The Paris Paralympics have been nothing short of remarkable so far, where a slew of records have been broken. And it is not just National Records, Area Records, or the Paralympic Records, that have gone for a toss, but it is the World Records, that have tumbled in plenty. With almost a week to go more such records are expected to come down. What has been heartening to see is, the Indian para archery mixed compound team of Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi also brought down a WR.
InsideSport takes a look at the World Records that have been broken in the Paris Paralympics.
Rakesh Kumar & Sheetal Devi Break WR at Paris Paralympics
- Women’s Individual – W1 – 72 Arrow Ranking Round
New WR: Sarka Pultar Musilova (CZE) – 659 points
- Women’s Individual Compound – Open – 72 Arrow Ranking Round
New WR: Oznur Cure Girdi (TUR) – 704 points
- Mixed Team Compound – Open – 144 Arrow Ranking Round
New WR: Sheetal Devi & Rakesh Kumar (IND) – 1399 points
Para Athletics
- Men’s 100m T38
New WR: Jaydin Blackwell (USA) – 10.64s
- Men’s 5000m T11
New WR: Julio Cesar Agripino Dos Santos (BRA) – 14:48.85s
- Men’s Long Jump T11
New WR: Di Dongdong (CHN) – 6.85m
- Men’s Long Jump T63
New WR: Joel de Jong (NED) – 7.68m
- Men’s Shot Put F53
New WR: Giga Ochkhikidze (GEO) – 9.66m
- Men’s Javelin Throw F38
New WR: Jose Gregorio Lemos Rivas (COL) – 63.81m
- Women’s 100m T38
New WR: Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno (COL) – 12.26s
- Women’s Javelin Throw F12
New WR: Zhao Yuping (CHN) – 47.06m
- Women’s Club Throw F32
New WR: Maroua Ibrahmi (TUN) – 29.00m
- Women’s Shot Put F20
New WR: Sabrina Fortune (GBR) – 15.12m
Para Rowing
- Mixed Double Sculls – PR2Mix2x
New WR: Lauren Rowles & Gregg Stevenson (GBR) – 7:56.92s
- Mixed Coxed Four – PR3Mix4+
New WR: Great Britain (Francesca Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Josh O’Brien, Ed Fuller, Erin Kennedy) – 6:43.68s
Para Cycling
- Men’s C1 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Li Zhangyu (CHN) – 3:31.338s
- Men’s B 4000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Tristan Bangma (NED) – 3:55.396s
- Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Alexandre Leaute (FRA) – 3:24.298s
- Men’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Jaco van Gass (GBR) – 3:15.488s
- Men’s C4 4000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Archie Atkinson (GBR) – 4:17.700s
- Men’s C2 1000m Time Trial
New WR: Alexandre Leaute (FRA) – 1:07.944s
- Men’s C3 1000m Time Trial
New WR: Jaco van Gass (GBR) – 1:04.825s
- Men’s C5 4000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Dorian Foulon (FRA) – 4:13.934s
- Women’s B 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Sophie Unwin (GBR) – 3:17.643s
- Women’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Daphne Schrager (GBR) – 3:45.133s
- Women’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Wang Xiaomei (CHN) – 3:41.692s
- Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit
New WR: Emily Petricola (AUS) – 3:35.856s
- Women’s C1 500m Time Trial
New WR: Qian Wangwei (CHN) – 40.878s
- Women’s C3 500m Time Trial
New WR: Mel Pemble (CAN) – 38.512s
- Women’s C5 500m Time Trial
New WR: Caroline Groot (NED) – 35.390s
Para Swimming
- Men’s 200m Freestyle – S14
New WR: William Ellard (GBR) – 1:51.30s
- Men’s 100m Backstroke – S12
New WR: Stephen Clegg (GBR) – 59.02s
- Men’s 150m Individual Medley – SM2
New WR: Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo (BRA) – 3:15.06s
- Men’s 200m Individual Medley – SM6
New WR: Yang Hong (CHN) – 2:37.31s
- Women’s 50m Freestyle – S9
New WR: Christie Raleigh-Crossley (USA) – 27.28s
- Women’s 50m Freestyle – S10
New WR: Chen Yi (CHN) – 27.10s
- Women’s 50m Freestyle – S11
New WR: Ma Jia (CHN) – 28.96s
- Women’s 100m Butterfly – S14
New WR: Poppy Maskill (GBR) – 1:03.00s
- Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay – 20 Points
New WR: People’s Republic of China (Peng Qiuping, Yuan Weiyi, Jiang Yuyan, Guo Jincheng) – 2:14.98s
