Saturday, 2 October 2021

Tokyo Paralympics Day Twelve/Closing Ceremony (Catch-Up)

The final day of the games saw the last 15 GOLDs handed out followed by the Closing Ceremony. 


Medals 


The Men's Marathon T54 saw GOLD won by Marcel Hug (SUI) as he finished ahead of Yong Zhang (CHN) who took SILVER while Daniel Romanchuk (USA) collected BRONZE. GB duo David Weir and Johnboy Smith finished in fifth and tenth. 

A Paralympic Record time of 1:38.11 in the Women's Marathon T54 as Madison de Rozario (AUS) won GOLD ahead of Manuela Schaer (SUI) who took SILVER while Nikita den Boer (NED) crossed for BRONZE

A Paralympic Record time of 2:21.43 in the Men's Marathon T12 as Amin El Chentouf (MAR) won GOLD ahead of Jaryd Clifford (Guides-Vincent Donnadieu, Tim Logan) (AUS) who took SILVER while Tadashi Horikoshi (JPN) collected BRONZE

A Paralympic Record time of 2:25.50 in the Men's Marathon T46 as Chaoyan Li (CHN) won GOLD ahead of Alex Douglas Pires da Silva (BRA) who scooped SILVER while Tsutomu Nagata (JPN) claimed BRONZE. GB's Derek Rae finished in ninth.

A Paralympic Record time of 3:00.50 in the Women's Marathon T12 as Misato Michishita (Guides-Jun Shida, Yuka Aoyama) (JPN) won GOLD ahead of Elena Pautova (Guide-Grigorly Andreev) (RPC) who took SILVER while Louzanne Coetzee (Guides- Erasmus Badenhorst,Claus Kempen) (RSA) collected BRONZE


The Women's Singles SL4 GOLD was won by Hefang Cheng (CHN) after a 2-1 victory over Oktila Leani Ratri (INA) who took SILVER while HuiHui Ma (CHN) claimed BRONZE by defeating Helle Sofie Sagoey (NOR).

GOLD for Daiki Kajiwara (JPN) in the Men's Singles WH2 as he won 2-0 over Jun Jung Kim (KOR) who sealed SILVER while Ho Yuen Chan (HKG) collected BRONZE after defeating Kyung Hoon Kim (KOR). 

The Men's Singles SL4 saw GOLD won by Lucas Mazur (FRA) as he defeated Suhas Yathiraj (IND) who scooped SILVER while Setlwan Fredy (INA) claimed BRONZE after defeating Tarun (IND). 

In the Women's Doubles WH, Sarina Satomi/Yuma Yamazaki (JPN) won GOLD by defeating Yutong Liu/Monglu Yin (CHN) who took SILVER while Sujirat Pookkham/Amnouy Wetwithan (THA) claimed BRONZE after defeating Cynthia Mathez/Karin Suter Erath (SUI).

The Men's Singles SH6 saw GOLD won by Krishna Nagar (IND) as he defeated Man Kai Chu (HKG) who took SILVER while GB's Krysten Coombs collected BRONZE after defeating Vitor Goncalves Tavares (BRA).

In the Men's Doubles WH, Jianpeng Mai/Zimo Qu (CHN) won GOLD after defeating Jung Jun Kim/Dong Seop Lee (KOR) who secured SILVER while Daiki Kajiwara/Hiroshi Murayama (JPN) claimed BRONZE by defeating Jakarin Homhual/Dumnern Junthong (THA).

The Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 GOLD was won by Susanto Hary /Oktila Leani Ratri (INA) as they defeated Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel (FRA) who took SILVER while Daisuke Fujihara/Akiko Sugino (JPN) collected BRONZE after defeating Pramod Bhagat/Palak Kohli (IND). 


A Paralympic Record of 248.9 in the R6 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 as Veronika Vadovicova (SVK) won GOLD ahead of Anna Normann (SWE) who took SILVER while Juan Antonio Saavedra Reinaldo (ESP) collected BRONZE. 




GOLD for USA in the Women's as they won 3-1 over China who took SILVER





The Men's GOLD was won by USA as they sealed a 64-60 victory over Japan who took SILVER while GB claimed BRONZE after winning 68-58 over Spain






Closing Ceremony 


The Closing Ceremony had the theme 'Harmonious Cacophony and it truly delivered with a mix of lights and technicolour music some from classic video games that created an amazing close to the Games.

