Monday 3 September 2012

Paralympics commentary

Here's your Paralympic commentary.

10:30: We arrive. Amazing place! It has a great atmosphere.

10:32: 400m T52. Martin of USA wins the heat 2.

10:38: David Weir, one of Britain's best wheelchair races, competes in the T54 1500m semi-final. They're off! David Weir just gets 3rd and a place in the final.

10:47: The next 1500m T54 semi-final. No Brits in this one. Fearnley of Australia wins this.

10:55: The last T54 1500m semi. Again, no British racers. Thailand's Konjen wins.

11:07: Women's 400m T12 semi-final 1 (that means the athletes are blind or visually impaired). No Brits. False start, and the Chinese athletes are disqualified. Boturchok of Ukraine triumphs.

11:16: Discus final and the long jump final have been going on for a while now, but we go back to the track with the second T12 semi-final for 400m. El Hannouni of France wins.

11:22 GOLD for Sebastien Dietz of Germany in the Discus F35/36 final! Paralympic champion.

11:25: Women's 400m T54, Round 1, Heat 1. Jade Jones of Britain could do well in this one. China gets 1st. Despite a late surge, Jones could only grab 6th.

11:31: The second heat of the women's 400m T54. No representatives of Britain. And they start. USA's McFadden grabs 1st.

11:34: GOLD for Liu of China in the long jump. A Asian record!

11:37: The victory ceremony for the T44 100m. Marie-Amelie Le Fur of France won.

11:45: Another ceremony, this time for the men's 200m T44. Oscar Pistorius has silver, and Oliviera of Brazil gold.

11:50: Men's T12 100m heat. Trickolich of Russia gets it.

11:54: Women's T11 200m victory ceremony. Guilhermina of Brazil won gold.

12:00: Men's second semi-final of the 100m T12. China wins.

12:09: Men's last semi of the 100m T12. Michelski of Poland gets through.

12:13: Medal ceremony of the men's long jump F46. Liu has got the gold.

12:21: Men's Discus F35/36 ceremony. Sebastien Dietz won this one earlier, he's a German.

12:26: Men's 800m T12, round 1. Briton Devine is in this. And he gets through! A great last 100m won him it.

12:36: Men's 800m T12 heat 2. Egor Sharov from Russia won.

12:41: Heat 3 of the T12 men's 800m. The world champion from Tunisia goes through automatically in 1st.

12:47: Men's discus F11 medal ceremony. David Casino of Spain grabs gold.

12:53: Another ceremony. This time for the men's shot put F11/12. Ukrainian Andrii Holivets is given gold.

13:01: Men's 5000m T54 victory ceremony. David Weir collects the gold, and a huge cheer goes up from around the stadium.

13:16: Wow. So a epic session draws to a close, with everybody in a patriotic mood. Thanks for reading.

Zachary.

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