That, them is us for tonight … but we’ll be back with you bright and early tomorrow at 10am BST. And of course we’ve still got some live sport for you between now and then, with Jack Draper leading Alex de Minaur by two sets to love in their US Open quarter.
Markus Rehm of Germany wins gold in the men's T64 long jump for the fourth Games in a row
Derek loccident of USA takes silver and Jarryd Wallace, also of USA, the bronze.
So it’s just Rehm to go, his fourth long jump gold already in the tasche. Again, he’s shy of 8m and apologises to the crowd – he’s not been as good as he can be tonight – but four golds on the spin, what an achievement.
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…but he’s shy of 8m and in any event it’s a no-jump. He has to content himself with the silver medal.
Nope, no improvement; Wallace takes bronze. So Loccident will go next and needs to improve that 7.79, Rehm’s leading mark 8.13. H noises up the crowd, psyches himself up, and here he comes…
Pavade, sitting fourth and the local boy, is taking his final jump … and it’s a foul. Next up, Jarryd Wallace, looking to improve his 7.49 to beyond 7.79 to upgrade from bronze to silver…
Back at the basketball and the women’s quarters, Netherlands beat Spain 61-43 and now Canada lead Germany 17-12 at the end of the first quarter.
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On comms, they note that the leading mark of 8.04 is within Loccident’s ambit, but he can’t hit it, landing 7.76, his best being 7.79, and her comes Rehm … who extends his lead to 8.13 with a round to go.
Mpumelo Mhlongo of RSA sets a new world long jump record for the T44 category, though he’s currently competing in T64. The mark is 7.12m.
Can we call where the C4 lot are a studio? Because it isn’t quite, but nor is it a gantry. Anyroad, Tanni notes that her 11 golds medals constitute 18-and-a-half minutes of her life, which puts things into some kind of perspective. she also says that steve Peters works with athletes and mass-murders because they share single-minded narcissism.
I love this.
And here he comes again … hitting 8.04, his leading mark, again. Two rounds to go, Loccident of USA still second with 7.79.
We’re up to round four of six in the men’s long jump. Rehm is keen to break the Paralympic record of 8.21 he set in Rio – and to reach 9m – but so far tonight, he’s not been quite at it though still leads comfortably.
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Netherlands have forged further in front against Spain in their women’s basketball quarter, leading 50-42 with 4.49 to go in the fourth.
Exhibit 48,094.
I don’t know, it’s hard enough to prevent eyeball-sweating during the Olympics, but during the Paras? Impossible. The human spirit, what a thing.
Back to Sammi, her fiancé tells us how hard she works and healthily she eats; her brother Chris suggests a “couple of alcoholic beverages” may be necessary to mark the occasion. But he cuts himself short because he doesn’t want to “go again” having totally lost it in the moment. I’ve no idea how one controls oneself in such situation – I once went to see mate to white-collar boxing and totally disgraced myself with shouting.
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We’ve already seen USA bin GB in the basketball quarters; now, Netherlands lead Spain 43-36 with 9,24 to go in the fourth.
Jack Draper has won 13 sets in a row and is up a break in set two, but he’s currently having his thigh bandaged in a medical timeout.
“I’m an emotional dad,” says her emotional dad; I think lots of us no one what he means, without having experienced the ordeal he did when his daughter was in hospital for five months, neck broken. i can’t barely think about my nipper without greeting.
He goes on to say she’s in a great place in her life, found a nice lad, and you need that to perform as she did Her fiancé Cameron is pretty happy too, likewise Chris, her birthday-boy brother; “I was right by the finish line,” he says, hoarsely. “I gave as much as she did.”
C4 are showing us Kinghorn’s race again and why not? It’s a near-perfect race, won by a lovely human, who’s come back from tragedy to make herself happy. And her family are in the studio!
So far, Rehm leads the long jump with 8.04m; second is Derek Loccident of USA on 7.79.
I didn’t get to it because we had so much else going on, but Beatrice ‘Bebe’ Vio, the Italian Netflix and Instagram star couldn’t make it three golds on the spin in the women’s foil category B event, having to be satisfied with bronze.
