Paralympics roundup: China win seven gold medals on opening day
Updated: 2016-09-09 14:34
(Xinhua)
Zheng Tao of China competes during men's 100m backstroke S6 of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept 8, 2016. [Photo/Agencies] |
Jia took silver in 1:13.42 and Ukraine's Iaroslav Semenenko clinched bronze in 1:15.41.
Song finished in 1 minute 21.43 seconds to beat her own world record of 1:24.66. China's Lu Dong took silver, 22 hundredths of a second behind her compatriot, with the Ukraine's Oksana Khrul claiming bronze in 1:26.82.
Other swimming gold medals for China were won by Zhang Li in the women's 200m freestyle S5 and Ke Liting won gold in the women's 100m backstroke S7.
Zhang clocked 2:48.33 seconds, 2.58 seconds ahead of Spain's Teresa Perales, with Norway's Sarah Louise Rung taking bronze in 2:51.37.
Ke touched the wall in 1:23.06 to beat compatriot Zhang Ying by just 28 hundredths of a second. New Zealand's Rebecca Dubber clinched bronze in 1:23.85.