What's happening and when at the Paris Paralympics?

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Elizabeth Hudson

BBC Sport Journalist

The Paris Paralympics are accelerated approaching and you tin scheme really to travel nan 11 days of title pinch our day-by-day guideline - each times BST.

A squad of 215 athletes will correspond ParalympicsGB successful nan French superior pinch a target of 100-140 medals group by UK Sport.

At nan delayed Tokyo 2020 Games, held successful 2021, nan GB squad vanished 2nd down China successful nan badge array pinch 124 medals, including 41 golds.

The Games commencement pinch nan opening ceremonial connected Wednesday, 28 August, pinch nan first medals to beryllium decided nan pursuing time and action continuing until nan closing ceremonial connected Sunday, 8 September.

Medal events: 22

Para-cycling track (women's C4-5 500m clip trial, C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit, men's B 4,000m individual pursuit, C1 3,000m individual pursuit); Para-swimming (men's S9 400m freestyle, S1 100m backstroke, S2 100m backstroke, S14 100m butterfly, SB3 50m breaststroke, S10 50m freestyle, S13 100m butterfly, S5 200m freestyle; women's S9 400m freestyle, S2 100m backstroke, S14 100m butterfly, S6 50m freestyle, S10 50m freestyle, S13 100m butterfly, S5 200m freestyle); Para-taekwondo (women K44 -47kg, K44 -52kg; men K44 -58kg)

Highlights

All eyes will beryllium connected wherever Britain’s first golden of nan Games will travel from and location are plentifulness of chances connected nan opening time of competition.

The velodrome was a happy hunting crushed for nan GB squad astatine nan Olympics and nan Paralympic squad will dream for similar.

Kadeena Cox, who created history successful Rio by winning golds successful some cycling and athletics, goes successful nan women’s C4-5 500m clip proceedings (qualifying 11:00; last 14:50), aiming to clasp her title aft a turbulent build-up which has included a calf wounded and a relapse of her MS.

Games debutant Daphne Schrager is simply a beardown badge contender successful nan C1-3 individual pursuit (qualifying 11:58; last 15:29). She is world champion successful nan C2 section but nan Paris arena is simply a mixed one.

And don’t norm retired nan tandem brace of Steve Bate and Chris Latham successful nan B individual pursuit – they are world metallic medallists while Bate antecedently won golden and metallic successful nan arena pinch his erstwhile aviator Adam Duggleby.

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Wheelchair rugby subordinate Stuart Robinson will beryllium aiming for different Paralympic gold

At nan pool, some William Ellard and Olivia Newman-Baronius won golden successful May’s Open European Championships successful Madeira successful their respective S14 butterfly finals and will beryllium hoping to declare their first Paralympic medals (17:35 and 17:42) pinch Newman-Baronius facing a stiff situation from team-mate Poppy Maskill.

Tully Kearney won metallic successful nan S5 200m freestyle successful Tokyo, finishing conscionable 0.12 seconds down China’s Zhang Li, and will beryllium hoping to spell 1 amended successful Paris.

The GB wheelchair rugby team will commencement nan defence of their title pinch a tricky-looking necktie against world champions and world number one-ranked Australia (10:30), while it is besides nan opening time of the wheelchair basketball pinch nan GB men, who person won bronze astatine 4 of nan past 5 Games, starting against Germany (09:30) pinch nan women up against Spain (11:45).

And archer Jodie Grinham, who is 7 months pregnant, gets her women’s individual compound unfastened title nether measurement pinch nan ranking information (12:00) earlier nan knockout starts connected Friday.

World watch

We could spot 1 of nan last Games appearances of a Paralympic awesome connected time 1 successful Paris.

Spanish swimmer Teresa Perales made her debut successful Sydney successful 2000 and has 27 Paralympic medals complete her profession to make her nan country’s astir successful Paralympian. Now 48, she will beryllium aiming to make nan last successful nan S2 backstroke (heats 09:26; last 17:10) wherever Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu is favourite for gold.

Belarusian swimmer Ihar Boki, who will beryllium competing arsenic a Neutral Paralympic Athlete, has been nan ascendant fig successful nan S13 section pinch 16 golden medals and will beryllium chasing a 4th title successful a statement successful nan 100m butterfly (19:03) pinch Alex Portal starring location hopes.

And nan first personnel of nan Paralympic Refugee squad will beryllium successful action erstwhile Zakia Khudadadi takes to nan mat successful nan K44 -47kg taekwondo arena (bouts from 09:00; last 19:34). Born successful Afghanistan, she represented her state successful Tokyo aft being safely evacuated successful nan days anterior to nan Games.

Since then, she has been based successful France and won golden successful her section astatine past year’s European Championships.

Did you know?

Wheelchair rugby was primitively called murderball and was developed successful Canada successful nan 1970s by athletes pinch quadriplegia. It was a objection athletics successful Atlanta successful 1996 pinch nan first medals awarded successful Sydney 4 years later.

Medal events: 42

Para-cycling track (men's C4-5 1,000m clip trial, C2 3,000m individual pursuit, C3 3,000m individual pursuit; women’s C4 3,000m individual pursuit, B 1,000m clip trial); Para-swimming (men's S5 100m freestyle, S4 100m freestyle, SM6 200m IM, S11 400m freestyle, SB9 100m breaststroke, S13 100m backstroke, SB8 100m breaststroke; women's S5 100m freestyle, SM6 200m IM, S11 400m freestyle, SB9 100m breaststroke, S13 100m backstroke, SB8 100m breaststroke; mixed 20 constituent 4x50m freestyle); Para-taekwondo (men’s K44 -63kg, K44 -70kg; women’s K44 -57kg , K44-65kg); Para array tennis (women’s doubles WD14, WD5); Shooting Para Sport (R2 - women's 10m AR opinionated SH1, P1 - men's 10m aerial pistol SH1, R4 - Mixed 10m aerial firearm opinionated SH2); Para-athletics (women's F55 discus, F41 changeable put, T11 agelong jump, T35 100m, F32 nine throw, T52 400m, T37 100m, T47 100m, F37 changeable put; men's T11 5000m, F38 javelin, T11 agelong jump, F55 changeable put, T37 200m)

Highlights

It is group to beryllium different engaged time astatine nan swimming excavation for nan British team.

Maisie Summers-Newton took complete nan mantle of Ellie Simmonds by winning nan SM6 200m individual medley successful Tokyo and is beardown favourite to support her power and clasp her title (17:01), having lowered her ain world grounds successful May.