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The men’s T64 long jump is under way, Germany’s Markus Rehm – also known as the Blade Jumper – the overwhelming favourite. He’s the current world record holder and the 8,72 he recorded is the ninth-longest jump ever. He lost a leg below the knee in a wakeboarding accident and isn’t allowed to compete in the able-bodied competition because the springiness of his prosthesis is considered an advantage.
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We’re just being shown this on telly, which is annoying, but here we are.
It's wheelchair fencing GOLD for Dimitri Coutya in the Foil!!!!!
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Lea Bayekula of Belgium wins the women's T54 100m final in a new Paralympics record of 15.50
Tatyana McFadden of USA takes silver and Amanda Kotaja of Finland the bronze.
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And McFadden is away so quickly, but here comes Bayekula of Belgium!
Our racers emerge for the women’s T54 100m final…
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of GB beat Stéphane Houdet and Frédéric Cattanéo of France 6-4 6-3 to reach the final of the men's doubles tennis
They’ll take some beating.
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Back at Roland-Garros, GB have match point at 6-4 5-3 40-30…
Kinghorn also has the 400 to come, and though it’s not her best event, with the confidence she now has, who knows?
Kinghorn tells C4 she doesn’t think she’ll believe it till the medal is around her neck. She’d beaten Debrunner once this season but lost every other time, and at the end of the race she felt she needed to check she’d won before celebrating.
It’s her brother’s birthday today, he’s in the stadium, and when the schedule came out she knew this was her most like gold so she' did it for him. To win her first medal without her team and family in the crowd was heard, but they’re there tonight and she still can’t believe it happened. What a performance that was, and she’s every bit as excited as you’d expect her to be.
Her preparation wasn’t great as an appeal meant the medal ceremony for the 1500m silver she won was bumped from last evening to this morning. But she did a fantastic job, and sometimes an athlete just gets to a big final in terrific shape, and I think that’s what we saw tonight
Sammi Kinghorn rings the gold-medal bell and doesn’t she enjoy the moment. She also presents Countryfile – racing isn’t her only talent.
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Vladimir Sviridov wins the men's F36 shot put with a world record 17.18m
Alan Kokoity takes silver and Dastan Mukashbekov of Kazakhstan takes bronze.
The men’s doubles tennis is turning into an epic, Reid and Hewett leading Houdet and Cattaneo 6-4 3-3.
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Watching the race again, you can see her hands are moving faster than everyone else. Even a great like Debrunner can’t catch her.
Oh man this is good to see. Kinghorn is in tears, she’s an Olympic champion and no one can ever take that away from her.
An amazing effort from Kinghorn, who timed her run to perfection. In 2010, she broke her neck after being crushed by snow and ice at the family farm, spending five months in hospital.
I thought I’d be in a bed forever. So, to then get into a wheelchair was amazing. I know it sounds strange, but I was so happy. “Then to find I could actually compete in sport in my wheelchair has just been incredible. Sport has helped me hugely, helped me to really accept it
Sammi Kinghorn of GB wins gold in the women's T53 100m in new Paralympic record of 15.64
Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland takes silver and Fang Gao of China bronze.
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Kinghorn gets away well and Debrunner leads at halfway BUT HERE COMES KINGHORN!
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We see that race now, and what a finish it was. But to emulate her, Kinghorn will have to best Fang Gao, Hongzhuan Zhou and Catherine Debrunner.
Next on the track, the T53 100m final, Sammi Kinghorn going for GB and hoping to become the first non-Chinese to win this event since Tanni Grey-Thompson in 2004.
Ukraine win gold in the 49 points mixed 4x100m freestyle relay
Brazil take silver and Spain bronze.
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With 50m to go, Ukraine lead Brazil by 0.20; I think they’ll hang on…
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At halfway Brazil lead by a second or so from Japan and, if anything, they’re going away.
That mixed 4x100m free is under way, China leading at the first change but the gap is tiny, Brazil and Japan close by, and at 150m they’ve both moved in front.
We’ve also had a world record in the men’s F36 shot final, Vladimir Sviridov hurling it 17.18m; second is Alan Kokoity with 16.27, which tells you how incredible that leading mark is.
