Paralympic highlights: September 7, 2008

September 7, 2008 September 7, 2008 is the 1st major day of the 2008 Paralympic games, the below article summarises all the world records and medals.

Swimming

 * In the S13 class, Dzmitry Salei from Belarus set a new world record in the final of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 58.89 seconds.
 * In the S4 class, Patricia Valle from Mexico set a new world record in Heat 1 of the women's 100m freestyle event with her time of 2:03.82 minutes.
 * In the SM7 class, American swimmer Rudy Garcia Tolson set a new world record in heat two of the men's 200m individual medley with his time of 2:37.80 minutes.
 * In the S8 class, Peter Leek from Australia set a new world record in the first heat of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 1 minute and 1.01 seconds.
 * In the S8 class, Amanda Everlove from the United States set a new world record in the second heat of the women's 100m butterfly with her time of 1 minute and 11.64 seconds.
 * In the S9 class, Tamas Sors from Hungary set a new world record in the first heat of the men's 100m butterfly with his time of 59.38 seconds.
 * With a time of 4:45.43, Russian Dmitry Kokarev set a new world record in the S2 class of the men's 200m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:35.21, Chinese Du Jianping set a new world record in the S3 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:11.05, Brazilian Daniel Dias set a new world record in the S5 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 1:16.65, Spanish Maria Teresa Perales set a new world record in the S5 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * With a time of 3:13.05, American Miranda Uhl set a new world record in the SM6 class of the women's 200m individual medley.
 * With a time of 2:54.61, American Erin Popovich set a new world record in the SM7 class of the women's 200m individual medley.

Cycling

 * In the CP3 class, British cyclist Darren Kenny set a new world record in the qualifying stage of the men's individual pursuit with his time of 3:36.875 minutes.
 * With a time of 4:18.961, Australians Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * With a time of 1:14.936, British Simon Richardson set a new world in the LC 3-4 class of the men's 1km time trial.
 * With a time of 1:21.157, Britons Ellen Hunter and Aileen McGlynn set a new world in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women's 1km time trial.

Shooting

 * With a score of 578, Russian Valeriy Ponomarenko set a new world in the SH1 class of the men's P1-10m air pistol.

Track Cycling

 * Christopher Scott of Australia won the gold medal in the CP4 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Darren Kenny of Great Britain won the gold medal in the CP3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence of Australia won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the men's individual pursuit.
 * Simon Richardson of Great Britain won the gold medal in the LC 3-4 class of the men's 1km time trial.
 * Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter of Great Britain won the gold medal in the B&VI 1-3 class of the women's 1km time trial.

Judo

 * Huaping Guo of China won the gold medal in the -48 kg class Judo.

Shooting

 * Valeriy Pomomarenko of Russia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the men's P1-10m air pistol.
 * Veronika Vadovicova of Slovakia won the gold medal in the SH1 class of the women's R2-10m air rifle standing.

Swimming

 * Du Jianping of China won the gold medal in the S3 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * David Smetanine of France won the gold medal in the S4 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * Daniel Dias of Brazil won the gold medal in the S5 class of the men's 100m freestyle.
 * Dmitry Kokarev of Russia won the gold medal in the S2 class of the men's 200m freestyle.
 * Dzmitry Salei of Russia won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men's 100m butterfly.
 * Sascha Kindred of Great Britain won the gold medal in the S13 class of the men's 200m individual medley.
 * Nely Miranda of Mexico won the gold medal in the S4 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * Maria Teresa Perales of Spain won the gold medal in the S5 class of the women's 100m freestyle.
 * Valerie Grand Maison of Canada won the gold medal in the S13 class of the women's 100m butterfly.
 * Miranda Uhl of the United States won the gold medal in the SM6 class of the women's 200m individual medley.
 * Erin Popovixh of the United States won the gold medal in the SM7 class of the women's 200m individual medley.