Paralympics 2021 LIVE updates day 10 Curtis McGrath wins kayak gold Greco claims cycling bronze
1 of 2
We are still sitting eighth on the medal tally, but two more golds would see us jump to sixth spot.
Hopefully we can snag a few more tonight.
The medal tally as it stands as of 4pm AEST.
After Daniel Michel’s incredible bronze medal win, I know we are all keen for some more boccia and now here it is.
The Australian pair’s BC3 team are up against Brazil at the moment. The match started at 3.25pm AEST.
It’s already been a great day for the team - made up of Jamieson Leeson, Spencer Cotie, and the great man himself Daniel Michel - who defeated Portugal 4-3 earlier today.
Sadly, Aussie archer Taymon Kenton-Smith has been eliminated 6-4 in the men’s individual recurve 1/16.
He was defeated by America’s Eric Bennett who managed to an epic comeback to defeat the Australia champion.
An awesome effort nonetheless for Kenton-Smith in his first Paralympics.
Hello everyone, Sarah Keoghan taking over the blog for the afternoon and evening.
Not sure how day ten will be able to follow what was such a successful day yesterday, but hopefully today can give day nine a run for its money.
A bit sad, but it’s the final night of the swimming tonight. The good news is there are 16 gold medals up for grabs, so should be a cracker.
Let’s get into it.
Australia’s Guy Henly has finished fourth in the men’s standing F37 discus with a best of 48.72 metres.
Henly had a slow start in the men conditions but threw his best two distances in his last three attempts.
Pakistan’s Haider Ali won the event with a personal best throw of 55.26 metres claiming his nation’s first medal.
Pakistan is the 84th nation to win a medal in Tokyo which is a new record for the Paralympics.
Cyclist Alistair Donohue has finished fifth in the men’s C4-5 road race today overcoming two painful crashes early in the race to get back on the bike and move back up to the leaders.
France’s Kevin le Cunff won the race.
Donohue said he felt like speed skater Steven Bradbury as cyclists fell around him in his crash.
Alistair Donohue.Credit:Jeff Crow
He also emotionally dedicated his race to his friend Will who died two months ago.
“Look, I love racing. Today wasn’t my day. You can’t control it,†Donohue told Channel Seven.
“But I love racing. This is it.
“I spent the last lap fighting back tears. Because this race was for my mate, Will. He committed suicide two months ago. And I’ve been holding it together up until the games.
“I wanted to dedicate this one to him, and to my housemates back at home. This one is for Will. Now that it’s over I can let it out. It feels so good.
“I love bike racing. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. You can’t control crashes. It is a part of the sport, I love it. Today was so good, it was so hard, it is everything I love about racing.
“I think that Will would have been so proud of this race. I spent so many of my biscuits getting back on after the crashes. It is a race of attrition, and I knew that I was going to pay the price, but you have to be in it to win it.
“Two laps to go, I started camping, nothing you can do. But how good is racing? How good is this? This is living.â€
If you or anyone you know needs support call Lifeline on 131 114, or Beyond Blue’s coronavirus mental wellbeing support service on 1800 512 348.
Australia’s Dylan Littlehales has missed out on a medal by the smallest of margins in the men’s kayak singles 200m KL3.
Littlehales and Great Britain’s Robert Oliver hit the finish line locked together but Oliver managed to just get his nose in front to take bronze finishing in 41.268 seconds compared to Littlehales on 41.280 secs in fourth place.
Ukraine’s Serhil Yemelianov, the gold medallist from Rio, won the gold medal ahead of RPC’s Leonid Krylov.
Rachel McGrath, wife of gold medallist Curtis McGrath, has revealed the kayak star feared he would not get the chance to follow up his Rio gold medal this year as another COVID-19 outbreak hit Tokyo in the lead-up to the Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Rachel, who nervously cuddled a cushion while watching the final with the McGrath family, told Channel Seven they feared the Paralympics could have been cancelled if the outbreak became too overwhelming so Curtis was overjoyed to get to Tokyo and have his chance to compete.
Curtis McGrath competes in the men’s heats on Thursday. Credit:Getty
McGrath claimed his KL2 gold medal comfortably today.
“He was really focused,†Rachel McGrath told Channel Seven.
“Really grateful for the opportunity to go. There was a period of time when we were worried about the coronavirus increasing in Tokyo and there was a moment when we thought the Paralympics would not go ahead.
“We are so grateful and Curtis was so grateful and ready to race. When he got there he was so excited just to be there and to have the opportunity to go for another medal.â€
Tom Decent reports from the event:
Gold for Curtis McGrath! Goes back to back in the KL2. Finishes more than a second (1.077 seconds) ahead of Ukraine’s Mykola Syniuk.
Aussie supporters (mostly staff and athletes) are going off. Clinical performance.
Drew away in the final 100m in wet and miserable conditions here.
1 of 2
0 Response to "Paralympics 2021 LIVE updates day 10 Curtis McGrath wins kayak gold Greco claims cycling bronze"
Post a Comment