Right, time for our final race in the pool for today: the 49 points mixed 4x100m freestyle relay.
Reid and Hewett have broken back in the doubles tennis semi to lead the French pair 6-4 2-1.
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Of course the best thing about having two Italian gold medalists in this evening’s pool sesh is two goes at Il Canto degli Italiani. Monica Boggioni has just got hers for the SB3 100m breaststoke and she has a proper sing, as you would.
In the F32 women’s shot we’ve had a world record, Anastasiia Moskalenko of Ukraine landing an 8m throw; second place is Wanna Oliveira of Brazil with 7.89.
Ooooh, Cattaneo and Houdet have broken Hewett and Reid immediately in set two to trail 4-6 1-0.
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Stick with me as well, obviously, but Jack Draper v Alex de Minaur in the Guardian derby will soon be upon us.
Listen up.
Back at Roland-Garros and the men’s doubles semis, Reid and Hewett have taken the first set off Houdet and Cattaneo 6-4.
We’ve one more race in the pool for this session: the 49 points mixed 4x100m relay.
Alexa Leary of Australia wins gold in the women's S9 100m freestyle in a new world record of 59.53
Christie Raleight-Crossley of USA takes silver and Mariana Ribeiro of Brazil bronze.
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Leary of Auatralia is more than a second up at the halfway mark and will take some catching. And she’s on world record pace!
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Toni Shaw of GB goes in this one, but she’s not expected to medal having been injured.
Next in the pool: the final of the women’s S9 100m freestyle.
Yuyang Jiang of China wins gold in the women's S7 100m freestyle in a world record time of 1:09.68
Morgan Stickney of USA is second and Giulia Terzi of Italy third.
We’ve got the women’s S7 100m freestyle just starting, Ellie Marks of USA the favourite…
Juan Pablo Cervantes Garcia of Mexico wins gold in the men's T54 100m
Athiwat Paeng-Nuea of Thailand takes silver and Leo-Pekka Tahti of Finland, winner of this event every Games since Athens in 2004, takes bronze.
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Right, time for the men’s T54 100m final…
Back to the tennis semi, Hewett and Reid lead Houdet and Cattanéo 4-3 in the first, on serve.
Abdulrahman Alqurashi of Saudi Arabia wins gold in the men's T53 100m final
Paeyo Pongsakorn of Thailand takes silver, Ariosvaldo Da Silva of brazil bronze.
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Da Silva is the quickest away, but Alqurashi comes through and he’s going to win for Saudi!
And our racers are ready, their chairs on the line…
Next on the track: the men’s T53 100m final.
Andrii Trusov of Ukraine wins men's S7 50m freestyle gold, breaking his own world record
He improves the mark by almost a second to 26.38; Carlos Serrano Zarate of Colombia takes silver and Egor Efrosinin bronze.
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Trusov of Ukraine leads and the world record is under threat…
Next in the pool: the men’s S7 50m freestyle final.
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Shi Yiting of China wins gold in the women’s T36 100m in a new Paralympic record of 13.39s
Danielle Aitchison of New Zealand takes silver and Veronica Hipolito of Brazil bronze.
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…and Samira da Silva of Brazil is adjudged to have false-started, so she’s out!
Now it’s over to the Stade de France for the women’s T36 100m final…
Monica Boggioni of Italy wins gold in the SB3 women's 50m breaststroke in a new Paralympics record
Patricia Pereira dos Santos of Brazil taking silver and Marta Fernandez Infante of Spain bronze.
And they’re off, Boggioni of Italy in front….
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Our swimmers are coming out for the women’s SB3 50m breaststroke final.
In the men’s doubles tennis, Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett of GB are under way in their semi-final against France’s Stéphane Houdet and Frédéric Cattanéo; they lead 2-1 on serve.