Another Tokyo defending champion Tully Kearney will purpose to make it back-to-back wins successful nan S5 100m freestyle (16:37) pinch team-mate Suzanna Hext also hoping to feature.

The SB8 100m breaststroke (19:12) looks to beryllium a fascinating brushwood pinch Britain’s Brock Whiston going successful fastest but Ireland’s defending champion Ellen Keane, successful her last title earlier retiring, and 16-year-old world champion Anastasiya Dmytriv of Spain are large dangers.

At nan velodrome, Jody Cundy goes for golden successful his eighth Paralympics successful nan C4-5 1,000m clip proceedings (qualifying 11:30, last 13:57) aft switching his motorcycle for nan dancefloor and Strictly Come Dancing past year.

Cundy, who is simply a C4 rider, will beryllium competing against less-impaired C5 riders, including Spanish defending champion Alfonso Cabello, and will request to get location adjacent to his ain world grounds to triumph a ninth Paralympic gold.

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Maisie Summers-Newton is competing astatine her 2nd Games aft making her GB debut successful 2018

In nan men’s C3 3,000m individual pursuit (qualfifying 12:30, last 15:18), defending champion Jaco van Gass and metallic medallist Fin Graham will dream to conflict it retired for golden again and successful nan women’s B clip proceedings (qualifying 13:12, last 15:34), 2023 world champions Sophie Unwin and aviator Jenny Holl and nan 2024 world champions Lizzi Jordan and Danni Khan will purpose to beryllium successful nan last shake-up.

After winning metallic connected her Paralympic debut successful Tokyo, taekwondo prima Beth Munro will purpose to spell 1 amended successful nan K44 -65kg section (final 21:28) while 14-year-old array tennis subordinate Bly Twomey and Fliss Pickard could fig successful nan women’s doubles WD14 decider (19:00) and shooter Ryan Cockbill will purpose for occurrence successful nan R4 mixed 10m aerial firearm arena (qualifying 12:30, last 15:15).

And archer Jodie Grinham, who is competing successful Paris while 7 months pregnant, and team-mate and defending champion Phoebe Patterson Pine will dream to advancement into nan past 16 of nan women’s individual compound arena (08:00).

World watch

The opening time of athletics will spot 12 golden medals awarded – nan first could spell to Brazil successful nan T11 5000m (09:05) pinch Yeltsin Jacques a beardown contender but Japan’s Kenya Karasawa is simply a threat.

Tunisian Raoua Tlili will beryllium bidding for her 3rd F41 changeable put title successful a statement (09:35) – an arena wherever she is besides world champion.

The women’s and men’s T11 agelong jump competitions some return spot connected time 1 (09:49 and 18:00). Competitors deterioration blindfolds and person to trust connected audio indications from their guide, who stands adjacent nan sand. The stadium is besides silent arsenic nan athletes leap into nan unknown.

And Brazil’s Petrucio Ferreira, nan fastest Paralympian successful nan world, will beryllium hoping to clasp his T47 100m title (18:30). He won world golden successful 2023 and '24 and his world grounds stands astatine 10.29 seconds.

Did you know?

Lizzi Jordan is making her Paralympic debut for GB 7 years aft losing her sight, and almost her life, from suspected nutrient poisoning.

The unwellness near her successful a coma and aft she came retired of it, she had to study really to locomotion again arsenic good arsenic dealing pinch nan effect of her show loss.

But discovering her talent for Para-cycling has changed everything and she and her aviator Danni Khan will dream to adhd Paralympic golden to their world title.

Medal events: 49

Para-cycling track (women’s C1-3 500m clip trial; men’s C1-3 100m clip trial, C4 4,000m individual pursuit, C5 4,000m individual pursuit); Para-swimming (men's S12 100m backstroke, S14 200m freestyle, S8 100m backstroke, S13 400m freestyle, S1 50m backstroke, S2 50m backstroke, SM7 200m IM, S11 50m freestyle; women's S12 100m backstroke, S14 200m freestyle, S8 100m backstroke, S13 400m freestyle, S2 50m backstroke, SM7 200m IM, S11 50m freestyle); Para-taekwondo (men’s K44 -80kg, K44 +80kg; women’s K44 +65kg); Para-table tennis (men’s doubles MD4, MD8, women’s doubles WD10, WD20, mixed doubles XD17); Shooting Para-sport (R1 – men’s 10m aerial firearm opinionated SH1; P2 - women’s 10m aerial pistol SH1); Para-athletics (women’s F13 javelin, F57 discus, T54 5,000m, T64 agelong jump, T13 1500m, F37 changeable put, T11 400m, T38 100m, T47 400m; men’s F12 changeable put, T13 5,000m, T46 1500m, F57 javelin, F32 nine throw, T38 100m, T54 5,000m, F63 agelong jump, T12 100m); Para-archery (women’s individual W1, individual compound open)

After missing nan Tokyo Paralympics pinch an elbow wounded and past having her correct limb amputated beneath nan knee because of changeless pain, Alice Tai goes successful nan S8 100m backstroke arsenic nan fastest successful nan world and a beardown favourite to triumph her first individual Paralympic gold.

Stephen Clegg, who is besides chasing a first Paralympic gold, starts his programme successful nan S12 100m backstroke wherever he won bronze successful Tokyo and world golden successful 2023.

And expect immoderate beardown GB performances successful nan S14 200m freestyle done William Ellard, Poppy Maskill, Olivia Newman Baronius and Louise Fiddes while 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, nan youngest personnel of nan GB squad astatine nan Games, will purpose to make nan last of nan women’s SM7 200m individual medley.

Rising cycling prima Archie Atkinson will beryllium hoping to adhd nan Paralympic title to his world golden successful nan C4 4,000m individual pursuit (qualifying 10:14, last 13:55) while Jaco van Gass and Fin Graham will some beryllium hoping to characteristic successful nan men’s C1-3 1,000m clip proceedings (qualifying 09:19, last 13:07).

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Tai competed successful nan 2016 Rio Paralympics, winning individual bronze and relay gold

At nan Stade de France, both Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn will beryllium aiming to clasp connected to their T38 100m crowns (18:35 and 19:06). And aft failing to triumph a badge successful Rio and Tokyo, tin a resurgent David Weir decorativeness connected nan podium successful nan T54 5,000m (19:25) wherever team-mate Danny Sidbury could besides beryllium successful nan shake-up.

In Para-archery, nan women’s W1 comes to a climax pinch Victoria Kingstone hoping to fig (final 11:39) while successful nan women’s compound (19:00), defending champion Phoebe Paterson Pine and Jodie Grinham, who is 7 months pregnant, will dream to situation for medals.

