Barlaam smashes world record under a minute! ☄️| Men's 100m Backstroke S9 - Final | Paralympic Games

[Applause] simone barlum goes in line three timothy hodgin four oogle didier in five barry mcclements in six we've seen simoni barlum have extremely fast starts in these events so far the 100 fly 100 freestyle has gone out really fast and let the others play catch up is it going to be the same tactic for the italian as tim hodge got left in the top the yellow cap of australia goes in lane number four ugly one lane there it's the morning barlow one line up from that yellow cat it was the yellow cap of tim hodge who got the best reaction off the start signal for australia but as expected simone barlow and italy getting the best use of the underwater and we can see here who's doing his trademark fast first 50 it doesn't matter what stroke he's swimming and he's going into the turn first he touches 29.08 over half a second lead from ugodidia and tim hodge currently in third position well barlow still has the lead there as they're coming down those long arms off simone barlow he's ahead of hugo jr tim hodge in third place barlow now coming into the 50-meter marker here comes hugo didio he's trademark fast finish i think it might go to the italian though it is going to be simoni parlem i think for another title he stretches he takes it in 59.72 and that is inside the world record mark by a huge margin simone barlow takes another world record at these championships that was incredible oh goldie also inside the old world record mark in second place what does the frenchman have to do to get a gold medal and in third spot it was timothy hodge what a race that was well it was incredible it was promising a lot of anxious moments for the spectators because it really could have gone anywhere but no one would have seen the leap of time coming there this is one of the most hotly contested finals at the paralympic games in tokyo it was very close on that day it was tim hodge who was the best of this group of athletes that you're seeing here but tonight ceremony volume has moved the dial dipping under that 60-second barrier well we thought it's the money barlon would go out fast that's exactly what he did he had to lead around about half set half a second ahead of didier ahead of hodge the frenchman was the one who powered ahead of the australian trying to catch simoni barlow there's not second 50 but the italian was absolutely sensational he hung on he reached for the wall he's under the one minute mark he's improved the world record by over a second simone barlow takes the goal for italy hugo didier inside the old world record in the silver middle position and timothy hodge takes the bronze [Applause]

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