Coming up over the next hour or so:
17.59 Women’s 50m Breaststroke - SB3 Final
18.00 Women’s Shot Put - F32 Final
18.04 Women’s 100m - T36 Final
18.06 Men’s 50m Freestyle - S7 Final
18.10 Men’s Shot Put - F36 Final
18.14 Men’s 100m - T53 Final
18.20 Men’s Club Throw - F51 Final
18.25 Men’s 100m - T54 Final
18.28 Women’s 100m Freestyle - S7 Final
18.35 Women’s 100m Freestyle - S9 Final
18.58 Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 49 Points Final
19.00 Women’s Singles - WS5 - Gold Medal Match
These are so good.
Next in the pool: the women’s 50m breaststroke SB3 final.
Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico wins gold in the men's SB2 50m breaststroke
Ismail Barlov of Bosnia takes silver and Grant Patterson of Australia bronze.
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Jess Long says that after Tokyo she thought she might be too old, but here she is. She thanks her coach for pushing her and also Alice. She could see her, they root for each other, and that’s lovely to hear. She’ll be back at LA 28.
Tai says she knew she had to go off fast to compete with Long and she’s so happy with her time; she acknowledges the brilliance of her opponent and is delighted with her silver. She doesn’t think she could’ve made up four seconds, “so you can’t be too cross”; she’s got two events left, is swimming better than expected and hoping to get more medals. And she’s already looking forward to training again next season – she thinks she can go even faster.
Next in the pool: the men’s SB2 50m breaststroke final.
Tai gave it everything but Long chilled on her shoulder then went and kept going. An absolutely ridiculous human being.
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Jessica Long of USA wins gold in the women's S8 400m freestyle for the fifth time in a row
It’s also her 30th Paralympic medal – not bad. Alice Tai of GB takes silver and Xenia Palazzo of Italy the bronze.
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And here comes Long, taking the lead with 70m to go, and is that the definitive move? I think it it is, the lead extended to a full length, and she’s cruising now!
With 100m to go Tai leads by 0.6s and this is going to be a finish!
Tai still leads at halfway, she and Long having pulled away from the field, and she’s extending her lead over the fifth 50m. Can she hang on? Long, you imagine, has loads left.
But Tai comes back and at 100m she leads, her and Long pulling away a little from Jones.
Long is second as they show, Jones of Australia in front at the first turn and Tai third, Whiston fifth.
And they’re off!
Here come our swimmers…
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Tai already has a gold from the 100m back, and made her name as a sprinter. But swimming the Channel last year persuaded her she could handle longer distances, while Whiston has a gold from the 200m medley and silver from the 100m breast. But the hot favourite is Jessica Long of USA, who has 16 golds from Athens to Tokyo along with eight slivers and five bronze.
Coming up next in the pool: GB’s Alice Tai and Brock Whiston go in the S8 400m freestyle.
I know this is the end of the competition but, as with Mondo Plantis in the pole vault, you know Ling Ling can better that mark – and, no doubt, will better that mark.
Oooo yeah! Ling Ling bows to the crowd because she’s the greatest ever, a gold medalist and again a world-record breaker with 123kg.
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Newson already has two bronzes from London and Rio – she came fourth in Tokyo – but back in the arena, Ling Ling is now going for a 123kg lift – a world record she set in a different category. Here she comes…
Ling Ling Guo of China wins gold and breaks the world record in the women's 45kg powerlifting,
Zoe Newson of GB takes silver and Nazmiye Muratlı of Turkey bronze.
Ling Ling, her powerlifting gold secure, is going for a 122kg world record …and there it is! A ridiculous performance.
Now then! There’s a lift-challenge and Newson’s appeal is upheld! Her lift was a goodun and she takes silver! And doesn’t she love it! I feel for the Turks, who were already celebrating well, but they’ve to settle for bronze.
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Basck to the powerlifting, Muratli lifts 108kg and her coach enjoys a celebratory cartwheel; Zoe Newson was planning to go at the same height, but ups it to 109. If she takes it out, she takes silver. Here she goes…
Valeriia Shabalina wins gold in the women’s SM14 200m individual medley
Poppy Maskill of GB takes silver and Aira Kinoshita of Japan bronze.
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Maskill tries to come back but Shabalina is too good and stretches away!
Maskill still leads through the breaststroke but only just … and Shabalina turns just in front! How’s your crawl, Poppy?!
