Such are the vagaries of the Paralympic classification system that Mpumelelo Mhlongo broke the world record in the T44 long jump at the Stade de France but only managed fifth spot in the field. Mhlongo was already the world record holder with 7.07m in the classification but came up against athletes in the T62 and T64 class. T64 jumper Markus Rehm produced a leap of 8.13m to take gold as Mhlongo improved his world record to 7.12m.
Two more bronze medals came Team SA’s way at the 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday.
Cycling’s Pieter du Preez (men’s H1 individual time trial) and the wheelchair tennis quad doubles of Donald Ramphadi and Lucas Sithole delivered in style to win bronze medals and take Team SA’s overall tally to four.
100m Gold medallist Mhlongo was back in action on a busy day for Team SA in Paris. He competed in the men’s T64 long jump final at the Stade de France in the evening. In the pool there was an African record for Christian Sadie.
ATHLETICS
Men’s F46 shot put, final: Kerwin Noemda produced a best effort of 15.63m, his first attempt, which placed him fifth. Gold was won by Canada’s Greg Stewart with 16.38m
Men’s T64 long jump, final WORLD RECORD! Mpumelelo Mhlongo (T44) finished fifth in the final with a best leap of 7.12m, to go with other distances of 7.04m, 6.92m, 6.89m, 6.86m and 6.85m. Gold went to the T64 athlete Markus Rehm of Germany with 8.13m.
Women’s T37 100m, heats: Sheryl James finished third in her heat in 13.69 to qualify for the final
CYCLING
Men’s H1 Individual Time Trial BRONZE! Pieter du Preez finished third in 36min 07.05sec
EQUESTRIAN
Individual event, Grade IV: Philippa Johnson-Dwyer finished 14th on Just In Time with 63.889 points
SWIMMING
Men’s S7 50m freestyle, heats: Christian Sadie finished fourth in his heat in 29.27 and qualified seventh fastest for the evening final
Men’s S7 50m freestyle, final: Christian Sadie finished seventh in an African record 28.75
Women’s SB12 100m freestyle, heats: Alani Ferreira finished sixth in her heat in 1:09.69 and did not progress to the final
WHEELCHAIR TENNIS
Quad doubles, BRONZE! Donald Ramphadi and Lucas Sithole beat Pena and Silva (Brazil) 6-2, 4-6, (10-8)
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