Day 3 of the Tokyo Summer Paralympics 2020 proved to a historic one for India as paddler Bhavinaben Patel secured the first medal after defeating Serbia’s Borislava Peric-Rankovic in straight sets to enter the semi-finals. Not only Patel, but archer Rakesh Kumar registered his personal best record to finish third in the Men’s Individual Compound with a tally of 699 points.
However, it was the People’s Republic of China who once again fetched the limelight on Day 3 of the Paralympic Games by securing a total of 20 gold medals. The second place is secured by Great Britian with 9 gold medals, Russia, who also have 9 gold medals. Having said that with multiple events scheduled on August 27, Friday at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Games, let us focus upon the medalists from some key events.
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Winners From Some Key Events at Tokyo Paralympics 2020 Day 3: Friday, August 27
Athletics- Women’s Long Jump: Sports Class: T11
Gold- Silvania Costa de Oliviera (Brazil)
Silver- Asila Mirzayorova (Uzbekistan)
Bronze- Yullia Pavlenko (Ukraine)
Athletics- Women’s Shot Put: Sports Class: F41
Gold- Raoua Tlili (Tunisia)
Silver- Mayerli Buitrago Ariza (Colombia)
Bronze- Antonella Ruiz Diaz (Argentina)
Athletics- Women’s Discuss Throw: Sports Class: F55
Gold- Feixia Dong (China)
Silver- Diana Dadzite (Latvia)
Bronze- Rosa Maria Guerrero Cazares (Mexico)
Athletics- Men’s Javelin Throw: Sports Class: F38
Gold- Jose Gregorio Lemos Rivas (Colombia)
Silver- Vladyslav Bilyi (Ukraine)
Bronze- Luis Fernando Lucumi Villegas (Colombia)
Athletics- Women’s 100m: Sports Class: T35
Gold- Xia Zhou (China)
Silver- Isis Holt (Australia)
Bronze- Maria Lyle (Great Britain)
Equestrian- Dressage Individual Test: Sports Class: Gl
Gold- Roxanne Trunnell (USA)
Silver- Rihards Snikus (Latvia)
Bronze- Sara Morganti (Italy)
Powerlifting- Men’s 59Kg: Sports Class: PWL
Gold- Yongkai Qi (China)
Silver- Sherif Osman (Egypt)
Bronze- Herbert Aceituno (El Salvador)
Swimming- Men’s 100m Backstroke: Sports Class: S12
Gold- Raman Salei (Azerbaijan)
Silver- Sergii Klippert (Ukraine)
Bronze- Stephen Clegg (Great Britain)
Swimming- Women’s 100m Backstroke: Sports Class: S12
Gold- Hannah Russell (Great Britain)
Silver- Daria Pikalova (RPC)
Bronze- Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago (Brazil)
Swimming- Men’s 50m Freestyle: Sports Class: S11
Gold- Wendell Belarmino Pereira (Brazil)
Silver- Dondong Hua (China)
Bronze- Edgaras Matakas (Lithuania)
Swimming- Women’s 50m Butterfly: Sports Class: S5
Gold- Dong LU (China)
Silver- Marta Fernandez Infante (Spain)
Bronze- Jiao Cheng (China)