And off they go! Maskill swam brilliantly to win the 100m butterfly and she leads Newman-Baronius at the first turn.
Next in the pool: Poppy Maskill, who already has two golds and one silver, and Olivia Newman-Baronius, who already has one gold, go in the SM14 women’s version of the same.
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Nicholas Bennett of Canada wins gold in the men's S12 200m individual medley
Rhys Darbey of GB takes silver and Ricky Betar of Australia the bronze.
At halfway, Betar of Australia leads from Bennett, but there’s plenty of swimming to be done yet – though Bennett will take some stopping and leads with 50m to go! The Brits, I’m afraid, are nowhere but here comes Darbey as Bennett takes it out alone, looking for a world record!
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And they’re off!
However, that silver came because Nicholas Bennett of Canada swam magnificently to take gold, and he looks extremely purposeful as he comes out.
Ellard, of course, already has two golds – the 200m free, in a world-record time, and mixed 4x100m free – plus a silver from the 100m butterfly.
Next, we’ve got the men’s SM14 200m individual medley featuring Rhys Darbey, Will Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe if GB.
Go on Guo Ling Ling! She makes 118kg look silly in the powerlifting, breaking her own Olympic record; behind her is Muratli of Turkey with 107kg and Zoe Newson of GB with 106kg. We’ve one round to go.
Clegg does, though, have a gold in the 100m butterfly with which to consloe himself.
Yaroslav Denysenko of Ukraine wins gold in the men's S12 100m freestyle
Maksym Veraskatakes silver, Raman Salei of Azerbaijan bronze. Clegg of GB is fourth, missing out on a medal by 0.02s.
…but Clegg is coming back, but Denysenko of Ukraine is coming and Clegg’s tiring!
Clegg, fastest in the heats, is away best and he turns second, behind Veraska of Ukraine….
And away they go!
Now straight to the pool and S12 100m freestyle final, Stephen Clegg of GB a big medal hope.
USA Women beat GB Women 59-52 and move into the semi-finals of the wheelchair basketball!
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Two more free throws for USA … and Gonzalez nails both! This match is surely over at 58-50.
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USA earn two free throws … and sink one. In a sense, that doesn’t change what GB need to do – they still need three baskets with 43s to go.
USA get the ball under the basket and a bit of pausa followed by shot … and it’s there! USA lead 55-50 with 1.11 to go, and this is slipping away.
Here come USA again and this time they do score, to lead 51-50. Off go GB again, following a timeout, Robyn Love on the ball; her name sounds like a scheme come up with by Mr Burns.
"We both had pressure - I wanted to retain my title" - Katie-George Dunlevy on the challenges that she and Linda Kelly ahead of winning that gold medal in the women's B time trial #RTEparalympics #paris2024
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GB basketballers score for 50-49 and USA get so close to going back in front, but miss two shots from inside the paint. We’ve 2.43 to go and this is excruciating.
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Guo Linglin lifts 113kg with her first attempt in the competition, a new Paralympic record. I daresay we see that mark extended over the next half-hour or so.
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Thanks John. I was just about to say GB are still up in the basketball, but USA score to lead 49-48 and we’ve 4.25 to go.
And with that, two events reaching their climax, Daniel is back in the chair.
The stakes are raised to 100kg in the powerlifting, and here goes Zoe Newsom at 102kg. And she nails it, nice and easy.
It’s 46-46 in the basketball, only for the Americans to land one of two free throws. And then it’s 48-47 to GB! This is a classic encounter.
Sakina Khatun takes it to 86kg in the powerlifting. But here comes Poland Justyna Kozdryk to nail 95kg. No hassle and she celebrates in plenty of style, with a lap of the stage. Great stuff.
We’re into the women’s powerlifting. Algeria’s Samira Guerioua, in the 45kg category, has just nailed 85kg. That’s heavier than Cristiano Ronaldo after a good meal.
GB coming back here…it’s now 44-40 in the basketball, and suddenly the Americans are rocking.
In that women’s basketball, it’s 38-32, and the GB team seem a bit nervy. It goes to 42-32.
