Day 2 sees 11 world records broken at the Paralympic Games

Day 2 of the Tokyo Paralympic Games saw 11 world records broken with USA’s Anastasia Pagonis going into the history books and a first gold for host nation Japan.

Pagonis broke her own women’s 400 metres S11 world record to win United States’ first gold medal at the Games.

The delighted 17-year-old finished in a time of 4 minutes 54.49 seconds.

USA also won its second gold when Gia Pergolini secured victory in the women’s 100 metres backstroke S13 event. She broke the world record twice in the heats and also in the finals with a time of 1 minute 04.64 seconds.

Japan’s Takayuki Suzuki made his dream come true of winning a gold medal for the host nation and setting a new Paralympic record when he hit the wall first in the men’s 100 metres freestyle S4 event.

After Day 2 of the competition, China leads the medal tally with 8 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze, Great Britain is second with 6 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze and the Russian Paralympic Committee are third with 6 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze.

[Source: Paralympic.org]