Australia's Paralympics schedule for Day 1
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Here is Australia’s Paralympics 2024 schedule for Day 1, Thursday 4 August (all times in AEST):
Thursday 29th August????♂️ 5:30pm: Para-Swimming, (Heats)
Alexa Leary, Jasmine Greenwood, and Keira Stephens will race in the Women’s 50m Freestyle S10. Defending champion Rowan Crothers and Thomas Gallagher will race in the men’s 50m freestyle S10. Six-time medallist Brenden Hall will compete alongside fellow Aussie Tim Hodge in the Men’s 400m Freestyle S9. Seven-time medallist Lakeisha Patterson will race the Women’s 400m Freestyle S9. Ben Hance will race the Men’s 100m Butterfly S14. Ruby Storm and Paige Leonhardt will race in the Women’s 100m Butterfly S14. The start times for the finals are listed below.
???? 7:30pm: Wheelchair Rugby, Australia v Great Britain (Group Game).
In the game originally called murderball, the Australian Steelers will take on old rival Great Britain. Team GB are the defending Olympic champions in this event, while the Steelers won the 2023 wheelchair Rugby World Cup and were gold medallists in Rio.
????♀️ 9:41pm: Para Track Cycling, Men’s B 4000m Individual Pursuit
Kane Perris, who is legally blind, missed out on theTokyo Paralympics due to a crash that forced him to stop cycling for 12 months. He will now make his Paralympic debut in Paris.
???? 10:00pm: Boccia, Men’s Individual BC3 (Preliminary Round)
Daniel Michel is the current world champion and a great shot at a medal. Boccia is a precision ball sport similar to lawn bowls or bocce. Jamieson Lesson will compete in the Women’s BC3 preliminary round at 4:30am.
????1:00am: Para Archery, Men’s Individual Compound (Ranking Round)
Jonathan Milne and Patrick French are the two Aussies who will shoot to see where they stand amongst the competition in this ranking round.
????1:00am: Para Archery, Women’s Individual Recurve (Ranking Round)
Amanda Jennings is the sole Aussie in this event.
???? 1:00am: Para Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles XD17 and XD7 (Rounds of 32 and 16)
Two Aussie pairings (Daniela Di Toro and Jessy Chen, Hayley Sands and Christopher Addis) will compete in the Mixed Doubles XD7 Round of 32. Melissa Tapper and Trevor Hirth will compete in the Mixed Doubles XD17 Round of 32. Nathan Pellissier and Li Na Lei will compete in the Mixed Doubles XD17 Round of 16 at 3:15am.
????♂️ 1:30am: Para-Swimming, (Finals ????)
Depending on how the Aussies go in the morning session this will be the first opportunity for medals in the pool.
???? 5:30am: Men’s Wheelchair Basketball, Australia v Netherlands
The Australian Rollers kick off their Paris 2024 campaign against the Netherlands. They won 18 of 21 matches in 2023 and are looking for their first medal since 2012.