Alike the Olympic Closing Ceremony, the Parade of Athletes was Flagbearers only with GB represented by Boccia GOLD medallist David Smith as they entered an arena floor filled with the Athletes of the competing countries. 

The centre of the arena floor featured a mini papier-mache type city being created with each flagbearer placing a disc on a mirrored Sky Tree which was raised as the parade section came to an end.

One of the main aims of the theme was to show that the many differences in the world today have more strengths than weaknesses with a focus on the We are the 15% message. 

The ceremony continued with the flag raisings and final speeches before the handover to Paris for 2024 with a very poignant ending as the Eiffel Tower featured a CGI blade in place of one of its traditional four legs.

A great month across the Olympics and Paralympics and sadly a delay to this blog due to a new job reducing writing time but hopefully all will be well when the Winter games begin in Beijing in February! 



FINAL MEDAL TABLE 







Tokyo Paralympics Day Eleven (Catch-Up)

The penultimate catch-up on this blog in Day Eleven with a total of 50 GOLDs to be won. 

Medals


The Mixed Team Recurve Open GOLD was won by RPC after a 5-4 victory over Italy who took SILVER while China claimed BRONZE after defeating Islamic Republic of Iran 6-2.


The Women's Javelin Throw F54 GOLD was won by Flora Ugwunwa (NGR) as she out-threw Nurkhon Kurbanova (UZB) who took SILVER while Liwan Yang (CHN) collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD distance of 12.25m in the Men's Shot Put F34 as Ahmad Hindi (JOR) won GOLD ahead of Azeddine Nouiri (MAR) scooped SILVER while Abdulqadir Fiqi (QAT) who claimed BRONZE

A Paralympic Record distance of 8.75m in the Women's Shot Put F40 as Renata Sliwinska (POL) won GOLD ahead of Nourhein Belhaj Salem (TUN) who sealed SILVER while Lauritta Onye (NGR) claimed BRONZE

A GB 1-2 in the Women's 400m T34 as Hannah Cockroft won GOLD in a Paralympic Record time of 1:48.99 ahead of team-mate Kare Adenegan who took SILVER while Alexa Halko (USA) collected BRONZE. GB's Fabienne Andre finished in fourth.

The Men's 800m T34 saw Walid Ktila (TUN) win GOLD ahead of Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE) who secured SILVER while Yang Wang (CHN) claimed BRONZE. GB duo Issac Towers and Ben Rowlings finished in seventh and eighth. 

In the Men's Long Jump T13, Orkhan Aslanov (AZE) won GOLD ahead of Ivan Jose Cano Blanco (ESP) who took SILVER while Isaac Jean-Paul (USA) claimed BRONZE. GB's Zak Skinner finished in fourth. 

The Women's 400m T13 saw GOLD won by Lamiya Valiyeva (AZE) in a Paralympic Record time of 55s ahead of Adiaratou Iglesias Forneiro (ESP) who took SILVER while Kym Crosby (USA) claimed BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD time of 23s as Dmitrii Safronov (RPC) won GOLD ahead of Ihor Tsvietov (UKR) who sealed SILVER while Artem Kalashian (RPC) crossed for BRONZE.

A WORLD RECORD time of 21.91s in the Men's 200m T37 as Nick Mayhugh (USA) won GOLD ahead of Andrei Vdovin (RPC) who took SILVER while Ricardo Gomes de Mendonca (BRA) collected BRONZE

A Paralympic Record time of 11.85 in the Men's 100m T36 as Peicheng Deng (CHN) won GOLD ahead of James Turner (AUS) who took SILVER while Alexis Sebastian Chavez (ARG) crossed for BRONZE

The Men's Long Jump T20 GOLD was won by Abdul Latif Romly (USA) ahead of Athanasios Prodromou (GRE) who took SILVER while Nicholas Hum (AUS) claimed BRONZE

A Paralympic Record distance of 11.37m in the Men's Shot Put F33 as Zakarias Derhem (MAR) won GOLD ahead of Kamel Kardjena (ALG) who sealed SILVER while Deni Cerni (CRO) collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD distance of 47.13m in the Men's Javelin F41 as Pengxiang Sun (CHN) won GOLD ahead of Sadegh Beit Sayah (IRI) who sealed SILVER while Wildan Nukhailawi (IRQ) collected BRONZE.

