Toh Wei Soong charging down Lane 8 during the 50m butterfly S7 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on 7 September. Credit: SNPC/Dyan Tjhia
The 25-year-old finished in 8th place at a bustling La Defense Arena, which was filled with high-spirited spectators waving flags and dancing as they soaked in the lively atmosphere on the last day of the para swimming competition. World champion and Tokyo 2020 runner-up Andrii Trusov of Ukraine sprinted to gold in a European record of 28.75. Defending champion Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate of Colombia was second in 29.08 and Neutral Paralympic Athlete Egor Efrosinin finished third in 29.69.
Entering the Paris 2024 Games, Toh was ranked ninth in the 50m butterfly S7 event this year with his time of 31.18, which was clocked in May en route to winning the event at the Citi Open Para Swimming Series Singapore. Toh, who turns 26 next week, is the last Singaporean in action at the Paris 2024 Games. He also raced in the 100m backstroke S7 and 50m freestyle S7 earlier this week, placing ninth (1:16.24) and eighth (29.51) respectively.
The Paris 2024 Games marks his second Paralympics appearance and Toh acknowledged he had put a lot of pressure on himself to perform at these Games. On his Paralympic debut in Tokyo, he reached the finals in all three of his events on his Paralympic debut in Tokyo and was just 0.16 seconds away from a medal in the 50m butterfly S7.
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Entering the Paris 2024 Games, Toh was ranked ninth in the 50m butterfly S7 event this year with his time of 31.18, which was clocked in May en route to winning the event at the Citi Open Para Swimming Series Singapore. Toh, who turns 26 next week, is the last Singaporean in action at the Paris 2024 Games. He also raced in the 100m backstroke S7 and 50m freestyle S7 earlier this week, placing ninth (1:16.24) and eighth (29.51) respectively.
The Paris 2024 Games marks his second Paralympics appearance and Toh acknowledged he had put a lot of pressure on himself to perform at these Games. On his Paralympic debut in Tokyo, he reached the finals in all three of his events on his Paralympic debut in Tokyo and was just 0.16 seconds away from a medal in the 50m butterfly S7.
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