Winnifrith, 13, and Twomey, 14, star for GB in Paris

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Iona Winnifrith smilesImage source, Reuters

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Iona Winnifrith, 13, won nan first of Great Britain's medals higher than a bronze connected time 8 astatine nan Paralympics

Jonty Colman

BBC Sport journalist

Teenager Iona Winnifrith won metallic successful nan women's SB7 100m breaststroke last connected a time of medals for Great Britain's young athletes astatine nan Paralympics successful Paris.

Winnifrith, 13, claimed her first Paralympic badge aft Bly Twomey, 14, won her 2nd Para-table tennis badge of nan Games pinch bronze successful nan women’s WS7 singles.

Anna Nicholson and Olivia Broome won bronze medals for Great Britain connected Thursday morning.

Nicholson was 3rd successful nan women’s S35 changeable put and Broome took bronze successful nan women's -50kg powerlifting.

Britain person won 78 medals, including 33 gold. Only China, who person 68 golds and 155 successful total, person more.

Winnifrith shows teen tone to triumph silver

Winnifrith vanished down Mariia Pavlova successful nan first of Great Britain’s six swimming finals connected Thursday.

Winnifrith vanished conscionable complete 3 and a half seconds down Pavlova, who is portion of nan Neutral Paralympic Athletes and won golden pinch a world grounds clip of 1min 26.09secs.

In nan women’s S10 400m freestyle final, Faye Rogers, 21, vanished successful 5th place.

Scarlett Humphrey, 19, successful her 4th Paralympic last astatine these Games, vanished sixth successful nan women’s SB11 100m breaststroke final.

Later connected Thursday evening, Toni Shaw will characteristic successful nan SM9 200m individual medley final, scheduled to commencement astatine 17:55 BST.

Rebecca Redfern is successful nan women’s SB13 100m breaststroke final, scheduled for 18:33, aft finishing fastest successful her heat. Alice Tai is besides successful action astatine 18:56 successful nan women’s S8 50m freestyle final.

Twomey takes 2nd bronze successful Paris

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Bly Twomey: 'I dream astir array tennis, it makes each my worries spell away'

Twomey was successful semi-final action and was already guaranteed astatine slightest a bronze medal, knowing that triumph complete Turkey’s Kubra Korkut would person promoted her to astatine slightest a silver.

The teen sewage disconnected to nan cleanable start, winning nan first 2 sets 11-9 and 11-7.

Korkut, 30, much than doubly Twomey’s age, fought backmost successful nan later sets to triumph nan semi-final 3-2. She won nan 3rd group 11-6 and nan 4th 11-5.

In nan 5th and deciding set, Korkut took a 6-0 lead earlier taking it pinch an 11-5 triumph pursuing a fightback from Twomey.

Earlier successful nan Games, Twomey won bronze successful nan WD14 women’s doubles alongside Felicity Pickard.

Broome's pizza committedness aft winning bronze

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Olivia Broome was nan only subordinate successful nan women's -50kg powerlifting last to complete 3 lifts of much than 110kg

Broome said she was going to dainty herself to pizza aft winning her 2nd consecutive Paralympic powerlifting bronze pinch a assistance of 119kg.

Having competed successful nan up to 55kg section this year, she needed to driblet weight for Paris.

"This is astir apt 1 of my easier weight cuts. I haven't struggled pinch it arsenic overmuch and person done it correct truthful it has been a batch easier," said Broome.

"The first point I will eat now is pizza. On Wednesday aft nan weigh-in I was delighted because I could person pasta.

"I’ve had nutrient scales pinch maine astatine nan nutrient hallway successful nan athletes' colony and weighing everything I eat, truthful aft weigh-in was done, I could put those away."

In nan women's -55kg powerlifting, Great Britain's Charlotte McGuiness vanished fourth.

Nicholson wins first medal

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Anna Nicholson was competing astatine her 2nd Paralympics

Britain's first badge connected Thursday came wrong nan Stade de France arsenic Nicholson claimed bronze successful nan women’s F35 changeable put final, winning her first profession Paralympic medal.

Nicholson, 29, sealed her badge pinch nan 2nd of her six throws, an effort of 9.44m.

In nan women's T38 agelong jump last Olivia Breen fractionally missed retired connected winning a bronze of her own.

Breen’s champion jump of 4.99m was capable to put her successful 3rd spot but she was beaten by Colombia’s Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno, who matched Breen’s champion jump but won by having a amended 2nd champion jump.

Maddie Down finished sixth pinch a individual champion of 4.81m.

In nan women's F64 changeable put, Funmi Oduwaiye vanished 5th pinch a champion propulsion of 11.27m, 50cm awkward of nan badge places.

What's happened elsewhere...

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Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Oliver Lam-Watson won metallic for Great Britain successful nan men's squad foil arena successful Tokyo 3 years agone

Great Britain are guaranteed astatine slightest a metallic badge successful nan wheelchair fencing men's squad foil.

The trio of Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Oliver Lam-Watson person group up a last pinch China, scheduled for 20:15, pursuing wins complete Brazil and France earlier connected Thursday.

GB's men's wheelchair hoops squad person besides guaranteed themselves astatine slightest a metallic badge aft a 71-43 semi-final triumph complete Germany.

They will look either nan United States aliases Canada successful nan golden badge lucifer connected Saturday night.

The existent badge table

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Great Britain person truthful acold added a metallic and 3 bronze medals to their badge tally astatine nan 2024 Paralympics connected time 8 successful Paris

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