Brazil win first Para-athletics gold on day two in Paris

Brazil's Julio Agripino dos Santos sewage nan Para-athletics disconnected to a flying commencement by winning golden and mounting a caller world grounds successful nan first title connected time 2 of nan Paris Paralympic Games.

The crowd successful nan Stade de France erupted successful cheers arsenic nan 33-year-old crossed nan statement 5 seconds up of nan erstwhile fastest clip successful nan men's T11 5,000m.

ParalympicsGB's Zachary Shaw impressed successful nan 2nd title of nan time aft a photograph decorativeness saw him suffice for nan last of nan men’s T12 100m. Eden Rainbow-Cooper besides progressed successful nan women's T54 5000m.

There are 42 golden medals up for grabs connected Friday, pinch galore to travel later successful nan pool.

GB champions Tully Kearney and Maisie Summers-Newton look group to clasp their titles aft comfortably winning their respective heats - S5 100m freestyle and SM6 200m individual medley.

Also going for golden this evening are twins Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey successful nan S11 400m freestyle.

Over successful nan rowing, GB's Benjamin Pritchard group a Paralympic Games champion clip successful nan PR1 men's azygous sculls heats to group him up for nan finals.

Meanwhile, successful nan velodrome Jody Cundy sewage his eighth Paralympics disconnected to a beardown commencement by booking a spot successful nan men's C4-5 1,000m clip trial. He will beryllium joined by team-mates Archie Atkinson and Blaine Hunt astatine 14:52.

Agripino dos Santos made a aureate commencement successful nan first title of nan Para-athletics, nan men's T11 5,000m, successful nan Stade de France.

The visually-impaired jock stormed past his team-mate and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Yeltsin Jacques to transverse nan statement successful a world-record clip of 14 minutes 48.85 seconds. The title was truthful accelerated Jacques group a individual champion to return bronze and Karasawa claimed an area grounds successful silver.

In nan 2nd title of nan day, GB's Shaw blasted retired of nan blocks to suffice aft a photograph decorativeness for nan last of nan men's T12 100m (Saturday, 20:08 BST), wherever he will purpose to upgrade nan bronze badge he won astatine this year's world championships.

The 24-year-old, who was making his Paralympics debut, landed conscionable 0.01secs up of Brazil's Kesley Teodoro.

"I'm really proud of myself for nan travel I've been on," said Shaw. "It's almost sweeter that I only made nan last by 100th because it conscionable shows that I've really had to activity for this."

Rainbow-Cooper qualified 5th successful nan women's T54 5,000m to scope nan last astatine her first Paralympics.

"It's 11 years of difficult activity and it's each truthful worthy it," she said. "I've ne'er raced successful specified a packed stadium and I've ne'er heard truthful galore group shriek my sanction aliases conscionable moreover nan noise. It was unthinkable and it really helped erstwhile nan symptom kicked successful connected thigh 8 and nine."

Para-swimmers Kearney and Summers-Newton some won golden astatine Tokyo 2020 and look connected people to clasp their titles aft superb swims astatine La Defense Arena.

Just 24 hours aft Kearney picked up gold successful nan S5 200m freestyle she was backmost successful nan excavation defending her S5 100m freestyle crown. She goes into this evening's last arsenic first fastest successful 1:17.75 (16:37 BST).

Team-mate Summers-Newton booked her spot successful nan last of nan SM6 200m individual medley (17:00 BST). The Paralympic and world champion powered up of nan section to decorativeness successful 2:58.40.

Also going for golden this evening are nan Humphrey sisters successful nan S11 400m freestyle (17:44 BST). Eliza is simply a European bronze medallist successful nan arena and will dream to upgrade successful Paris.

Meanwhile, US Para-swimmer Christie Raleigh-Crossley, who won metallic successful nan women's S9 50m freestyle connected Thursday evening, has claimed she is being targeted and bullied complete her classification arsenic a abnormal athlete.

The 37-year-old, who group a world grounds successful nan heats, said she received antagonistic comments connected societal media earlier nan final, "including comments by a squad member, a team-mate of mine".

She added: "The truth it is simply a salient squad personnel of Team USA who has travel aft maine nan hardest, it's conscionable perfectly disgusting."

British Para-rower Pritchard had an outstanding greeting successful nan Vaires-sur-Marne stadium.

The 32-year-old group a Paralympic Games champion clip successful nan PR1 men's azygous sculls heats successful 8:51.26 to advancement to nan final.

He claimed bronze successful nan arena astatine this year's world championships and was 5th astatine Tokyo 2020.

GB athletes were owed to spell successful nan PR2 and PR3 heats this greeting but they person been postponed to a later date.

GB's Beth Munro goes successful nan 4th last of nan Taekwondo K44-65kg, while boccia stars Stephen McGuire and Kayleigh Haggo will dream to do good successful their respective BC4 and BC2 preliminary rounds.

Para-archer Phoebe Pine Paterson will purpose to advancement beyond nan women's individual compound unfastened 1/16 elimination.

Para-badminton subordinate Dan Bethell, who won his lucifer yesterday successful beforehand of erstwhile Liverpool head Jurgen Klopp, goes again successful nan men's singles SL3 group stage.

And GB's mighty wheelchair rugby team, who had a stunning triumph complete Australia connected Thursday, will return connected Denmark.

All nan action will beryllium covered connected nan BBC unrecorded provender from 13:30 BST.