2017 PARA SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Saturday, December 2nd to Wednesday, December 7th
- Francisco Marquez Olympic Swimming Pool, Mexico City
- LCM
- Meet info
- Results
Like day four, day five of the 2017 Para Swimming World Championships kicked off with a win from the United State’s Tharon Drake, who went 1:15.70 for the win in the men’s SB11 100 breast. In the women’s race, China’s Xiaotong Zhang dropped a 1:26.14 to win the race by over 14 seconds, but was just over three seconds off her own World Record.
In the women’s SB13 100 breast, American Colleen Young went 1:17.21 to break her own meet record. Unites States teammates Becca Meyers and Gia Pergolini came in third and fifth in the race with a 1:26.43 and 1:37.46, respectively.
Jessica Long blasted a commanding performance in the women’s S8 400 free, going 5:01.57. In second was US teammate Julia Gaffney, in 5:26.51, who just edged out Vendula Duskova’s 5:26.55.
China’s Benying Liu set a new meet record in the men’s S2 200 free, going 4:02.72. In third place, Chile’s Alberto Abarza set new record for the Americas, going 4:10.77.
Wenpan Huang continued his stellar meet, breaking his own World Record in the S3 50 free, going 38.81. In second, Diego Lopez set a new Americas record, going 39.70. Additionally, in 8th, Youssef Elsayed set a new African record in 1:03.62.
In the men’s S14 100 back, American Lawrence Sapp took gold in 1:06.42.
In the S4 50 free, Italy’s Monica Boggioni took gold and set a new meet record in 38.79. In third, Jiao Cheng set a new Asian record, going 43.03.
Colombia’s Nelson Crispin, in the men’s S6 50 fly, dropped a new record for the Americas, going 30.82.
For the final record swim of the day, China’s Haijao Xu set a meet record in the men’s S8 100 fly, going 59.70. He’s now just about half a second off of teammate Maodong Song’s World Record.
