See Also: Decoding the S1-S14 Classification System.
Russia has been on fire at the 2015 IPC World Championships, and on day 3, they broke four world records to lead all nations.
That record haul began in prelims, when Russian swimmers broke world records in back-to-back heats of the 200 free.
First, in the final heat of the men’s S14 200 free, Viacheslav Emeliantsev went 1:56.27 to break the world record previously held by Iceland’s Jon Sverrisson. Sverrisson was third in that same heat.
In the very next race, heat 1 of the women’s S14 200 free, Valeriia Shabalina went 2:05.99 to break her own world record by half a second.
Shabalina would rebreak her own record again in the finals with a 2:04.98. Emeliantsev won gold, but couldn’t quite better his heats time.
Also taking down a world record for Russia: Roman Zhdanov in the 150 IM SM4. Dhanov set the meet record in prelims, then went 2:25.24 at finals to take seven tenths off the world record previously held by Cameron Leslie. Leslie, who swims for New Zealand, was second in tonight’s race.
The other world record to fall to a gold medalist in the evening was the men’s S13 100 back. The S13 class is for athletes with visual impairments. Ihar Boki of Belarus went 56.74 to win gold and take down the world record in that event. Boki was the previous record-holder at 56.97.
Great Britain’s Oliver Hynd set a European record in winning the men’s SM8 200 IM with a 2:22.40.
Americans Courtney Jordan and Jessica Long each brought home a gold medal, too. Jordan won the women’s 400 free S7 in 5:22.50, and Long the women’s SM8 200 IM in 2:40.08.
That brings Long to three gold medals so far. She has four more events yet to swim.
