Status: 05.09.2024 22:00
What was important on Thursday, September 5th at the Paralympic Games in Paris? The highlights of the day at a glance.
64 decisions
From 9.30 am – Para-cycling, road, 6 finals
Six more decisions will be made in para-cycling road in Clichy-sous-Bois. Two German riders could be in the fight for medals in the handbike road races: Annika Zeyen-Giles (H1-4, 9:35 a.m., live stream on sportschau.de), who won silver in Tokyo, and Andrea Eskau (H5, 1:05 p.m.). Also competing in the H5 class: US star and defending champion Oksana Masters.
From 9.30 a.m. – Para-sport shooting, mixed, free rifle
In the mixed competition with the free rifle (50 m), Natascha Hiltrop and Cliff Junker will compete in the SH2 class. The qualification begins at 9.30 a.m., the final at 11.45 a.m.
From 10.00 am – Para-athletics, 19 finals
In the morning’s athletics at the Stade de France, medals in the women’s T38 long jump are at stake (10:05 a.m., live stream on sportschau.de). Germany has two young athletes competing: 22-year-old Nele Moos from Bayer Leverkusen and 17-year-old Friederike Brose from the Brandenburg Prevention and Rehabilitation Sports Club, who is making her Paralympics debut.
Katrin Müller-Rottgardt and her guide Noel Fiener have medal ambitions in the 100 m in the T12 class. The semi-final is scheduled for midday (11:51 a.m.), and the final will start at 7:17 p.m.
From 10.00 am – Para-Judo, 5 finals
The judo competitions of the Paralympics begin in the Arena Champ-de-Mars. In the quarterfinals of the weight class up to 48 kilos (J1), Tabea Müller will face Ecem Tasin Cavdar from Turkey (10:06 a.m., live stream on sportschau.de). In the starting class J2, weight class up to 48 kilos, Isabell Thal will face the Frenchwoman Sandrine Martinet, silver medalist from Tokyo 2021 and Paralympics champion from Rio 2016, back then in the weight class up to 52 kilos. The finals are scheduled for this afternoon.
From 10.30 am – Para-Boccia, Mixed, 3 Finals
In boccia, three decisions will be made in the mixed doubles. Bronze will be decided at 10:30 a.m. and gold will be decided at 5:00 p.m. There are no German teams taking part.
From 12.00 pm – Wheelchair tennis, 2 finals
At Roland Garros, the medals are awarded in the women’s doubles and in the quad singles class. In the quad class, only athletes who are restricted in at least three extremities are allowed to take part. In the singles, the men play the semifinals. There are no German players here either.
From 12.00 pm – Sitting volleyball, semifinals (F+M)
The sitting volleyball tournaments are entering the decisive phase. The German men will face Bosnia-Herzegovina in the semifinals (12:00 p.m., live stream on sportschau.de). The second finalist will be decided at 2:00 p.m. between Iran and Egypt, and the women’s semifinals will be at 6:00 p.m. (Brazil vs. USA) and 8:00 p.m. (China vs. Canada).
12.45 pm – Wheelchair basketball, Placement round Germany – Spain (F)
After the quarter-final defeat against Canada, the German wheelchair basketball players are playing for places five to eight instead of the medals. The first match in the placement round is the duel with the Spanish team (live stream on sportschau.de). Coach Dirk Passiwan announced fifth place as the “new goal”.
From 4 p.m. – Wheelchair basketball, semifinals (M)
For the first time since 1992, Germany’s wheelchair basketball players are among the top four teams at the Paralympics. In the semifinals (4 p.m., live stream on sportschau.de), the team of national coach Michael Engel will face top favorite Great Britain. In the preliminary round, Germany clearly lost to the British with 55:76. In the second semifinal (9.30 p.m.), the USA and Canada will face each other.
From 5.30pm – Para-swimming, 13 finals
Gold alert in the La Defense Arena! Two Paralympic winners from Tokyo are competing for the German swimming team. Taliso Engel set a new world record in the SB13 (visually impaired) class in the preliminary round on Thursday morning. He goes into the final of the 100 m breaststroke as the top favorite (7:03 p.m., live stream on sportschau.de)?
The 100 m breaststroke is Elena Krawzow’s signature discipline. She has held the world record since 2019, won gold in Tokyo in 2021, and was then slowed down by a brain tumor. Now she has fought her way back and wants to repeat her success in the SB12 class (7:26 p.m., live stream on sportschau.de). She won the preliminary round with ease, and last year she became world champion for the third time.
From 5.45pm – Goalball, Finals
In goalball, the women (5.45 p.m.) and men (7.30 p.m.) will play for gold. Who will follow Tokyo winners Turkey and Brazil? No German teams qualified.
6:00 p.m. – Para table tennis, singles, Schmidberger vs. Feng
In a table tennis thriller, Thomas Schmidberger had to admit defeat to the Chinese Panfeng Feng in the final of the sitting class 3 in Tokyo. In the doubles in Paris alongside Valentin Baus, Schmidberger “only” managed to win silver against the Chinese. Now the 32-year-old from Borussia Düsseldorf is making another attempt at gold. The final, a repeat of the Tokyo final, Schmidberger against Feng (in the live stream on sportschau.de) will take place at 6 p.m.