GB will besides beryllium hoping for occurrence astatine nan Grand Palais, which is hosting nan taekwondo pinch Tokyo bronze medallist Amy Truesdale in nan +65kg (final 19:48) and Matt Bush successful nan +80kg section (20:02).

And nan doubles finals proceed successful nan array tennis pinch 14-year-old Bly Twomey and Joshua Stacey aiming to triumph medals successful nan mixed doubles XD17 (17:00) and Rob Davies and Tom Matthews successful nan men's doubles MD4 (16:00).

World watch

The Netherlands will beryllium chasing a double successful nan women’s T64 and men’s T63 agelong jump finals (10:18 and 19:35) done defending champion Fleur Jong and teenage prima Joel de Jong.

Defending champion Susannah Scaroni othe US and Swiss brace Manuela Schaer and Catherine Debrunner will each dream to get onto nan podium successful nan T54 5,000m (09:36).

And astatine nan pool, Brazil’s Gabriel Araujo – known arsenic Gabrielzinho - will beryllium looking to clasp his S2 50m backstroke crown (18:26) and adhd to his Paralympic titles.

Did you know?

In nan compound unfastened category, archers sprout astatine 50 metres connected an 80cm target. The compound front features mechanical pulleys, telescopic sights and merchandise immunodeficiency to assistance accuracy.

Medal events: 60

Para-cycling way (men’s B 1,000m clip trial; women’s B 3,000m individual pursuit, C5 3,000m individual pursuit, unfastened C1-5 750m squad sprint); Para-swimming (men's SB6 100m breaststroke, S10 100m freestyle, SM8 200m IM, S11 100m backstroke, SM4 150m IM, SM3 150m IM, SB5 100m breaststroke; women's SB6 100m breaststroke, S10 100m freestyle, SM8 200m IM, S11 100m backstroke, SM4 150m IM, SB5 100m breaststroke; mixed 4x100m freestyle relay); Para-table tennis (men’s doubles MD14, MD18, mixed doubles XD17); Shooting Para-sport (R3 – mixed 10m aerial firearm prone SH1, R5 – mixed 10m aerial firearm prone SH2); Para-athletics (women’s T12 agelong jump, T64 discus, T36 200m, F20 changeable put, T53 800m, T84 800m, T35 200m, T34 javelin, T34 100m, T37 agelong jump; men’s F53 changeable put, F40 changeable put, F52 discus, T47 precocious jump, T44 100m, T13 100m, T53 400m, T54 400m, T11 400m); Para-archery (men’s individual W1, individual compound open); Para-triathlon (men’s PTS3, PTS2, PTS5, PTS4; women’s PTS2, PTS5, PTS4); Para-rowing (women’s azygous sculls PR1; men’s azygous sculls PR1; mixed double sculls PR2, mixed doubles PR3, mixed coxed 4 PR3); Boccia (women’s individual BC2; men’s individual BC2); Para-badminton (women’s doubles WH1-2; men’s doubles WH1-2)

Three years agone successful Tokyo, hubby and woman Neil and Lora Fachie some won golds successful nan abstraction of 16 minutes and nan brace will beryllium hoping to repetition nan feat connected nan last time of nan way cycling programme successful Paris wherever they will beryllium watched connected by boy Fraser, who was calved successful October 2022.

Neil and aviator Matt Rotherham are world champions successful nan B 1,000m clip proceedings (final 12:51) pinch team-mates James Ball and Steffan Lloyd apt to beryllium a large danger.

Lora and Corrine Hall will besides look a reliable situation successful nan B 3,000m individual pursuit (qualifying 10:22, last 13:31) against world champions and team-mates Lizzi Jordan and Danni Khan and nan 2023 world champions Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl.

And nan GB squad sprint team, apt to see Jody Cundy and Kadeena Cox, will beryllium hoping to hit a beardown China broadside successful nan last arena of nan programme (14:30).

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The Fachies person been juggling cycling and parenthood since nan commencement of boy Fraser

It is an early commencement for nan triathletes pinch 7 of nan 11 classes down for determination (from 07:15).

The races commencement successful nan River Seine which was astatine nan centre of contention during nan Olympics complete its h2o value pinch training cancelled and nan men's title delayed by a day.

The rivalry betwixt erstwhile swimming team-mates Lauren Steadman and Claire Cashmore will proceed successful nan PTS5 arena – nan British brace won golden and bronze successful Tokyo pinch American Grace Norman, nan Rio champion, finishing second.

It is besides a engaged greeting for nan rowers arsenic their title reaches its climax pinch Lauren Rowles, aiming for a 3rd consecutive gold, and Gregg Stevenson beardown favourites successful nan mixed double sculls (10:50) while nan PR3 mixed coxed four (11:30) will beryllium hoping to proceed GB’s unbeaten grounds successful nan people astatine awesome championships which goes backmost to 2011.

At nan pool, location could beryllium double breaststroke occurrence for GB pinch Maisie Summers-Newton defending her SB6 title (16:37) while Grace Harvey will dream to spell 1 amended than her Tokyo metallic successful nan SB5 arena (18:51).

Brock Whiston should beryllium up against American fable Jessica Long successful nan SM8 200m medley last (17:07) while nan mixed S14 4x100m freestyle squad are good fancied to clasp nan title GB won successful Tokyo (19:13), though this year’s squad will beryllium a marque caller quartet.

Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft goes for her 4th consecutive T34 100m title (19:33) pinch Kare Adenegan hoping to declare different medal, while world champion Sabrina Fortune goes into nan F20 changeable put (18:00) successful bully shape having improved her ain world grounds successful July.

Boccia subordinate Claire Taggart will beryllium aiming to triumph nan first women’s BC2 Paralympic title (18:35) while nan wheelchair rugby tourney reaches nan semi-final shape (12:30 and 18:30) pinch defending champions GB hoping to figure.

World watch

The location crowd will beryllium cheering connected French triathlete Alexis Hanquinquant arsenic he hopes to proceed his power successful nan PTS4 event.

Hanquinquant, who had his limb amputated successful 2013 aft a activity accident, was ever a keen sportsman and made his Paralympic debut successful Tokyo, finishing almost 4 minutes clear of his nearest rival, and is nan man to hit successful nan division.

American precocious jumper Roderick Townsend is nan prima of nan T47 arena and he goes for a 3rd title successful a statement (18:28).

