Hungary started the Paralympics with a gold medal – this happened on Thursday in Paris

Swimmer Zsófia Konkoly won gold on the first competition day of the Paris Paralympics, as she was able to win the 400 breaststroke. This is what happened to the Hungarian athletes on Thursday.

• Zsófia Konkoly won a gold medal on Thursday in the 400-meter freestyle, in the S9 category, at the Paris Paralympics. This is the Hungarian delegation’s first podium finish in the French capital. In the near-full house Paris La Défense Arena, Konkoly distributed his power brilliantly, turning only fourth at 100 meters, and then the leading pacer came up Pattersonra. At three-quarters of the distance, the Australian was still leading by a body length, but then the Hungarian swimmer switched on him and first easily overtook him and then left his rival behind.
• The other Hungarian finalist of the day, Zsanett Adámi-Rózsa he was seventh in the 100-meter backstroke of the S2 category. The Hungarian para-athlete, born with stiff joints, made it to the final with the seventh time in the morning preliminaries, in which he was able to overtake his Serbian rival. The defending champion and world record holder from Singapore did the number Jip Pin-hsziu won.
• The table tennis player Zsófia Arlóy, Szvitacs Alexa pair lost their first match in the WD20 category, so they did not make it to the quarterfinals. The ninth-ranked Hungarian duo faced a difficult opponent in the seventh-ranked Chinese team Liu Meng and Mao Ching-tien in person – the latter is a multiple Paralympic and world champion, but the former also has a Paralympic and World Cup gold. The Hungarian and Chinese doubles fought a close, varied battle, which ended in a decisive set, and the Asians succeeded better, so the first round was also the final stage for Szvitacsék. In some cases, both players will be interested in the continuation.
• One of the flag bearers of the Hungarian team, Tamás Gaspar came fourth in the Thursday morning rankings in the W1 category of wheelchair archers, which means that the last-placed domestic competitor in Sunday’s elimination competition will be his first opponent for reaching the quarterfinals.
• After sixteen years, there are again Hungarians in the boccia field, two right away. He was considered among the medal contenders Alexandra Szabo presented himself with confident success, but in the second round of group D of the BC4 category, the Brazilian could not Laissa Polyana Teixeirával, and lost 4-3. Big Vivien lost his first match in the BC2 category, the Dutch Chantal van Engelen beat him 4-3. Both Hungarian para-athletes close the group stage on Friday.

2024-08-29 19:36:31