The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have officially begun, with ten Greek athletes participating in events on the first day.
Specifically, Greece will be represented by Chrysoula Antoniadou, Semicha Rizaoglou and Alexandra Stamatopoulou in swimming.
Meanwhile Nikos Gonios, Dimitrios Zisidis, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Michael Seitis and Smaragdi Styliani will participated in various athletics events.
Finally, Athanasios Barakas and Konstantinos Troulinos are scheduled to participate in cycling events.
The organisers of the Rio2016 Paralympics have finalised the events schedule for the first day of the competition. Below is the timetable of Greek athletes’ participation for the first day of events:
SWIMMING:
-16.41: 100m women’s freestyle S4 heats
Rizaoglu Semicha, Stamatopoulou Alexandra
-17.43: 200m women’s freestyle S5 heats
Antoniadou Chrysoula
-00.44: 100m women’s freestyle S4 final
-01.59: 200m women’s freestyle S5 final
TRACK & FIELD:
-16.05: Men’s shot put F32 final
Gonios Nikos, Zisidis Dimitrios, Konstantinidis Athanasios
-23.42: Men’s 100m heats T44
Seitis Michalis
-00.08: Women’s long jump final T47
Smaragdi Styliani
TRACK CYCLING:
-17.57: Men’s individual pursuit qualifiers
Barkas Athanasios, Troulinos Konstantinos
-23.38: Men’s individual pursuit final
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