After nan status of Ireland’s Jason Smyth, location will beryllium a caller champion successful nan T13 100m pinch Tokyo runner-up Skander Djamil Athmani of Algeria and nan T12 golden medallist Salum Ageze Kashafali of Norway bidding to lead nan charge.

Did you know?

Lauren Rowles started her sporting profession arsenic a wheelchair racer earlier switching to rowing successful 2015 and winning golden astatine nan Rio Paralympics nan adjacent twelvemonth pinch Laurence Whiteley.

In March, her partner Jude Hamer, who has represented GB successful wheelchair hoops astatine nan Paralympics, gave commencement to their boy Noah and Rowles has been passionate successful speaking astir sexuality, diverseness and representation.

Medal events: 54

Para-swimming (men’s S7 400m freestyle, S9 50m freestyle, S3 50m freestyle, SB14 100m breaststroke, S13 50m freestyle, SB4 100m breaststroke, S2 200m freestyle; women’s S7 400m freestyle, S3 50m freestyle, SB14 100m breaststroke, S13 50m freestyle, SB4 100m breaststroke; mixed 34 constituent 4x100m medley); Shooting Para-sport (P3 - mixed 25m pistol SH1); Para-athletics (men’s T12 agelong jump, F56 discus, T34 100m, F41 changeable put, F64 javelin, T35 100m, T36 agelong jump, F11 changeable put, T63 100m, T64 100m; women’s T11 1500m, F54 changeable put, F53 discus); Para-archery (mixed squad W1, squad compound open); Para-triathlon (men’s PTWC, PTVI, women’s PTWC, PTVI); Boccia (women’s individual BC1, BC3, BC4; men’s individual BC1, BC3, BC4); Para-badminton (women’s singles SL3, WH1, SL4, WH2, SU5, SH6; men’s singles SL3, SL4, WH1, SU5, WH2, SH6; mixed doubles SL3-SU5, SH6); Wheelchair rugby (team)

Highlights

After narrowly missing retired connected golden successful Tokyo erstwhile badminton made its Paralympic debut, Dan Bethell will dream to fig successful nan last of nan SL3 arena (07:30-14:00) pinch defending champion Pramod Bhagat retired aft being suspended by nan Court of Arbitration for Sport for a whereabouts failure.

In nan aforesaid session, Jack Shephard and Rachel Choong will dream to fig successful nan SH6 mixed doubles decider pinch each GB athletes chasing their nation’s first golden badge successful nan sport.

The 2nd time of nan triathlon (07:15) sees 4 much golds and Dave Ellis and guideline Luke Pollard will bid to dress up for Tokyo heartbreak wherever they went successful arsenic favourites successful nan men’s PTVI arena but suffered a mechanical nonaccomplishment connected nan motorcycle limb which ended their race.

In nan women’s PTVI, Alison Peasgood won metallic successful Rio but was 4th successful Tokyo. She is backmost astatine nan apical level aft having boy Logan past August and will beryllium aiming to impressment again pinch guideline Brooke Gillies.

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Ellis was a Para-swimmer earlier switching to Para-triathlon

Ellie Challis was Britain’s youngest medallist astatine nan Tokyo Games erstwhile she won metallic successful nan S3 50m backstroke successful Tokyo aged 17 and she will dream to spell 1 amended this clip (17:05) while Louise Fiddes has a bully badge chance successful nan SB14 100m breaststroke (17:20).

At nan Stade de France, nan Blade Runners return centre shape pinch nan men’s T63 and T64 100m finals (19:37 and 20:35). Can Jonnie Peacock win a 3rd golden medal? The Briton took associated bronze successful Tokyo aft back-to-back titles successful London and Rio.

There are six boccia golds up for determination pinch David Smith hoping to unafraid a 3rd BC1 title successful a statement astatine his 5th Games (10:40) while it’s besides nan wheelchair rugby decider (18:30) – an arena wherever GB won a historical golden successful Tokyo.

World watch

Italy’s Valentina Petrillo, who is believed to beryllium nan first openly transgender jock to compete astatine nan Paralympics, will commencement her run successful nan opening information of nan T12 400m (19:44) – an arena wherever she won bronze astatine past year’s World Championships successful Paris.

While Hannah Cockroft has dominated nan women’s T34 100m, Tunisia’s Walid Ktila has nan aforesaid opinionated successful nan men’s T34 sprint and he will pursuit a 4th consecutive title (10:11).

And successful nan pool, American Morgan Stickney will commencement arsenic favourite for nan S7 400m freestyle (16:40) pinch Simone Barlaam of Italy hoping to take sides his S9 50m freestyle crown (16:52).

Did you know?

Para-badminton has been played internationally since nan 1990s pinch nan first World Championship taking spot successful nan Netherlands successful 1998. It made its Paralympic debut successful Tokyo pinch 14 events and nan Paris programme has been accrued to 16.

Medal events: 50

Para-swimming (men’s S7 100m backstroke, S9 100m backstroke, S4 200m freestyle, S6 50m butterfly, S5 50m backstroke, S11 200m IM, S13 200m IM, S10 100m butterfly; women’s S9 100m backstroke, S6 50m butterfly, S5 50m backstroke, S11 200m IM SM11, S3 100m freestyle, SM13 200m IM, S10 100m butterfly); Shooting Para-sport (R7 – men’s 50m firearm 3 positions SH1; R8 - women's 50m firearm 3 positions SH1); Para-athletics (men’s T47 agelong jump, T11 1500m, T13 1500m, T51 200m, T36 400m, T37 agelong jump, F20 changeable put, F32 changeable put, T38 400m, T63 precocious jump, F46 javelin, T20 400m, T54 1500m; women’s F56 javelin, F34 changeable put, F11 discus, T12 400m, T54 1500m, T20 400m, T64 200m, T11 100m, T13 100m, T47 100m, T37 400m); Para-table tennis (men’s singles MS5); Para-archery (women’s individual recurve open); Para-equestrian (Grade I expansive prix test, Grade II expansive prix test, Grade III expansive prix test); Wheelchair fencing (men’s sabre class A, sabre class B; women’s sabre class A, sabre class B)

Highlights

Para-equestrian has been a successful athletics for GB astatine erstwhile Games and nan squad will beryllium hoping that nan Chateau de Versailles tin beryllium different happy hunting ground.

The opening time of action features nan expansive prix tests pinch debutant Mari Durward-Akhurst going successful nan Grade I arena while Georgia Wilson will beryllium successful action successful Grade II and Natasha Baker successful Grade III.

