Day 8 of the swimming promised further drama and excitement for the crowd to enjoy...
The men's 100m Butterfly - S9 got the swimming finals underway and the Hungarian Tamas Sors
was making his bid for Gold in Rio, but would he be able to swim faster than
the Italian world record holder, Morlacchi and Michalen Tzakis from Greece...
In the Women's 100m Butterfly - S9...China's
Xu Jialing was the fastest qualifier and she was going to have to beat Sarai Gascon
of Spain, who has won two silvers in these Games so far...
The defending champion and world record holder, Ukraine's
Ievgenii Bogodaiko was making quite a name for himself in Rio, he
was bidding for his 6th medal...but there was a Colombian hoping to spoil his party...
Tiffany Thomas Kane from Australia has come in third on two occassions now in Rio, but
as the world record holder in this event, she was the one to beat...
Another swimmer from Ukraine is on an impressive
medal roll in Rio, Maksym Krypak. And in the Men's 400m Freestyle - S10 he
had another very good chance of winning a 7th medal...And early on, Krypak and his compatriot
Dubrov pulled well away from the rest...
In the women's 400m Freestyle - S10 Canada's Aurelie Rivard holds two titles from these Games already
and starting in pole position she was well placed to add another Gold...
This race was going to have a tight finish
- China's Huang Wenpang was aiming for a 4th gold at these Games and he would have
to beat Dmytro Vynohradets' from Ukraine...
There was little doubt as to who was the favorite for the women's 200m IM - SM5...Sarah Rung from Norway was back in the pool
with a qualifying time of more than 17 seconds faster than her nearest rival...and from the
outset, Rung dominated the race...and by the last 50 meters, she was out there on her own
The two swimmers to go under a minute in the heats in the men's 100m freestyle - S11 were Bradley Snyder of the USA and China's Yang Bozun...