ParalympicsGB start day six with early medals

ParalympicsGB picked up early medals connected nan way and successful nan Para-equestrian arena arsenic they started their time six run astatine nan Paris Paralympics.

Samantha Kinghorn won her 2nd metallic of nan Games, putting successful a beardown capacity to travel successful 2nd successful nan women's T54 1500m.

Natasha Baker and Georgia Wilson added bronzes successful nan individual people III and II events astatine nan Chateau de Versailles.

Gold badge winning swimmers Ellie Challis and Tully Kearney progressed done their heats arsenic they activity further medals, while prima array tennis subordinate Will Bayley is besides successful action later.

Monday's results return GB's Paris badge count to 57, including 29 golds - 2nd only to China (92, including 45 golds), who person topped nan array astatine nan past 5 Games.

Kinghorn made it a brace of Paris silvers, taking 2nd spot successful nan women's T54 1500m.

The Scottish athlete, who'd already taken metallic successful nan T53 800m and will title successful nan 100m connected Wednesday, came successful down Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner.

Kinghorn, who has besides presented Countryfile, admitted she stopped momentarily pinch 200m to spell because she thought nan title was over, but still powered location successful a clip of 3 minutes 16.01 seconds.

Team-mates Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Melanie Woods were seventh and eighth respectively.

Meanwhile, Nathan Maguire races this evening successful nan men's T54 1500m last (20:10 BST).

At immoderate point, it becomes a mobility of storage.

Baker whitethorn request to build an other support aft she won her ninth Paralympic badge successful nan individual people III event.

The 34-year-old, who has now won medals astatine nan past 4 games, returned to action aft nan commencement of her boy Joshua successful April 2023.

"I'm not arsenic fresh arsenic I was successful Tokyo, I'm juggling being nan champion mum I tin beryllium and nan champion jock I tin be," said Baker, who scored 73.167 connected Dawn Chorus.

"The juggle is real, you cognize connected your machine erstwhile you person a cardinal tabs open, that's my encephalon astatine each times, anyone who is simply a mum will understand."

Her occurrence was mirrored by Wilson successful nan people II competition, pinch nan Tokyo medallist coming successful 3rd pinch a people of 73.414.

Debutant Mari Durward-Akhurst will dream to make it 3 from 3 erstwhile she goes successful nan people I arena (12:45).

What do you do nan time aft winning your first Paralympic golden medal? Why, spell retired and effort and triumph different one.

Having triumphed successful nan women's S3 50m backstroke yesterday, Challis kicked disconnected her quest for a podium spot successful nan 100m freestyle.

The 20-year-old confessed she was disconnected for a nap, having not had overmuch slumber aft Monday's gold-winning performance, but will return to nan excavation this evening alongside a number of different GB badge prospects.

Kearney already has 2 Paris golds successful her collection, and she's going for a 3rd successful nan women's S5 50m backstroke, finishing 3rd successful her power to scope this evening's session.

World champion Faye Rogers, an Olympic trialist successful 2021 anterior to suffering imperishable harm to her limb successful a car accident, was successful ascendant shape successful nan women's S10 100m butterfly, qualifying fastest for her final.

Meanwhile, twins Eliza and Scarlett Humphrey will title each different for nan 2nd clip successful nan Games aft reaching nan last of nan women's SM11 200m individual medley.

There's still plentifulness of action to travel successful different jam-packed time astatine nan Paris Paralympics.

GB and Australia resume their aged rivalry successful nan quarter-finals of nan men's wheelchair hoops (18:15), while four-time medallist Bayley faces Germany's Bjoern Schnake successful nan quarter-finals of nan men's MS7 singles (17:30).

There's besides plentifulness of boccia competitors looking to travel successful nan footsteps of Stephen McGuire, pinch GB teams successful action successful nan squad and pairs events done nan day.