Baker will beryllium aiming for her seventh Paralympic golden aft returning to action pursuing nan commencement of boy Joshua successful April 2023.

Back successful 2021, swimmer Faye Rogers competed astatine nan Olympic tests but did not make nan GB squad for Tokyo.

That September, she was injured successful a car mishap which near her pinch imperishable harm to her limb but she recovered Para-swimming and is world champion successful nan S10 100m butterfly and will beryllium aiming to adhd nan Paralympic title (19:28) pinch team-mate Callie-Ann Warrington besides a bully badge contender.

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Natasha Baker started riding aged 9 and is competing astatine her 4th Paralympics

Ellie Challis will dream to travel distant pinch thing from nan S3 100m freestyle (18:28) while Tully Kearney goes into nan S5 50m backstroke (17:34) arsenic nan fastest successful nan world this year.

On nan track, it could beryllium different conflict betwixt David Weir and Swiss rival Marcel Hug successful nan men’s 1500m (19:54).

Dimitri Coutya and Piers Gilliver person been starring nan GB wheelchair fencing situation and they commencement their engaged programmes pinch nan sabre B (19:50) and sabre A (20:40) events while Gemma Collis will spell successful nan women’s sabre A (21:05)

And nan men’s wheelchair basketball reaches nan quarter-final shape (from 13:45) arsenic nan GB squad bid to declare different medal.

World watch

In athletics, expect plentifulness of liking astir nan women’s T12 400m last (11:10) which could characteristic Italian transgender sprinter Valentina Petrillo.

Los Angeles teen Ezra Frech will beryllium aiming to triumph Paralympic golden aged 19 successful nan T63 men’s precocious jump (19:20) and he is besides tipped to beryllium 1 of nan faces of nan 2028 Games, while his 20-year-old team-mate Jaydin Blackwell is nan favourite for nan T38 400m (18:21).

Swiss brace Catherine Debrunner and Manuela Schaer should beryllium among nan starring figures successful nan women’s T54 1500m (11:20)

And Italian swimmers Carlotta Gilli and Stefano Raimondi will beryllium cardinal badge hopes for their federation successful nan women’s SM13 200m IM (18:59) and men’s S10 butterfly (19:28) respectively.

Did you know?

Ezra Frech’s mother Bahar Soomekh starred successful nan Saw movie franchise and nan Oscar-winning movie Crash.

In 2006, Frech’s family founded Team Ezra, an organisation that supports group pinch beingness disabilities and besides established Angel City Sports and nan Angel City Games successful 2013, providing free sports training for children and adults pinch disabilities.

Medal events: 63

Para-cycling road (women’s C1-3, C4, C5, B, H1-3, H4-5, T1-2 clip trials; men’s C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, B, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, T1-2 clip trials); Para-equestrian (Grade IV expansive prix test, Grade V expansive prix test); Para-swimming (men’s S12 100m freestyle, SM14 200m IM, S8 400m freestyle, SB2 50m breaststroke, S7 men’s 50m freestyle; women’s S12 100m freestyle, SM14 200m IM, S8 400m freestyle, SB3 50m breaststroke, S7 100m freestyle, S9 100m freestyle; mixed 49 constituent 4x100m freestyle relay); Para-athletics (women’s F41 discus, F46 changeable put, F32 changeable put, T36 100m, T53 100m, T54 100m; men’s F46 changeable put, javelin F34, 400m T37, agelong jump T38, 100m T53, nine propulsion F51, 100m T54, agelong jump T64, changeable put F36); Wheelchair fencing (men’s foil class A, foil class B; women’s foil class A, foil class B); Para-powerlifting (women’s -41kg, -45kg; men’s -49kg, -54kg); Wheelchair tennis (quad doubles); Para-archery (men’s individual recurve open); Para-table tennis (women’s singles WS5, WS10, men’s singles MS10); Shooting Para-sport (P4 – mixed 50m pistol SH1, R9 mixed 50m firearm prone SH2)

Highlights

Day 7 will beryllium nan first chance to spot Britain’s astir successful Paralympian Sarah Storey astatine Paris 2024.

The 17-time golden medallist crossed swimming and cycling opted retired of nan way programme to ore connected nan roadworthy and she starts her run for golden number 18 successful nan C5 clip proceedings (from 07:00) – an arena wherever she has won golden astatine each Games since her cycling debut successful 2008.

The women’s B clip proceedings could besides beryllium a bully 1 for GB pinch Tokyo metallic medallists Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall and nan 2023 world metallic medallists Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl aiming for gold.

Ben Watson, Jaco van Gass and Fin Graham will beryllium aiming for a cleanable expanse successful nan men’s C3 clip proceedings while Archie Atkinson will beryllium chasing difficult successful nan C4 event.

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Storey is competing astatine her ninth Games - a British Paralympic record

Scottish wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn will beryllium hoping to go nan first non-Chinese jock to triumph nan T53 100m title (19:36) since Tanni Grey-Thompson triumphed successful Athens successful 2004.

Kinghorn won world golden successful 2023 but China’s Fang Gao and Hongzhuan Zhou and Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner will beryllium large dangers.

Another Scot Stephen Clegg should beryllium among nan main challengers successful nan S12 100m freestyle last (16:30) while Poppy Maskill and Olivia Newman-Baronius are nan fastest 2 successful nan world this twelvemonth successful nan SM14 200m IM (16:51) and Rhys Darbey and William Ellard could fig successful nan men’s title (16:43).

Alice Tai has antecedently been a 50/100m master but swimming nan Channel successful 2023 has helped her turn to emotion nan longer distances and she will hoping for a badge successful nan S8 400m freestyle (17:24) alongside Brock Whiston.

Powerlifter Zoe Newson beryllium hoping to assistance her measurement to a 3rd Paralympic badge erstwhile she goes successful nan -45kg section (16:00) while Para-equestrian rider Sophie Wells will besides beryllium aiming to adhd to her six individual medals successful nan Grade V expansive prix trial (session starts 08:30).

The GB women will dream to characteristic successful nan wheelchair basketball quarter-finals (from 12:45) while nan first wheelchair tennis medals will beryllium decided astatine Roland Garros successful nan quad doubles (from 11:30), wherever Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade will dream to beryllium successful contention.

World watch

Germany’s Markus Rehm – champion known arsenic nan Blade Jumper – will commencement arsenic beardown favourite to triumph his 4th Paralympic agelong jump title successful nan T64 class (18:26).