A Paralympic Record time of 3:58.92 in the Men's 1500m T37 as Nate Riech (CAN) won GOLD ahead of Abdelkrim Krai (ALG) who took SILVER while Deon Kenzie (AUS) crossed for BRONZE

The Women's 200m T11 GOLD was won by Cuiqing Liu (Guide- Donglin Xu) (CHN) as she finished ahead of Thalita Vitoria Simplicio da Silva (Guide- Felipe Veloso da Silva) (BRA) who took SILVER ahead of team-mate Jerusa Geber dos Santos (Guide- Gabriel Aparecido dos Santos Garcia) who collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD distance of 38.50m in the Women's Discus Throw F37 as China sealed a 1-2 with Na Mi winning GOLD and Yingli Li taking SILVER while Rosa Carolina Castro Castro (MEX) claimed BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD time of 23.02s in the Women's 200m T12 as Omara Durand Elias (Guide-Yuniol Kindelan Vargas) (CUB) won GOLD ahead of Oksana Boturchuk (Guide-Mykyta Barbanov) (UKR) who scooped SILVER while Anna Kulinich-Sorokina (Guide-Sergey Petrichienko) (RPC) crossed for BRONZE

GOLD for GB's Aled Davies in the Men's Shot Put F63 ahead of Sajad Mohammadian (IRI) who took SILVER while Faisal Sorour (KUW) claimed BRONZE

The Women's 200m T47 saw GOLD won by Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade (VEN) ahead of Brittni Mason (USA) who took SILVER while Alicja Jeromin (POL) collected BRONZE

A Paralympic Record time of 21.43s in the Men's 200m T64 as Sherman Isidro Guity Guity (CRC) won GOLD ahead of Felix Streng (GER) who took SILVER while Jarryd Wallace (USA) collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD time of 60s in the Women's 400m T38 as Lindy Ave (GER) won GOLD ahead of Margarita Goncharova (RPC) who took SILVER while Darian Jimenez Sanchez (COL) crossed for BRONZE. GB duo Kadeena Cox and Ali Smith finished in fourth and eighth. 

A WORLD RECORD time of 47.38s in the Men's 400m T47 as Ayoub Sadni (MAR) won GOLD ahead of Brazilian duo Thomaz Ruan de Moraes who took SILVER and Petrucio Ferrerira dos Santos who collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD time of 14.11s in the Women's 100m T63 saw an Italian clean sweep with Ambra Sabatini winning GOLD ahead of Martina Caironi who took SILVER while Monica Graziana Contrafatto crossed for BRONZE


The Men's Singles SU5 GOLD was won by Liek Hou Cheah (MAS) after a 2-0 victory over Anrimusthi Dheva (INA) who took SILVER while Nughuro Suryo (INA) collected BRONZE after defeating Jen Yu Fang (TPE) 2-0. 

GOLD in the Women's Singles WH1 for Sarina Satomi (JPN) as she won 2-1 against Sujirat Pookkham (THA) who took SILVER while Menglu Yin (CHN) defeated team-mate Jing Zhang to collect BRONZE.

In the Women's Singles SU5, GOLD was won by Qiuxla Yang (CHN) after defeating Ayako Suzuki (JPN) who took SILVER while Akiko Sugino (JPN) defeated team-mate Kaede Kameyama to claim BRONZE

GOLD in the Men's Singles SL3 for Pramod Bhagat (IND) as he defeated GB's Daniel Bethell who took SILVER while Manoj Sarkar (IND) collected BRONZE by defeating Daisuke Fujihara (JPN).

The Women's Singles WH2 GOLD was won by Yutong Liu (CHN) as he defeated team-mate Tingting Xu who took SILVER while Yuma Yamazaki (JPN) claimed BRONZE by defeating Emine Seckin (TUR). 

In the Women's Doubles SL3-SU5, GOLD was won by Oktila Leani Ratri/Sadiyah Khalimatus (INA) as they defeated Hegang Cheng/Huihui Ma (CHN) who took SILVER while Noriko Ito/AyakoSuzuki (JPN) collected BRONZE after defeating Lenaig Morin/Faustine Noel (FRA).

