Bumper Day of Athletics Produces 30 Gold Medals and Two World Records

A bumper day of Athletics at the Aoti Main Stadium brought the best out of athletes competing in the Guangzhou 2010 Asian Para Games on Friday (17 December).

In total 30 medal events took place and the winners recorded one World record, six Asian records and multiple personal bests. In addition a new World record was set by an athlete who won bronze in the Women’s 200m.

United Arab Emirates athlete Issa Aljahwari made it seven World records in throwing events at these Games by winning the Men’s Discuss F54/55/56 with a throw of 41.95m

After breaking the Women’s 200m T45 World record on Thursday, Sri Lanka’s Kumudu Dissanayake Mudiyanselage did the same again on Friday lowering her time from 28.67 to 28.58 in the Final of the Women’s T46 final, a result good enough to secure her bronze.

Of the six Asian records set on Friday, five of them were by Chinese athletes and included Dong Feixia in the Women’s Discus F54/55/56 (25.41m), Ma Yuxi in the Men’s 200m T37 (25.51), Zhou Wenjun in the Men’s 200m T38 (23.42), Xia Zhiwei in the Men’s Shot Put F40 (10.59), Jin Yajuan in the Women’s Shot Put F42/44/46 (12.49m)

Japan’s Keita Sato also set an Asian record by recording 25.15 in the Men’s 200m T44.

Other gold medal winners on Friday included:

* Yuki Temma of Japan in the Women’s 200m T11 – 28.51 – a personal best

* Jamil Elshebli of Jordan in the Men’s Shot Put F57/58 – 13.79m

* Wang Yugin of China in the Women’s 200m T12 – 28.83 – a personal best

* Haider Ali of Pakistan in the Men’s Long Jump F37/38 – 6.43m

* Wang Feng of China in the Women’s 200m T36 – 31.30 – a season’s best

* Xiong Dezhi of China in the Women’s 200m T38 – 31.10

* Fadhil Al Dabbagh of Iraq in the Men’s 200m T46 – 23.10 – a personal best

* Seho Park of Korea in the Men’s Club F31/32/51 – 26.09m

* Li Huzhao of China in the Men’s 200m T53 – 27.01 – a personal best

* Supachai Koysub of Thailand in the Men’s 200m T54 – 25.05 – a personal best

* Issa Aljahwari of United Arab Emirates in Men’s Discus F54/55/56 – 41.95m

* Tang Hongxia of China in the Women’s Discus F12 – 36.58m – a season’s best

* Kitsana Jorchuy of Thailand in the Men’s 100m T11 – 11.98

* Li Yansong of China in the Men’s 100m T12 – 11.27

* Farzad Sepahvand of Iran in the Men’s Discus F44 – 52.60m – a season’s best

* Yuan Yizhi of China in the Men’s 100m T13 – 11.39

* Che Mian of China in the Men’s 100m T36 – 12.31 – a personal best

* Fadhil Al Dabbagh of Iraq in the Men’s Long Jump F46 – 6.44m

* Ma Yuxi of China in the Men’s 100m T37 – 11.91

* Wang Yanping of China in the Women’s 200m T46 – 26.83 – a personal best

* Huang Lisha of China in the Women’s 200m T53 – 30.38

* Zhang Ting of China in the Women’s 200m T54 – 30.42

* Li Ling of China in the Women’s Shot Put F57/58 – 9.39m

* Zhang Xuelong of China in the Men’s Javelin F37/38 – 51.80m

Saturday is finals day at the Aoti Stadium with another 30 medals up for grabs.

The Guangzhou Asian Para Games will run until 19 December and involve around 2,500 athletes from 41 countries competing in 19 sports.