Rehm, who mislaid his correct limb beneath nan knee successful a wakeboarding mishap successful 2003 and jumps utilizing a bladed prosthesis, has been nan prima of Para-athletics, perpetually pushing nan boundaries of his event.

However, he is incapable to compete astatine nan Olympics because it was ruled that jumping disconnected his prosthesis gives him an advantage complete non-amputees.

His existent world grounds stands astatine 8.72m – nan ninth longest jump of each time. His 2024 champion is 8.44m – a region which would person won Olympic metallic successful Paris and golden astatine nan erstwhile 4 Games.

Did you know?

As good arsenic modular racing bikes pinch modifications wherever required and tandems, nan Para-cycling roadworthy programme besides features handcycling and trike races.

A handcycle has 3 wheels and riders usage nan spot of their precocious limbs to run nan chainset. It is utilized by cyclists pinch spinal cord injuries aliases pinch 1 aliases some little limbs amputated.

Tricycles are utilized by riders pinch locomotor dysfunction and equilibrium issues specified arsenic cerebral palsy aliases hemiplegia.

Medal events: 63

Para-athletics (women’s F35 changeable put, T38 agelong jump, F57 changeable put, T37 100m, F64 changeable put, T63 agelong jump, T12 100m, T53 400m, T54 400m, F33 changeable put; men’s T12 400m, T13 400m, F11 discus, F64 discus, T11 100m, T53 800m, F35 changeable put, T54 800m, F13 javelin); Shooting Para-sport (R6 - mixed 50m firearm prone SH1); Para-swimming (women’s SB7 100m breaststroke, S10 400m freestyle, SB11 100m breaststroke, SM9 200m IM, SB13 100m breaststroke, SB12 100m breaststroke, S8 50m freestyle; men’s S5 50m freestyle, S6 100m freestyle, SB11 100m breaststroke, SM9 200m IM, SB13 100m breaststroke; mixed 4x50m medley – 20 point), Para-powerlifting (women’s up to 50kg, up to 55kg; men’s up to 59kg, up to 65kg); Boccia (mixed BC1/2 team, mixed BC3 pairs, mixed BC4 pairs); Wheelchair tennis (women’s doubles; quad singles); Para-table tennis (men’s MS2 singles, MS3 singles, MS11 singles; women’s WS7 singles, WS11 singles); Wheelchair fencing (women’s foil team; men’s foil team); Para-cycling road (men’s H1-2 roadworthy race, H3 roadworthy race, H4 roadworthy race, H5 roadworthy race; women’s H1-4 roadworthy race, H5 roadworthy race); Goalball (women’s final, men’s final), Para-archery (mixed squad recurve open); Para-judo (women -48kg J1, -48kg J2, -57kg J1; men -60 kg J1, -60 kg J2)

Highlights

GB will beryllium hoping for occurrence astatine different ends of nan acquisition standard connected time 8 successful Paris.

Discus thrower Dan Greaves will beryllium hoping to triumph his seventh badge astatine his seventh Games successful nan F64 arena (18:04), having made his debut successful Sydney successful 2000 aged 18 and winning a gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes complete his career. Team-mate Harrison Walsh will besides beryllium challenging for a medal.

And successful nan pool, 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, nan youngest personnel of nan GB team, has a beardown chance of a badge successful nan SB7 100m breaststroke (16:30) astatine her first Games.

It could beryllium a bully time for nan GB throwers. Along pinch Greaves and Walsh, Dan Pembroke defends his F13 javelin title (19:45) having won 2 world titles since his golden successful Tokyo successful 2021 while Funmi Oduwaiye will dream to situation successful nan F64 women’s changeable put (10:43). A propulsion astir her season’s champion of 11.82m could put nan erstwhile hoops subordinate successful nan badge operation and Anna Nicholson will beryllium hoping for a first awesome badge successful nan F35 changeable put (09:00), having smashed her PB earlier this summer.

Also successful nan field, Olivia Breen in nan T38 agelong jump (09:04) and Sammi Kinghorn successful nan T53 400m (18:25) connected nan way will beryllium aiming to adhd to their Paralympic medals.

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Pembroke was an Olympic hopeful but a degenerative oculus information saw him measurement distant from nan athletics for a time

Shooter Matt Skelhon won Paralympic golden connected his debut successful Beijing successful 2008 and goes into nan R6 mixed 50m firearm prone SH1 arena arsenic reigning world and European champion and will beryllium aiming to clasp each 3 titles astatine erstwhile (qualifying 08:30, last 10:45).

In nan pool, Becky Redfern will beryllium shouted connected by four-year-old boy Patrick arsenic she hopes to make it 3rd clip fortunate successful nan SB13 100m breaststroke (18:22) aft silvers successful Rio and Tokyo.

Powerlifters Olivia Broome and Mark Swan will beryllium hoping for medals successful nan women’s -50kg (11:00) and men’s -65kg (17:35) events while nan boccia squad finals take spot pinch GB hoping to fig successful nan BC1/2 squad (16:00) and nan BC3 mixed pairs (20:00) and nan men’s basketball semi-finals will guarantee plentifulness of excitement (15:00 and 20:30).

World watch

Sprinter Timothee Adolphe is 1 of nan large location hopes for occurrence astatine nan Stade de France and he will beryllium aiming to radiance successful nan T11 100m last (18:08) for athletes pinch small aliases nary vision.

As good arsenic his athletics career, Adolphe is besides a talented hep hop creator and was signed up by manner location Louis Vuitton for a Games advertizing run wherever he joined Olympic swimming prima Leon Marchand.

In nan pool, Germany’s Elena Semechin and American Ali Truwit will some beryllium hoping to declare medals aft challenging times.

Semechin won golden astatine Tokyo 2020 nether her maiden sanction of Krawzow but months later was diagnosed pinch a malignant encephalon tumour. Now backmost to afloat fitness, she goes successful nan SB12 100m breaststroke (18:29).

Truwit could beryllium a large challenger successful nan 400m S10 freestyle last (16:50) conscionable complete a twelvemonth aft losing her limb beneath nan knee successful a shark onslaught successful nan Caribbean.

Did you know?

Boccia is 1 of 2 Paralympic sports – on pinch goalball – which does not person an Olympic counterpart. Similar to petanque, it is played by athletes successful wheelchairs who person an impairment that affects their centrifugal function.

The sanction comes from nan Italian connection for ‘ball’ and nan athletics made its Paralympic debut successful 1984 and is played by athletes from much than 70 countries.

Medal events: 57

Para-athletics (women’s T47 agelong jump, F12 changeable put, T20 1500m, F38 discus, T64 100m, F46 javelin, T20 agelong jump; men’s F54 javelin, T20 1500m, T52 100m, T64 precocious jump, F37 discus, F57 changeable put, T62 400m, T51 100m; mixed 4x100m cosmopolitan relay); Para-cycling road (men’s C4-5 roadworthy race, B roadworthy race; women’s C4-5 roadworthy race, B roadworthy race); Para-equestrian (team test); Para-powerlifting (men’s up to 72kg, up to 80kg; women’s up to 61kg, up to 67kg); Wheelchair tennis (men’s doubles; women’s singles); Para-table Tennis (men’s MS1 singles, MS6 singles, MS7 singles; women’s WS1-2 singles, WS3 singles); Para-swimming (men’s S6 400m freestyle, S5 50m butterfly, S10 100m backstroke, S9 100m butterfly, S14 100m backstroke, S3 50m freestyle, S4 50m freestyle, S11 100m butterfly, S8 100m freestyle; women’s S6 400m freestyle, S5 50m butterfly, S10 100m backstroke, S9 100m butterfly, S14 100m backstroke, S4 50m freestyle); Wheelchair fencing (men’s epee A, epee B; women’s epee A, epee B); Sitting volleyball (men’s final); Para-judo (women’s -57kg J2, -70kg J1, -70kg J2; men’s -73kg J1, -73kg J2)

Highlights

Sarah Storey goes for different Paralympic golden arsenic she bids to clasp her title successful nan C4-5 roadworthy title (from 08:30) while Tokyo metallic medallists Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl will purpose to spell 1 amended successful nan Women’s B title pinch Archie Atkinson aiming for a badge successful nan men’s C4-5 event.

Jonathan Broom-Edwards bids to clasp his T64 precocious jump title (10:45) while Hollie Arnold will beryllium hoping to regain her T46 javelin crown (18:18) aft finishing 3rd successful Tokyo earlier winning 2 world titles successful 2023 and 2024.

Jeanette Chippington, nan oldest personnel of nan ParalympicsGB squad successful Paris aged 54, is among nan GB Para-canoeists getting their campaigns nether measurement – she goes successful nan heats of nan VL2 (09:20) earlier nan preliminaries of nan KL1 (10:25).

GB will dream to proceed their power successful nan Para-equestrian squad trial (from 08:30) having won each golden since it was introduced into nan Games successful 1996.

It could besides beryllium a large time successful nan wheelchair fencing astatine nan Grand Palais pinch Piers Gilliver aiming to clasp his epee A crown (19:50) and some Dimitri Coutya successful nan epee B (18:40) and Gemma Collis successful nan women’s epee A (20:25) besides successful bully form.

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Hewett is playing astatine his 3rd Paralympics

Alfie Hewett has won everything successful wheelchair tennis, isolated from a Paralympic golden medal, and he and Gordon Reid will dream to fig successful nan men’s doubles decider (from 12:30) aft winning metallic successful some Rio and Tokyo.

Table tennis subordinate Will Bayley will dream to beryllium progressive successful nan MS7 singles last (18:15) and triumph again aft Rio golden and Tokyo metallic while Rio champion Rob Davies and Tokyo bronze medallist Tom Matthews could fig successful nan MS1 singles decider (13:00).

Poppy Maskill will beryllium aiming for golden successful nan excavation successful nan S14 100m backstroke (18:08). Bethany Firth won 3 golds successful nan arena – 1 for Ireland successful 2012 earlier switching nationalities and triumphing for GB successful Rio and Tokyo but she will not beryllium successful Paris having precocious fixed birth.

World watch

US sprinter Hunter Woodhall watched connected proudly successful Paris successful August arsenic his woman Tara Davis-Woodhall won Olympic agelong jump golden and he will dream to lucifer her accomplishment successful nan T62 400m (18:33)

His Paralympic plans were hampered by a bout of Covid aft nan Olympics but Woodhall, who claimed bronze successful nan arena successful Tokyo, will beryllium hoping to beryllium afloat fit.

Dutch wheelchair tennis prima Diede de Groot will beryllium favourite to clasp her women’s singles title astatine Roland Garros (from 12:30) aft a 2024 which has already yielded Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles.

And successful nan pool, Italy’s Simone Barlaam will beryllium hoping for different successful nighttime successful nan S9 100m butterfly (17:34) pinch Ireland’s Barry McClements bidding to figure.

Did you know?

Para-equestrian teams are made up 3 athletes, astatine slightest 1 of which must beryllium a Grade I, II aliases III and nary much than 2 athletes wrong a squad whitethorn beryllium nan aforesaid grade.

Each operation rides nan group trial for their grade, which is scored arsenic per nan individual trial – nary scores are carried complete from nan erstwhile test.

The scores of each 3 squad members are mixed to nutrient a squad total, and nan federation pinch nan highest full takes gold.

In Grade I to III, athletes thrust successful smaller dressage arenas compared pinch Grade IV to V, and nan trouble of tests increases pinch nan grade.

Grade I athletes execute tests astatine a walk, while Grades II and III tin locomotion and trot. In Grades IV and V, they execute tests astatine a walk, trot, cantor and do lateral work.

Medal events: 75

Para-athletics (men’s T13 agelong jump, F34 changeable put, T34 800m, T35 200m, T37 200m, T36 100m, F41 javelin, F33 changeable put, T20 agelong jump, T38 1500m, T64 200m, F63 changeable put, T47 400m; women’s F54 javelin, T13 400m, F40 changeable put, T11 200m, T12 200m, T47 200m, T34 800m, T38 400m, T63 100m); Para-cycling roadworthy (women’s C1-3 roadworthy race, T1-2 roadworthy race; men’s C1-3 roadworthy race, T1-2 roadworthy race; mixed H1-5 squad relay); Para-canoe (men’s KL1, KL2, KL3; women’s VL2, VL3); Para-equestrian (Grade I freestyle test, Grade II freestyle test, Grade III freestyle test, Grade IV freestyle test, Grade V freestyle test); Para-judo (men’s -90kg J1, -90kg J2, +90kg J1, +90kg J2, women’s +70kg J1, +70kg J2); Para-powerlifting (women’s up to 73kg, up to 79kg; men’s up to 88kg, up to 97kg); Wheelchair tennis (men’s singles); Para-swimming (men’s SM10 200m IM, S6 100m backstroke, S8 100m butterfly, S7 50m butterfly, S4 50m backstroke, S12 100m butterfly, S3 200m freestyle; women’s SM10 200m IM, S6 100m backstroke, S8 100m butterfly, S7 50m butterfly, S4 50m backstroke, S11 100m freestyle, SM5 200m IM; mixed 34 constituent 4x100m freestyle relay); Para-table tennis (men’s MS4 singles, MS8 singles, MS9 singles; women’s WS4 singles, WS6 singles, WS8 singles, WS9 singles); Wheelchair fencing (women’s epee team, men’s epee team); Wheelchair hoops (men’s final), Blind football (final), Sitting volleyball (women’s final)

Highlights

The last time of nan way athletics programme should spot 2 of Britain’s astir successful and high-profile athletes successful action.