GOLD for Zimon Qu (CHN) in the Men's Singles WH1 as he defeated Sam Seop Lee (KOR) who took SILVER while Dong Seop Lee (KOR) claimed BRONZE by defeating Hiroshi Murayama (JPN). 


The Pairs BC3 GOLD was won Republic of Korea as they defeated Japan who took SILVER while Greece collected BRONZE after winning 7-0 against Hong Kong.

In the Team BC1/BC2, GOLD was won by Thailand after an 8-2 success over China who took SILVER while Japan claimed BRONZE after a 4-3 success over Portugal.

The Pairs BC4 GOLD was won by Slovakia as they defeated Hong Kong who took SILVER while RPC collected BRONZE with a 5-1 win over Portgual


The Women's Kayak Single 200M KL1 GOLD was won by Edina Mueller (GER) as she finished ahead of Maryna Mazhula (UKR) who took SILVER while Katherine Wollermann (CHI) crossed for BRONZE.

A GB 1-2 in the Women's Kayak Single 200m KL2 as Charlotte Henshaw won GOLD ahead of team-mate Emma Wiggs who took SILVER while Katalin Varga (HUN) collected BRONZE

The Men's Va'a Single 200m VL2 saw Fernando Rufino de Paulo (BRA) win GOLD ahead of Steven Haxton (USA) who took SILVER while Norberto Mourao (POR) collected BRONZE

GB's Laura Sugar won GOLD in the Women's Kayak Single 200m KL3 ahead of Nelia Barbosa (FRA) who took SILVER while Felicia Laberer (GER) crossed for BRONZE

In the Men's Va'a Single 200m VL3, Curtis McGrath (AUS) won GOLD ahead of Giovane Vieira de Paula (BRA) who sealed SILVER while GB's Stuart Wood crossed for BRONZE.


GOLD for Brazil after a 1-0 win over Argentina who took SILVER while Morocco claimed BRONZE with a 4-0 victory over China




A Paralympic Record of 218.2 in the P4 Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 which saw an India 1-2 as Manish Narwal won GOLD ahead of team-mate Singhraj who took SILVER while Seregy Malyshev (RPC) collected BRONZE

A WORLD RECORD of 252.7 in the R9 Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH2 as Serbia 1-2 as Dragan Ristic won GOLD ahead of Zdravko Savanovic who scooped SILVER while Vasyl Kovalchuk (UKR) claimed BRONZE. GB duo Tim Jeffrey and Ryan Cockbill finished sixth and eighth.

 
The Men's GOLD was won by Islamic Republic of Iran after a 3-1 victory over RPC who took SILVER while Bosnia Herzegovina claimed BRONZE with a 3-1 success over Brazil

The Women's BRONZE was collected by Brazil after a 3-1 win over Canada


The Men's K44 +75kg GOLD was won by Asghar Azizaghdam (IRI) as he defeated Ivan Mikulic (CRO) who took SILVER while Zalnutdin Ataev (RPC) and Evan Medell (USA) collected BRONZES by defeating Francisco Pedroza Luna (MEX) and Andres Molina Gomez (CRC).

In the Women's K44 +58kg, GOLD was won by Guljonoy Naimova (UZB) as she defeated Debora Bezerra de Menezes (BRA) who took SILVER while Janine Watson (AUS) and GB's Amy Truesdale claimed BRONZES by defeating Rayeheh Shahab (IRI) and Yuliya Lypetska (UKR). 


The Women's GOLD was won by Netherlands with a 50-31 victory over China who took SILVER while USA sealed BRONZE with a 64-51 win over Germany. 

The Quad Singles GOLD was won by Dylan Alcott (AUS) with a 7-6/6-1 success over Sam Schroder (NED) who took SILVER.

The Women's Doubles saw Diede de Groot/Aniek van Koot (NED) win GOLD after a 6-0/6-1 victory over GB duo Lucy Shuker/Jordanne Whiley who took SILVER while Yui Kamji/Momoko Ohtani (JPN) collected BRONZE after winning 6-2/7-6 over Ziying Wang/Zhenzhen Zhu (CHN). 

In the Men's Singles, Shingo Kunieda (JPN) won GOLD with a 6-1/6-2 victory over Tom Egberink (NED) who took SILVER while GB's Gordon Reid defeated fellow Brit Alfie Hewett (6-4/3-6/7-5).