V.I. Schedule

Dates	Sport	Location	Event	Time (AEST)	Australian Athlete/s
Wednesday 25th August	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Israel V Australia	20.00-21.15	Aussie Belles (Lost 11-1)
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's & Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Heats	10.00-12.45	Kirralee Hayes (5th in Heat)
			Men's & Women's 100m Butterfly - S13 Final	18.00-22.05
	Track Cycling	Izu Velodrome	Mens B 4000m Individual Pursuit	11.00-16.25
Thursday 26th August	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S13 Heats	10.00-12.45	Katja Dedekind (1st in Heat and Personal Best)
			Women's 100m Backstroke - S13 Final	18.00-21.35	Katja Dedekind (Bronze Medal)
	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Various Sessions	10.00-21.45
	Equestrian	Equestrian Park	Individual Test - Grade IV and V	17.00-22.35
	Track Cycling	Izu Velodrome	Women's B 1000m Time Trial	11.00-17.40
Friday 27th August	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Australia V China Various other matches	15.45-17.00 10.00-22.30	Aussie Belles (Lost 6 -0)
	Rowing	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Fours - Heats	10.30-13.10
	Judo	Nippon Budokan	Men's -66kg Preliminary, Quarterfinal, Repecharges and Semifinals. Also Men's -60kg and Women's -48kg and -52kg classes.	11.30-14.30	Wayne Phipps (Lost first round)
			Men's -66kg Medal Contests. Also Men's -60kg and Women's -48kg and -52kg classes.	17.00-19.40
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's & Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Heats	10.00-12.10	Braedan Jason & Katja Dedekind (Both Qualified for finals)
			Women's 400m Freestyle - S13 Final	18.00-21.30	Braedan Jason & Katja Dedekind (Braedan finished 4th in Final), (Bronze for Katja in Final).
	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Women's Long Jump T11 Final, Men's 5000m T11 Final, Men's 100m T12 heats.	10.30-13.50
			Men's Long Jump T11 Final, Women's 400m T11 heats	20.00-23.00
Saturday 28th August	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 5000m - T13 Final	10.30-13.50	Jaryd Clifford (Silver Medal)
			Women's 1500m T13 Final, Men's 400m T11 Semifinals	19.00-22.00
	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Canada V Australia	10.00-11.15	Aussie Belles (Won 4 - 3)
	Track Cycling	Izu Velodrome	Women's B 3000m Individual Pursuit (Qualifying), Men's B 1000m Time Trial (Final)	11.00-14.15
	Triathlon	Odaiba Marine Park	Men's and Women's PTVI	9.30-12.00	Jonathan Goerlach (Men's PTVI) - Guide Dave Mainwaring. Katie Kelly (Women's PTVI) - Guide Briarna Silk (Jonathan 8th Place) (Katie 6th Place)
	Judo	Nippon Budokan	Women's -57kg & -63kg, Men's -73kg & -81kg Preliminary, Quarterfinal, Repecharges and Semifinals	11.30-19.40
	5-a-side Football	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Team Preliminaries	10.00-22.00
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's & Women's 100m Backstroke S11 heats	10.00-12.35
			Men's & Women's 100m Backstroke S11 finals	18.00-21.40
	Rowing	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - Repechages	10.00-13.10
Sunday 29th August	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 100m T13 Rd 1 heats	10.30-13.50	Chad Peris (Qualified for final)
			Men's 100m T13 Final	20.00-23.00	Chad Peris (Finished 5th)
	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Australia V RPC	20.00-21.15	Aussie Belles (Won 4-1)
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Heats	10.00-12.25	Katja Dedekind, Kirralee Hayes (Katja 1st in heat) (Kirralee 4th in heat)
			Women's 50m Freestyle - S13 Final	18.00-21.25	Katja Dedekind (4th in Final)
	Rowing	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - Finals	10.30-13.20
	5-a-side Football	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Team Preliminaries	10.00-22.00
Monday 30th August	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 1500m - T13 Rd 1 Heats	10.30-13.50
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's & Women's 200m Individual Medley SM11 & SM13	10.00-12.25 18.00-12.25
	5-a-side Football	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Team Preliminaries	10.00-22.00
Tuesday 31st August	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 1500m - T13 Final	10.30-13.50	Jaryd Clifford & Samuel Harding (Bronze Medal for Jaryd) (Sam finished 11th in Final)
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Freestyle - S12 Heats	10.00-12.30	Braedan Jason (1st in his heat)
			Men's 100m Freestyle - S12 Final	18.00-21.35	Braedan Jason (5th in Final)
	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's Quarterfinals	14.15-21.00
Wednesday 1st September	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinals	14.15-21.45	Aussie Belles 14.15 V Turkey
	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 100m T11, Men's 400m T12, Women's 100m T12, Men's 400m T13	10.30-13.50 20.00-23.00
	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's & Women's 100m Breastroke SB11, SB12, SB13. Heats and Finals	10.00-12.20 18.00-22.40
Thursday 2nd September	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's & Women's Semifinals	14.15-21.45
	5-a-side Football	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Classification matches and Semifinals	10.00-22.00
	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's 400m T12 & T13 Finals, Women's 200m T11 heats, Men's discus F11, Women's 100m T12, Men's Javelin F13, Men's 100m T11, Women's 400m T13.	10.30-13.50 20.00-23.00
Friday 3rd September	Swimming	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Butterfly - S12 Heats & Final	10.00-12.35 18.00-22.00	Braedan Jason (6th in Final)
	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Women's Shot Put F12 Final, Women's 200m T11 Semifinals, Women's 200m T12 heats	10.30-13.50 20.00-23.00 -
	Goalball	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Men's and Women's Medal Matches	14.15-20.55
	Road Cycling	Fuji International Speedway	Men's & Women's B Road Race	10.30-17.45
Saturday 4th September	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's Long Jump T13 Final, Women's 400m T13 Final, Women's 200m T11 & T12 Final	10.30-13.50 20.00-23.00
	5-a-side Football	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Men's Medal Matches	12.30-14.00 18.30-20.35
Sunday 5th September	Athletics	Olympic Stadium	Men's Marathon - T12 & Women's Marathon T12	7.30-12.30	Jaryd Clifford (Vincent Donnadieu - Guide Runner)

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