Here’s your schedule for theDay 5, with all the top moments featuring Australians.
Monday 2nd September (All times are in AEST)
Australia has 12 athletes competing in various classifications of the triathlon throughout the morning in Paris. Nic Beveridge is the first to race at 4:15pm and Grace Brimelow and Sally Pilbeam are the last to start at 8:40pm .
Chloe Osborn and Holly Warn will race in the women’s 400m freestyle S7 heats at 5:46pm. After his silver medal in the 150m individual medley, Ahmed Kelly will compete in the men’s 50m backstroke S3 heats at 6:13pm. Jake Michel will race in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB14 heats at 6:33pm. Paige Leonhardt and Ruby Storm will swim the women’s 100m breaststroke SB14 at 6:41pm. Katja Dedekind will race in the women’s 50m freestyle S13 at 6:55pm. Finally, Australia will compete in the mixed 4x100m freestyle 34pts relay heats at 7:46pm.
Fourth-time Paralympian Rheed McCracken will race for a medal in the men’s 100m T34 Final at 7:24pm. McCracken has won silver in this race at the last three Games — can he make it a gold? Then,will race in round one of the women’s 1500m T54 at 7:35pm. She won bronze in this event at the last Paralympics.
The Aussies look to go one better and bring home some hardware after coming fourth in Tokyo.
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Tuesday 3rd September
Depending on how the Aussies go in the morning session, this will be an opportunity for the para-swimming team to build on their already strong performance in Paris.
Jamieson Leeson will battle it out against Hong Kong’s Yuen Kei Ho for the gold medal.
On the field, Tokyo silver-medallist Michal Burian will contest the final of the men’s javelin throw F64. On the track, 16-year-old Telaya Blacksmith races in Round 1 of the women’s 400m T20 and Samuel Rizzo races in Round 1 of the men’s 1500m T54.
Daniel Michel goes for gold against South Korea’s Howon Jeong.
