Paralympics roundup: China win seven gold medals on opening day

Zheng Tao of China competes during men's 100m backstroke S6 of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sept 8, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

Zheng clocked 1 minute 10.84 seconds to eclipse the previous record set earlier in the day by his compatriot Jia Hongguang by 1.43 seconds.

Jia took silver in 1:13.42 and Ukraine's Iaroslav Semenenko clinched bronze in 1:15.41.

Song finished in 1 minute 21.43 seconds to beat her own world record of 1:24.66. China's Lu Dong took silver, 22 hundredths of a second behind her compatriot, with the Ukraine's Oksana Khrul claiming bronze in 1:26.82.

Other swimming gold medals for China were won by Zhang Li in the women's 200m freestyle S5 and Ke Liting won gold in the women's 100m backstroke S7.

Zhang clocked 2:48.33 seconds, 2.58 seconds ahead of Spain's Teresa Perales, with Norway's Sarah Louise Rung taking bronze in 2:51.37.

Ke touched the wall in 1:23.06 to beat compatriot Zhang Ying by just 28 hundredths of a second. New Zealand's Rebecca Dubber clinched bronze in 1:23.85.

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