That’s all for now. Thanks for following along with us and check back tomorrow for more Paralympic action!
It’s another medal for Team GB as the doubles team of Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker rally from a second-set bagel for a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 win in the bronze medal match over Japan’s Miho Nijo and Yuii Kamji in 1hr 27min.
Gi Seong Jo has captured gold in the men’s S4 200m freestyle final with a time of 3:01.67, more than two seconds in front of Michael Schoenmaker of the Netherlands, who took silver in 3.03.81. China’s Chipeng Jin, swimming out of lane one, won bronze (3:03.94).
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China’s Wenpan Huang has not only just won gold in the men’s S3 50m freestyle, but he’s finished in a time of 39.24sec to shatter the world record of 40.51sec that he established in a qualifying heat earlier today.
Ukraine’s Dmytro Vynohradets finished in a time of 41.41sec for the silver, while China’s Hanhua Li touched in 42.18sec for bronze.
As we wait for the men’s S3 50m freestyle final to get underway, some obligatory chest-pounding from Team GB. Matt Wylie’s triumph marks Britain’s 34th gold of Rio, which matches the delegation’s entire London haul.
At the end of London 2012 we had 34 #gold
— ParalympicsGB (@ParalympicsGB) September 13, 2016
It's only Day 6 in Rio and... #Supercharge
Another wonderful night in the pool for @ParalympicsGB. Fabulous 🏅debut by @mattwylie96 finally 🏅 for Steph Millward. Ceremonies coming soon
— Clare Balding (@clarebalding) September 13, 2016
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Thanks for the handoff, Simon. Just now the football 5-a-side group-stage match between Mexico and Spain is underway at the Olympic Tennis Centre, though sadly for both sides there’s not much to play for as Argentina and China have already qualified through Group B.
Two more golds to be awarded within the hour at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium with the men’s S3 50m and men’s S4 200m freestyles forthcoming.
And with that, I’m gone. I’ll leave you in Bryan’s very safe hands. Bye!
And she does! Konkoly takes gold, with Ellie Cole of Australia winning silver and China’s Wang Jiexin coming third. This isn’t as close as the men’s race, except the fight for bronze, which Australia’s Emily Beecroft missed out on by 0.03sec.
My final duty before handing over to Bryan Armen Graham is to describe the women’s S9 freestyle 50m, which Michelle Konkoly is expected to win for America.
It’s another gold for Britain! Matthew Wylie touches first, ahead of Tim Disken of Australia and Takuro Yamada of Japan, but that was a close race! The top three are separated by 0.05sec, with Hungary’s Tamas Sors a further 0.04sec back in fourth.
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Meanwhile in the pool, it’s the men’s S9 freestyle final with two Brits in the shake-up …
And it’s gold for Clegg and Britain! She wins in style, setting a Paralympic record, and China take the other medals. It was a close race, the three pairs coming off the bend close together before Clegg powered away down the home straight.
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The other three prepare to go again …
Guilhermina has been disqualified! Howls of anguish, as her reaction time of 0.08sec sees her ruled out of her final without having a chance to race!
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It’s a false start! Someone’s going out here (unless there was a fault)!
Finally, after a delay for a medal ceremony, the T11 200m athletes are introduced to the crowd. The extrovert Guilhermina, dancing and bouncing, gets the audience roaring. Now, then, for the race …
Libby Clegg is on the track for her T11 200m final, the last race of the night at the Olympic Stadium. There are only four runners, so she’s got a 75% chance of winning Britain’s first medal of the evening session. Brazil’s Terezinha Guilhermina is one of the faces of the Games over in Rio, and goes in lane three. The two other finalists are both from China, Zhou Guohua and Liu Cuiqing.
I think Millward is happy. She gives an effervescent interview to Channel 4.
It’s amazing. Three Paralympic games, 18 years fighting MS, and here I am with that gold medal at last. That swim has just won the war. That is my goal. I’ve done all that hard work, for all those years, with the help of the National Lottery. It’s all because of the general public, everyone in the UK.
Millward misses out on the world record by a smidgeon – 0.08sec, in fact. Though given the existing record is hers anyway, she probably doesn’t mind overmuch.
It’s gold for Great Britain! Stephanie Millward wins this by a distance, but there’s no medal for Slater, who finishes fifth. Australia’s Maddison Elliott is second, and Long takes bronze.
Halfway through, Millward has a decent lead, with Slater second and America’s Jessica Long third.
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The women’s S8 backstroke 100m final is up next, with Britain’s Stephanie Millward, current holder of the world record and by some way the fastest in qualifying, going in lane four, and Stephanie Slater a couple of lanes away.
Hynd talks, and is, as one might expect of someone who wanted to win, didn’t win, but did swim extremely fast, a curious combination of delighted and disappointed:
I’m a bit disappointed I didn’t get the gold, but it took a world record to beat me. That’s as fast as I possibly could have gone, so I’m happy with the silver. Over the last four years me and my coach have been working on the backstroke a little bit more than some people realise, so I put a lot of pressure on myself. I wanted to deliver a good performance, so a silver medal and a PB, I’m happy.
It’s gold for China! Zhou Cong wins it, and Ollie Hynd adds a silver medal to his freestyle gold in his best ever time! America’s Robert Griswold comes third, with Ukrainians fourth and fifth.
And they’re off! Niels Mortensen in lane eight spends a long time underwater and surfaces in first, before dropping back so quickly he reaches halfway last. Hynd turns third.
Next up in the pool is the men’s S8 100m backstroke final, with Ollie Hynd going for a second gold of the games.
In the men’s F46 javelin, which is heading slowly towards a conclusion, four of the current top five have broken their personal bests, with India’s Davendra breaking the 12-year-old world record and currently in the lead, with his best throw fully 4m further than China’s Guo Chunliang, currently in the silver medal position.
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They’re racing again in the pool, with the men’s 100m SB12 breaststroke final just completed. Uladzimir Izotau of Belarus has taken gold in a Paralympic record time, with Dzmitry Salei of Azerbaijan taking silver and bronze going to Maksym Veraksa of Ukraine.
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Hewett and Reid have only just managed to leave the court, after an extended selfie session with enthusiastic locals.
If you want some decent visuals, I can recommend our day five gallery:
And they win it! