day 3

DAY 3

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In the cycling  today  the woman’s time trial c4-5c5 Sarah Story of Great Britain goes under 37 seconds for the first time to get Paralympics gold.

 

 In the final of the men’s individual 1km tandem time trial there seemed to be some problems with the chains and the starting blocks as 2 cyclists had problems with their chain Spain’s Porto Lareo je Villanueva Trinidad broke the Paralympics record but only got the solver medal.  British cyclist Neil Fahey and Barney Story broke the world record and got the gold medal. British Anthony Capp has problems with his bike and they do a double restart but they don’t allow them to restart for a third time. James Brown and Shaw from Northern Ireland failed to get a medal here either but they were far off the leaders from the start.

 

While I was watching men’s individual pursuit C4 it made me wonder how they teach someone to ride a bike that has got only one leg. Would they use the same skills as they would use to teach someone like Oscar Pistorius?  Any way the gold medal went to Carol Edward Novak of Romania Jiri Jezik  

 

In the Men’s Individual Pursuit C5 the gold medal was in Britains John Allen Butterworth’s hands as he was going under world record pace but his legs caught up with him as he could only get the silver. Michael Gallagher of Australia ran the right type of race from beginning to end not worrying about what the other person only concentrating on you own race as a sprint coach would tell you. Xiyang Liu of China got the bronze in a close race also    

 

I took a look at the running with a guide and how many times would you fall over and get hurt as you do not know the pace you are going at. Do they always run with guides or do they run on there own at the paces they run at? How safe is it 

 

In the men’s 200 metres T42 Richard Whitehead of Great Britain won the gold Shaquille Vance of USA got the silver and Henrich Popov of Germany got the bronze

 

In the men’s shot put wheelchair F54-56 Jauil Baugheri Jeddi of Iran got a Paralympics record to claim the gold medal Polands Karol Kosun got the silver and Great Britain Robin Womack got the bronze medal

 

In the wheelchair table tennis the must have to train a lot with the plasters across their hands. They can use the other hand fine to grip the chairs so it must be a little bit demoralising to have to have their hand stuck to the bat it looks about 10 per cent harder as you don have full control of your hand.

 

In the wheelchair basketball Great Britain beat Brazil 42-37 in a largely even match Britain won the first quarter then Brazil took it back to level at half time Brazil led a tight third quarter but Britain had the stamina in the fourth to win by 42 points to 37

 

7 a side seems to be a lot more like regular soccer but there still are little differences like the throw in. There is also no offside which changes the game drastically. Ukraine side would be dreaming if they got a 9-0 score line against the USA but in 7 a side it is the result today the US were giving Ukraine so much time and space   

  

In judo I feel that the way the train is insanely dangerous. Trying to choke someone so that they can not move is very dangerous and if you put too much pressure you may kill

 

Darren Mc Donald wins a gold for Ireland in swimming’s 400 metres s6 and there is a brone in this race for Andrew Whoreword of GB

 

Eleanor Simmonds goes and wins the b400 metre freestyle s6 in world record time  

 

Jason Smyth wins his t13 100 metre title and gets a world record on to of he was so fast it was like no one else was there. Did you know he is a training partner of Tyson Gay

 

Michael Mc Killop won the t37800 metres final in world record time

 

James Brown had a slow heat today as he was no where near the time of the fastest previous racer. Even if he was close the Australians who he was catching didn’t get a medal either

 

My star athlete of the day has to be both Micheal mc Killop and Jason Smyth to compare one against another is unfair

 

 

Did you know?

 

Paralympians who have also competed in the Olympic Games include South African swimmer Natalie du Toit who finished 16th in the Women’s Marathon 10km swimming event in Beijing in 2008. Du Toit was less than a minute and a half behind the winner after more than six miles of swimming.

 

The idea for the Paralympic Games came from German neurologist, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, who organised a sports event for soldiers injured in World War II at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire in 1948. In 1949 he said, ‘Maybe one day there would be Olympics for the disabled’. In 1952 Dutch athletes participated and the first international games for athletes with a disability took place.

 

The Paralympic Games are the world’s second largest event after the Olympics. In 1952 two nations and 130 athletes took part. In 1960 400 athletes from 23 nations participated with medals presented in 57 events. Britain finished second behind Italy. In London in 2012 4,200 athletes from 160 countries are expected to attend with 471 medal events on the programme

 

 Rome, in 1960, was the first host city to use its Olympic venues for the Paralympic Games. 5,000 spectators watched the Opening Ceremony. In 2012 up to 80,000 spectators will watch the Opening Ceremony on August 29 2012.

 

 To ensure fair play between different levels of disability Paralympic competition takes place using a system of classification. Although it appears confusing it has similar aims to the classification system used in boxing. For example, in boxing, it wouldn’t be fair to put junior-welterweight Ricky Hatton against super-middleweight Joe Calzaghe.

London 2012 will be the most accessible Games ever for athletes and spectators. Train platforms are being widened, buses will be low-floored and have wheelchair accessible and all river piers will have ramps. More than 8,250 London buses have been fitted with the new iBus system an automatic radio and on bus passenger display announcement system which helps the visually and hearing impaired and those unfamiliar with London.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the governing body of the Paralympic Movement. Based in Bonn, Germany, it celebrates its 20th anniversary in September 2009.