Day eight: Aussies in motion
Australia has medal probabilities on one other bumper day of competitors in Paris — we’ll replace the schedule when finals are confirmed (all occasions AEST):
Taking pictures para sport
- 5:30pm: R6 – Blended 50m rifle susceptible SH1 qualification — Anton Zappelli
Para swimming
- 5:54pm: Ladies’s 400m freestyle S10 heats — Poppy Wilson
- 6:29pm: Males’s 200m particular person medley SM9 — Tim Hodge
- 6:39pm: Ladies’s 200m particular person medley SM9 — Lakeisha Patterson
- 6:59pm: Ladies’s 100m breaststroke SB12 — Jenna Jones
Para archery
- 6:20pm: Blended crew recurve open 1/8 elimination — Amanda Jennings and Taymon Kenton-Smith
Para biking highway (delayed)
- 6:35pm: Ladies’s H1-4 highway race — Lauren Parker🏅
Para desk tennis
- 8pm: Males’s singles MS11 semifinals — Samuel Von Einem
Para athletics
- 8:15pm: Males’s 800m T54 heats — Luke Bailey and Samuel Rizzo
- 3am: Ladies’s lengthy bounce T63 last — Vanessa Low🏅
- 3:26am: Ladies’s 400m T53 last — Angie Ballard🏅
- 3:31am: Ladies’s shot put F33 last — Maria Sturdy🏅
- 4:46am: Males’s javelin F13 last — Jackson Hamilton🏅
- 5:05am: Males’s 100m T52 heats — Sam McIntosh
Taking pictures para sport: Zappelli begins combined 50m rifle susceptible qualification
Australia’s Anton Zappelli has began his combined 50m rifle susceptible qualification.
After his opening two collection, he sits in twenty second place with a mean of 10.263 and a complete of 195.0.
The highest eight shooters progress to tonight’s last.
Para swimming: Aussies arising in heats
4 Australians are in motion throughout the heats session at Paris La Défense Area:
- 5:54pm: Ladies’s 400m freestyle S10 heats — Poppy Wilson
- 6:29pm: Males’s 200m particular person medley SM9 — Tim Hodge
- 6:39pm: Ladies’s 200m particular person medley SM9 — Lakeisha Patterson
- 6:59pm: Ladies’s 100m breaststroke SB12 — Jenna Jones
Para biking: Lauren Parker’s highway race delayed
It is moist in Paris!
So moist, in truth, that Lauren Parker’s H1-3 highway race has been delayed for at the least an hour.
Which means the occasion won’t begin earlier than 6:30pm AEST, nevertheless it could possibly be a lot later.
We’ll preserve you up to date.
Unsung heroes
This is a riddle for you — who could be a Para athlete with out being disabled? Who can contribute to a Paralympic race or match win with out receiving a medal for his or her arduous work?
Jamieson Leeson’s ramp operator Jasimine Haydon, Jarrod Clifford’s information Tim Logan – these are the unsung heroes of the Australian Paralympic crew.
Whereas we await Lauren Parker to get underway on the highway, why not take a look at Elizabeth Wright’s glorious article.
How does the medal tally look forward of day eight?
Australia added 9 medals — together with two golds — to its haul on day seven.
This is how the general tally appears to be like:
Para biking: Parker to race for gold at 5:30PM AEST
Barely 24 hours after she received silver within the time trial, Australian celebrity Lauren Parker is all set to cycle for a medal as soon as once more – this time within the H1-4 highway race.
16 athletes will compete on this occasion, amongst them the opposite two podium athletes from the yesterday’s race, Germany’s bronze medallist Annika Zeyen-Giles and the American winner, Katarina Brim.
Parker received a silver on this occasion on the 2023 Para biking world championships in Glasgow, so she’s an actual contender in the present day.
As soon as once more, this can be a multiclass occasion, so athletes with differing ranges of impairment can be racing towards one another.
Instances can be adjusted to make sure equity.
Welcome again!
Good day there!
I am Luke Pentony and I will be joined by Henry Hanson and Amanda Shalala to take you thru the early levels of day eight in Paris.
We’re coming off one other golden day for the Aussies they usually could possibly be topping the rostrum once more, with Lauren Parker and Tim Hodge among the many medal probabilities.
We hope you possibly can comply with the weblog all through the night and morning (AEST), so persist with us for what guarantees to be one other blockbuster day of competitors!