Hannah Cockroft goes successful arsenic favourite for nan T34 800m (19:20) – an arena wherever she is two-time defending champion and unbeaten successful nan arena astatine awesome championships since 2014.

Shot putter Aled Sion Davies took bronze successful nan arena astatine London 2012 but is unbeaten ever since and goes into nan F63 last (19:25) arsenic number 1 successful nan world while Zak Skinner will dream to dress up for 4th successful Tokyo pinch a badge successful nan T13 agelong jump (09:00).

Tokyo golden medal-winning canoeist Emma Wiggs will beryllium hoping to clasp her VL2 title (10:52) while Charlotte Henshaw, who besides won golden successful Tokyo, and wintertime Paralympian Hope Gordon could beryllium fighting it retired successful nan VL3 arena (11:36) – a caller summation to nan programme successful Paris.

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Hannah Cockroft holds nan world grounds successful nan T34 800m

Britain’s 3 judoka will each beryllium successful action – Tokyo golden medallist Chris Skelley successful nan +90kg J2 section (final 17:13) aft Dan Powell and Evan Molloy bid for glory successful nan -90kg J1 (14:32) and 90kg J2 (16:09) divisions.

Ben Watson and Fin Graham could conflict it retired again successful nan men’s C1-3 roadworthy title (from 08:30) aft winning golden and metallic successful Tokyo while Daphne Schrager and Fran Brown spell successful nan women’s race.

The Para-equestrian events reason pinch nan freestyle events (from 08:30) involving nan apical 8 combinations successful each people from nan individual tests earlier successful nan programme.

The last nighttime of nan swimming could spot butterfly occurrence for some Alice Tai in nan women’s S8 100m arena (17:07) and for Stephen Clegg successful nan men’s S12 100m (18:23) – nan second was edged retired for golden successful Tokyo by 0.06 seconds.

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid will beryllium hoping to fig successful nan men’s singles badge matches successful nan wheelchair tennis astatine Roland Garros (from 12:30) while astatine nan Bercy Arena, nan men’s wheelchair basketball programme comes to a climax (20:30).

World watch

American Ellie Marks was owed to compete astatine nan 2014 Invictus Games successful London but alternatively a respiratory infection near her successful a coma successful Papworth Hospital successful Cambridge.

She recovered and aft winning 4 golds astatine nan Invictus Games successful 2016 presented 1 of nan golden medals to nan infirmary unit who saved her life.

She made her Paralympic debut successful Rio, winning breaststroke golden and successful Tokyo claimed S6 backstroke golden and will purpose to take sides her title (16:53).

Italy will dream for different Para-athletics cleanable expanse successful nan T63 100m (20:22) wherever Ambra Sabatini, Martina Caironi and Monica Contrafatto vanished successful nan badge positions successful Tokyo and again astatine nan 2023 and 2024 Worlds.

And astatine nan Eiffel Tower Stadium, Brazil will beryllium hoping to proceed their power successful nan blind football tourney successful nan gold-medal lucifer (19:00).

Did you know?

Blind shot teams are made up of 4 outfield players and 1 goalkeeper, who is sighted.

Matches are divided into 2 20-minute halves and played connected a transportation measuring 40 metres x 20 metres pinch boards moving down some sidelines to support nan ball, which has rattles built successful truthful players tin find it, wrong nan section of play.

In attack, nan footballers are aided by a guideline who stands down nan guidance goal.

Spectators are asked to enactment silent during play and erstwhile players move towards an opponent, spell successful for a tackle aliases are searching for nan ball, they opportunity "voy" aliases a akin word.

Medal events: 14

Para-athletics (men’s T54 marathon, T12 marathon; women’s T54 marathon, T12 marathon); Para-canoe (women’s KL1, KL2, KL3; men’s VL2, VL3); Para-powerlifting (women’s up to 86kg, complete 86kg; men’s up to 107kg, complete 107kg); Wheelchair basketball (women’s final)

Highlights

On nan last day, action returns to nan streets of nan French superior pinch nan marathons (from 07:00) which will see a 185-metre climb and nexus Seine-Saint-Denis, nan area astatine nan bosom of nan Games, and cardinal Paris.

As nan title nears its end, nan competitors will walk done Place de la Concorde, which hosted nan opening ceremony, earlier heading up nan Champs-Elysees and its cobbles to nan Arc de Triomphe and nan decorativeness statement astatine nan Esplanade des Invalides, which was besides nan Olympic marathon finish.

Eden Rainbow-Cooper made a awesome breakthrough erstwhile she won nan Boston Marathon successful April and will dream to radiance connected nan Paris streets on pinch David Weir who famously won successful London but was 5th successful Tokyo aft failing to decorativeness successful Rio.

GB will beryllium hoping for canoe occurrence pinch defending KL2 champion Charlotte Henshaw and KL3 champion Laura Sugar some hoping to beryllium connected apical of nan podium again (10:41 and 11:07) and could exemplary and Mr England victor Jack Eyers onshore a badge successful nan VL3 last (11:33)?

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Eyers chose to person his correct limb amputated aged 16 and was nan first amputee to beryllium crowned Mr England

World watch

The last time of powerlifting sees nan heavyweights return to nan shape – nan women’s up to 86kg (09:35) and complete 86kg divisions (13:00) and nan men’s up to 107kg (08:00) and complete 107kg (14:35) - nan last golden badge earlier nan closing ceremony.

In nan complete 107kg section successful Tokyo, Jordan’s Jamil Elshebli and Mansour Pourmirzaei of Iran some lifted 241kg – almost 38 chromatic successful aged money - pinch Elshebli winning golden connected countback.

China’s Deng Xuemei lifted 153kg to return nan women’s complete 86kg and you tin expect plentifulness of large lifts again this clip around.

The women’s wheelchair hoops besides takes centre shape pinch nan Netherlands aiming to clasp nan title they won for nan first clip successful Tokyo (final 12:45).

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