To confirm, Mathieu Bosredon will soon take part in the victory ceremony for the H3 time trial he has just won. His French compatriot, Johan Quaile, came in second, with Martino Pini of Italy in third.
Righto, I’m off to do the school run. Here’s John Brewin to chill with you in the meantime.
At half-time in the basketball quarter, USA women lead GB women 31-24. Like Glastonbury, it’s intense.
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In other athletics news:
BREAKING NEWS: 2024 Olympic 1,500m gold and bronze medalists Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse have signed to compete as racers in the Grand Slam Track League (@GrandSlamTrack).
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) September 4, 2024
The additions gives the league the entire men's 1,500m podium from the Paris Olympics. Silver medalist… pic.twitter.com/nD6YCxQxGh
I really, really hope this scheme works.
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In the men’s H3 time trial, Mathieu Bosredon of France leads, but I’m not actually sure if this is finished or not. YouTube coverage suggests it’s still going and he hasn’t; the Olympics website suggests it’s over and he has.
USA have forced ahead in the basketball, leading GB 29-24. But GB have two free throws … but they’ve yet to make one and Hazelden misses the first … and the second! That is quite an oversight, but with just over a minute to go in the second, there’s plenty of time to resolve the situation.
Jetze Plat of the Netherlands wins gold in the men's H4 para cycling time trial
He beats Fruehwirth’s time by 2.71s! So the Austrian takes silver and Jonas van de Steene of Belgium the bronze.
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Currently, Thomas Fruehwirth of Austria leads the H4 … no he doesn’t!
I’m also watching the men’s H3 and H4 para cycling individual time trial.
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Back to the basketball, it’s now on Channel4 but way behind. The score is 16-16 with seven minutes left in the second quarter.
Coming up in the next bit:
At 4pm, Zoe Newson goes for a third Paralympic medal in the powerlifting.
At 4.30pm, Stephen Clegg goes in the S12 100m freestyle final.
At 4.42pm, Rhys Darbey, Will Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe go in the men’s SM14 200m individual medley final.
At 4.50pm, Poppy Maskill and Olivia Newman-Baronius go in the women’s SM14 200m individual medley final.
At 5.24pm, Alice Tai and Brock Whiston go in the women’s S8 400m freestyle final.
And so on!
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They’re not showing the basketball on the main channels but it’s on YouTube for anyone keen. With just over five minutes to go in the first quarter, USA ad GB are level at 4-4.
Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly of Ireland win gold in the Women's B individual time trial
That’s Ireland’s first gold of the Games. Sophie Unwin of GB takes silver and Lora Fachie, also of GB, the bronze.
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Thanks Yara and hi everyone. We’ve just joined our team of presenters at the pool, but GB women will shortly start their wheelchair basketball quarter against USA.
That is it for me today, thanks for joining me! Daniel Harris is here to take you through the rest of the day’s exciting action.
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Our picture desk has gathered the best images from today, including fencing, long jump, boccia and athletics.
My favourite is the only one not actually snapped in Paris. It is of the para taekwondo practitioner Palesha Goverdhan receiving a hero’s welcome at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal after winning her country’s first ever Paralympic medal.
Check out the rest of the snapshots here.
Wells wins bronze in equestrian freestyle grade V
Sophie Wells wins her ninth Paralympic medal, and her first bronze with a final score of 72.257. The medals are flying in for ParalympicsGB today.
Michele George of Belgium is the Paralympic champion, taking back to back golds after her Tokyo success. Her performance was very smooth and harmonious and takes her sixth Paralympic gold with a score of 76.692.
Germany’s Regine Mispelkamp takes silver with 73.231, bettering her bronze from Tokyo.
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Equestrianism: Great Britain’s Sophie Wells, riding LJT Egebjerggards Samoa, scored 72.257% in her grade V individual test at Chateau de Versailles, putting the eight-time Paralympics medallist in bronze medal position. But there are still a few more riders to come.
ParalympicsGB's Jeffery wins bronze in shooting, Ristic defends gold
Tim Jeffery of ParalympicsGB wins bronze in the mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 final, missing out on at least silver by 0.1 (less than a millimetre) in the shootoff. He looks relieved though, lifting his arm in the air and taking a big breath after leaving the range.
