The 17-year-old Callum Simpson — who has secured a gold medal within the S8 100m freestyle swimming — seems to be set to grow to be an actual star of the long run constructing in direction of the Brisbane Video games in 2032.
Simpson led after 50m however needed to summon all his would possibly to beat American Noah Jaffe by 0.02 seconds. Simpson had already gained gold as a part of Australia’s relay group.
Within the males’s S14 100m backstroke swimming, Ben Hance smashed the world report with a time of 56.52 seconds.
Afterwards, Hance paid tribute to his late father, who died earlier this 12 months. And after his medal ceremony, Hance ran down the facet of the pool at La Protection Area waving the Australian flag and hyping up the group.
Silver and bronze
Swimmer Tim Hodge was awarded a silver medal within the males’s S9 100m butterfly.
Hodge has cemented his standing as a star of the Australian swim group with two golds acquired earlier at this Video games. He completed a way off Italy’s Simone Barlaam however can be leaving Paris along with his inventory extremely excessive.
Swimmer Lewis Bishop has taken a bronze within the males’s S9 100m butterfly. The 19-year-old — who misplaced his leg at age 10 in Papua New Guinea — was final on the flip however powered dwelling to the rostrum alongside Hodge at his first Video games.
Additionally within the pool, Tom Gallagher got here third within the males’s S10 backstroke. Gallagher confirmed an unbelievable burst of pace within the closing 25m to edge out Italy’s Ricciardo Menciotti to safe a spot on the rostrum.
His medal provides to a 50m freestyle gold and a 100m freestyle bronze gained earlier within the Video games.
Twenty-four-year-old swimmer Emily Beecroft has additionally gained bronze within the ladies’s S9 100m butterfly. She had solely beforehand gained medals as a part of a relay group however has lastly obtained a person gong.
Rachael Watson got here fourth within the ladies’s S4 50m freestyle however was notched as much as win the bronze after Brazilian Patricia do Santons was disqualified for a false begin.
Medal Desk (as of day 9)
As of day 9, Australia is at ninth place on the medal desk, with a complete of 52 medals: 16 gold, 13 silver and 23 bronze.
China is main with 188 medals: 83 gold, 64 silver and 41 bronze.
In second place is the UK, with a complete of 100: 42 gold, 34 silver and 24 bronze.
The US is trailing them with 86 in complete: 31 gold, 36 silver, and 19 Bronze.
