World records were broken on day 11 of the IBSA World Games.
Two powerlifting world records were broken on Thursday, August 24, both on squats, as Ahmed Hemid of Egypt lifted 213kg in the 75kg section, while in the 82.5 kg section Andril Myronets of Ukraine lifted an incredible 223kg.
The second day of the tennis tournament saw the first of the doubles matches and there was an exciting match in the Men’s B1 competition when lone Pakistani representative Naqi Rizvi beat Argentinian Roberto Masotta 4-2, 4-1.
Nathalia Benavides from Colombia had a brilliant day with winning scores of 4-0, 4-0 and 4-1, 4-2. Her first match was also a winning one with a score of 4-1, 4-2 but later in the day she was disadvantaged by a fall in her second match and lost to Australia’s Grace Hobbs 1-4, 2-4.
In the singles matches, there were a number of players progressing with a 4-0, 4-0 score, including Christian Bolton-Edenborough, Michal Stype, Charlotte Schwagmeier, Grace Hobbs, Paul Ryb, Mark Haskett, and Adrian Arriaga Oritz.
It was also the first day for archery, with an entertaining day deciding Friday’s medal contenders.
The VI1 gold medal final is set to be contested between the Belgian Reuben Vanhollebeke and Great Britain’s Clive Jones. Vanhollebeke led comfortably on the field from early on, defeating Ugandan Tumisiime Gad Rauben in the semi-finals who will go on to contest bronze with Italian Loredana Ruisi who lost a close semi-final with Jones.
The VI2/3 final will be an all-British affair between Steve Prowse and Nick Thomas, while the VI Open category final will be another all-British contest between Terry Piper and Andrea Thomas.
Other highlights saw a scramble for the goalball quarter final places as the final pool matches took place at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Team GB’s women’s side progressed to the quarters on home territory after a 3-2 victory over Brazil following two goals from Georgie Bullen.
Elsewhere, Lithuania men’s defeated Germany 11-6 and followed it up with a victory over Finland to book a quarter final spot against Turkiye. The Germans lost their second match to Japan 9-4, which means Japan now face USA in the quarter finals.
RESULTS IN FULL – Thursday 24th August
Men’s blind football
Germany 1-0 Spain
Thailand 1-1 Morocco (Thailand win 3-2 on penalties)
Turkiye 6-0 Mali
England 1-0 Mexico
Judo
Men
J1 -90kg
1st – Moussa Gholami (IRI)
2nd – Arthur Cavalcante da Silva (BRA)
3rd – Oleg Cretul (MDA)
3rd – Yurong Wu (CHN)
J1 +90kg
1st – Wilians Araújo (BRA)
2nd – Ilham Zakiyev (AZE)
3rd – Ion Basoc (MDA)
3rd – Onur Tastan (TUR)
J2 -90kg
1st – Helios Latchoumanaya (FRA)
2nd – Zhanbota Amanzhol (KAZ)
3rd – Marcelo Casanova (BRA)
3rd – Lasha Kizilashvili (GEO)
J2 +90kg
1st – Vahid Nouri (IRI)
2nd – Ibrahim Bolukbasi (TUR)
3rd – Revaz Chikoidze (GEO)
3rd – Aloviddin Jurakulov (UZB)
Women
J1 -70kg
1st – Li Liu (CHN)
2nd – Merve Uslu (TUR)
3rd – Nadia Agostina Boggiano (ARG)
3rd – Brenda Souza de Freitas (BRA)
J1 +70kg
1st – Anastasiia Harnyk (UKR)
2nd – Nazan Akin Gunes (TUR)
3rd – Christella Garcia (USA)
3rd – Erika Zoaga (BRA)
J2 -70kg
1st – Yue Wang (CHN)
2nd – Khanim Huseynova (AZE)
3rd – Kazusa Ogawa (JPN)
J2 +70kg
1st – Carolina Costa (ITA)
2nd – Rebeca Silva (BRA)
3rd – Meg Emmerich (BRA)
3rd – Sheyla Hernandez (CUB)
Goalball
Men
Lithuania 11-6 Germany
Greece 3-12 Ukraine
Egypt 5-11 Finland
Great Britain 6-11 South Korea
Australia 6-4 Argentina
Iran 3-2 Turkiye
Finland 3-8 Lithuania
Ukraine 2-2 USA
Japan 4-9 Germany
Women’s
Japan 1-0 China
USA 1-0 Brazil
Australia 0-3 Israel
Germany 9-6 Finland
Great Britain 3-2 Greece
Finland 1-8 USA
Canada 2-4 Brazil
Tennis
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Powerlifting
Results can be located here: https://liftingcast.com/meets/mupt7ft7nlvp/results
Showdown
To view the results visit https://www.gameresultsonline.com/ibsa-world-games-2023/ibsa-world-games-2023/8840/games.
Archery
To view the results visit https://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=14868.
Cricket
India VI Women 217/5 – England VI Women 64/4 (India VI Women won by 153 runs)
Bangladesh VI Men 187/3 – Australia VI Men 134/8 (Bangladesh VI Men won by 53 runs)
England VI Men 103 – Pakistan VI Men 104/4 (Pakistan VI Men won by 6 wickets)
Chess
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