Serbia’s Dragan Ristic, 45, retains his title from Tokyo with a score of 250.2 and Vladimer Tchintcharauli of Georgia takes silver.
Third time's the charm 🎯
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Shooting: Ryan Cockbill of Great Britain has just finished in fifth in the mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 final. It is his best showing at what is his fourth Games. Tim Jeffery of ParalympicsGB is still in contention for a possible podium finish.
Cycling: There may be no velodromes in Ghana but that has not stopped the country from sending a track cyclist to the Games. Frederick Assor and his pilot, Rudolf Mensah, loop the track on a brightly coloured tandem with spoked wheels and a Heath Robinson air.
Assor and Mensah finished last in the men’s B 4,000m individual pursuit on the first day at the track, their time of 6min 30.071sec, a Ghanaian and African record. They returned on Sunday, whooped along by the crowd, this time in the B 1,000m time trial, where they also finished last.
The huge gap isn’t much of a surprise: the bike Assor rides compared to the bikes of other nations is the difference between a pawing thoroughbred and a weary donkey.
Read more here on how Assor and Mensah hope their appearance in Paris can spark change despite their “very old bike”.
Making history 📖
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Frederick Assor is the first African in the WORLD to be on the velodrome for Para cycling 🚴🇬🇭#Paralympics #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/osCJoQ5IXe
Wheelchair tennis: Earlier today, ParalympicsGB’s Alfie Hewett, the No 1 seed, breezed past the Netherlands’s Ruben Spaargaren 6-1, 6-4 in the men’s singles quarter-final.
Great Britain’s Gordon Reid will not join is compatriot in the semi-finals after falling to Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina 6-0, 7-6 (5).
The No 2 seed, Tokito Oda of Japan, qualified for the last four after winning 6-4, 6-1 against Tom Egberink of the Netherlands.
The final spot in the semis is being decided now, with Spain’s Martin de la Puente just taking the first set 6-2 against France’s Stephane Houdet.
Cui breaks Paralympic record and takes gold in powerlifting
Cui Zhe of China wins gold in the women’s up to 41kg at La Chapelle Arena, lifting a Paralympic record of 119. Esther Nworgu of Nigeria missies out by just 1kg, lifting 118 and takes silver while Brazil’s Lara Aparecida de Lima is the bronze winner with 109.
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Abraham takes gold in men’s C5 individual time trial
Daniel Abraham of the Netherlands has just finished in the men’s C5 individual time trial results with the fastest time of 35:51.79 and will take his third Paralympic gold. Australia’s Alistair Donohoe finishes behind him by +26.87 and France’s Dorian Foulon takes bronze. Great Britain’s Blaine Hunt finished in 11th with a time of 42:22.07.
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Goalball: Ukraine have just beat the defending champions Brazil in the men’s semi-final 6-4. Vasyl Oliinyk scored five times for the winners, who will meet one of China or Japan in the final.
Dame Sarah Storey continued her historic pursuit of gold upon gold, claiming her 18th Paralympic victory over nine Games as she won the women’s C5 time trial, but hit out at organisers for creating a course that was just half the length of the men’s.
Storey won the time trial by 4.69 seconds from Heidi Gaugain of France, having been seven seconds behind at the initial checkpoint at 5.8km. But that was the only check on the entire course, which ran just 14.2km in total, half the length of the race to be completed by male athletes later in the day. After the race, she said:
This is the shortest Paralympic time trial we’ve ever had and I think it’s a real shame because you don’t get to showcase parasport in the way that you want to. I’m very happy. I’m over the moon. But I know that there’s always ways to improve things.
Dame, gurl! 💅
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Read Paul MacInnes’s full report from Clichy-sous-bois.
Preamble
Good afternoon, and welcome to day seven of coverage of action from Paris. As ever, a busy schedule, and plenty of gold, silver and bronze to go around.
It has already been an eventful day as Dame Sarah Storey picked up her 18th Paralympic gold after winning the women’s C5 individual time trial.
And more medals will be awarded today in wheelchair tennis, athletics, powerlifting.
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