Day 5: Paralympic Games preview

It will be another action-packed day at Tokyo Paralympic Games with 63 finals on the schedule on the first Super Sunday.

Great Britain's Jessica Stretton will be the one to watch out for in the Women’s Individual Compound Open. (Photo: Getty Images)
Great Britain's Jessica Stretton will be the one to watch out for in the Women’s Individual Compound Open. (Photo: Getty Images)

ARCHERY

Archery competitions include elimination rounds in the Women’s Individual Compound Open section and from the pre-quarterfinals to the final in Mixed Team Compound Open section.

China, the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), Turkey, and Iran are among the top contenders going by their performance in the ranking round. In the 16 arrow competition, Italy hold the world record of 158 while China set the Paralympic Games Record of 155 at Rio.

In the Women’s Individual Compound Open, keep an eye on Great Britain’s Jessica Stretton, the world record holder with 148 points.

ATHLETICS

Sunday will be the busiest day at the Olympic stadium with 20 finals scheduled besides heats for some events. Six finals are on the roster in the morning session with the women’s long jump T12 opening the programme.

EQUESTRIAN

Two events -- the Dressage Team Test in Music - Grade V and Dressage Team Test to Music -- Grade 1V, will be held on Sunday.

JUDO

Gold medals will be decided in five weight categories -- Men’s 90kg, Women’s 70kg, Men's 100kg, Women's +70kg, and Men’s +100kg.

POWERLIFTING

It will be another day of power-packed performances at the Tokyo International Forum as finals in four weight categories will be held - men’s up to 88kg, women’s up to 73kg, women's up to 79kg and men’s up to 97kg.

ROWING

The day will see four finals being conducted -- the PR1 Women’s Single Scull PR1W1x Final A, the men’s Single Scull PR1M1x, PR2 Mixed Double Scull PR2Mix2x, and PR3 Mixed Coxed Four PR3Mix4+ at the Sea Forest Waterway.

SWIMMING

It will be another busy day with heats and 13 finals scheduled on Sunday, in the men’s 400m freestyle S7, women’s 400m freestyle S7, men’s 100m breaststroke SB14, men’s 100m breaststroke SB14, women’s 100m breaststroke SB14, Men’s 100m breaststroke SB4, women’s 100m breaststroke SB4, and men’s 200m freestyle S2.

TABLE TENNIS

Asian and world table-tennis powerhouse China features in six of the eight finals scheduled on Sunday., including the women’s singles Class 8, Men’s Singles Class 5, Men’s Singles Class 7, Women’s Class 4 and Men’s Class 11.

The Men's Class 10 and Class 11 are the only finals without any Chinese presence. In Men's Class 11, Hungary's Peter Palos will take on Australia's Samuel Philip von Einem while the Class 10 final will be contested between Poland's Patryk Chojnowski and France's Mateo Boheas.

TRIATHLON

Four finals -- Men’s and Women’s PTWC and Men’s and Women’s PTS5 -- are on the schedule on Sunday.

WHEELCHAIR FENCING

Competitions will be held in two categories, the men’s and women’s foil team -- starting with the preliminary rounds in the morning to bronze medal matches and finals in the evening.

China, France, Italy will be among the top contenders in both sections. China is the defending champion in both sections.

WHEELCHAIR RUGBY

Australia, the USA, Japan, and Great Britain are the top four countries in the International Wheelchair Rugby rankings.

They will contest the medals in the Paralympics here on Sunday but the order has been reversed with No 2 seeds USA locking horns with Great Britain in the final while World No. 1 Australia play Japan for bronze.

Great Britain caused a big upset by beating Japan, the 2018 World Champions, 55-49 in the semifinal. Australia, the 2016 Rio gold medallist went down to USA 49-42.

Source: Paralympic.org