Day 2 saw some impressive entrances,<br /><br />emotional celebrations <br /><br />and lots of drama…<br /><br />in the velodrome…<br /><br />and in the pool.<br /><br />29 world records were set, bringing the grand total to 58.<br /><br />Here are some of the top stories<br /><br />Super Friday was fast, long and high<br />Ireland’s Jason Smyth kept his title in the 100m T12,<br />as did Great Britain’s Jonnie Peacock in the 100m T44.<br />France’s Marie Amelie Le Fur set a new world record in long jump … twice <br />And let’s not forget the crowd favourite – men’s high jump T42. <br />India’s Mariyappan Thangavelu jumped 1.89m to take gold.<br /><br /><br /><br />China were fast in the pool… really fast.<br /><br />The team won 5 golds in world record times<br /><br />Shiyun Pan - men’s 50m freestyle S7 (27.35)<br />Maodang Song - men’s 100m butterfly S8 (59.19) <br />Qing Xu - men’s 50m butterfly S6 (29.89) <br />Liankang Zou men’s 100m backstroke S2 (1:45.25) <br />Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay 20 points (2:18.03) <br /><br />Uzbekistan’s Ramil Gasimov had some impressive moves in Judo <br /><br />He won gold with a direct ippon from an expertly-executed throw.<br /><br /><br />Cape Verde won their first ever Paralympic medal<br /><br />The country’s President rang Gracelino Barbosa to congratulate him on bronze in the men’s 400m T20<br /><br />Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani made history…<br /><br />by becoming her country’s first ever female gold medallist in shooting<br />She wonthe P2 (women’s 10m air pistol SH1) event.<br /><br />Finally, in the medals table, Ukraine has moved up into the top 5…
