER with Monica Boggioni (ITA) collected BRONZE. 

The Men's 100m Freestyle S8 GOLD was won by Ben Popham (AUS) with Andrei Nikolaev (RPC) taking SILVER and Dimosthenis Michalentzakis (GRE) claiming BRONZE. 

The Men's Sabre Individual Category A GOLD went to Hao Li (CHN) as he won 15-12 over Artem Manko (UKR) who took SILVER. BRONZE was collected by Jianquan Tian (CHN) as he won 15-14 over Andril Demchuk (UKR). 

GOLD for Yanke Feng (CHN) in the Men's Sabre Individual Category B after a 15-11 win over Adrian Castro (POL) who took SILVER. BRONZE was collected by Panaglotis Triantafyllou (GRE) as he won 15-6 over Maxime Valet (FRA).

The Women's Sabre Individual Category A saw Jing Bian (CHN) take GOLD after a 15-7 win over Nino Tibliashvili (GEO) who took SILVER. BRONZE was claimed by Yevhenlla Breus (UKR) after a 15-10 win over Eva Andrea Hajmasi (HUN). 

In the Women's Sabre Individual Category B, GOLD for Shumei Tan (CHN) after a 15-7 win over Olena Fedota (UKR) who took SILVER while Rong Xiao (CHN) collected BRONZE after Irma Khetsuriani (GEO) lost out 15-6.