World Record, Paralympic Record, Historic Refugee Para Team Medal as China heads the Medal Tally

IPC XVII Summer Paralympic Games 2024 – Paris, France 02nd Day

Swimming : S9 Men’s 400M Freestyle – Heat 01
Naveed Raheem – Sri Lanka – 04 min 42.71sec
05th & last in the Heat, 10th & last overall

01st Gold Medal of the Games
Caroline Groot : Netherlands – Women’s C 4 – 5 500M Time Trial

01st Medal for the Hosts, France
Marie Patouillet – Silver – Women’s C 4 – 5 500M Time Trial

01st Gold Medal for the Hosts, France
Ugo Didier : S9 Men’s 400M Freestyle

01st Paralympic Record of the Games
Alexander Hillhouse : Denmark – S14 Men’s 100M Butterfly Stroke – 54.61 sec

01st World Record of the Games
Poppy Maskill : Great Britain – S14 Women’s 100M Butterfly Stroke – 01 min 03.00 sec

01st ever Refugee Paralympic Team medal winner
Zakia Khudadadi : Born in Afghanistan, Living in France
Para Taekwondo : Bronze Medal : K44 Women’s 47 Kgs Win by Withdrawal
Opponent : Naoul Laarif – Morocco

Basketball : Group Stage
Men –
Great Britain bt Germany 76 – 55
United States of America bt Spain 66 – 56
Netherlands bt Australia 66 – 55

Women –
Great Britain bt Spain 69 – 34
China bt Canada 70 – 65

Wheelchair Rugby : Group Stage – Open
Great Britain bt Australia 58 – 55
United States of America bt Canada 51 – 48
France bt Denmark 53 – 51
Japan bt Germany 55 – 44

Sitting Volleyball : Pool Stage
Women – Brazil bt Rwanda 3 – 0
Canada bt Slovenia 3 – 0

Men – Bosnia & Herzegovina bt Egypt 3 – 1
Kazakhstan bt France 3 – 0

Cycling Track : C 1 – 3 Women’s 3000M Individual Pursuit
Gold – Xiaomei Wang – China
Silver – Daphne Schrager – Great Britain
Bronze – Flurina Rigling – Switzerland

Cycling Track : C 1 Men’s 3000 M Individual Pursuit
Gold – Zhangyu Li – China
Silver – Weicong Liang – China
Bronze – Ricardo Ten Argiles – Spain

B Men’s 4000M Individual Pursuit
Gold – Tristan Bangma – Netherlands
Silver – Steve Bate – Great Britain
Bronze – Lorenzo Bernard – Italy