Key events
Marcel Hug, who took four golds in Tokyo but so far here has had to satisfy himself with two silver and one bronze, is well in front in the T54 men’s marathon. Second is Tomoki Suzuki of Japan with Jin Hua of China third and David Weir of GB fourth, but none have a prayer of catching the leader.
As per LEXI, T12 classification “is for runners with a visual impairment. Their vision is constricted to a radius of less than five degrees and/or the ability to recognise a moving object at a distance of one metre.”
And T54 “is for wheelchair track athletes who have full function in their body with moderately or highly affected movement in the legs or the absence of legs. All generate power through the full range of body and arm movements, providing good acceleration from the start and highly responsive manoeuvring during the race.”
Preamble
Salut! It’s been an incredible Games … and it’s not quite finished yet. Before we have to contemplate what we might do tomorrow, we’ve got one more day of intense and moving competition.
The T54 and T12 marathons are already under way and we’ve also got some powerlifting and basketball for you – most particularly the women’s gold-medal match between the Netherlands and USA – so let’s get on with it. On y va!
