United States para swimmer Jessica Long made history yesterday as one of the most decorated athletes of all time when she won her 17thIt was the first time since London 2012 that Long topped the podium in the event, having also won it at the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games.
It was an exceptional night for Ukraine, meanwhile, with the war-torn nation picking up five medals in the pool. Yaroslav Denysenko won the first gold of the night with victory in the men’s S12 100M freestyle. He was joined on the podium by compatriot Maksym Veraksa who took silver. Denysenko would go on to earn another gold medal with teammates Maryna Piddubna, Oleksii Virchenko and Anna Stetsenko in the last race of the evening, the mixed 49 points 4×100 freestyle relay.
Andrii Trusov also took gold in the men’s S7 100m freestyle with a world record time of 26.38 seconds while Stetsenko added a silver in the women’s S12 100M freestyle. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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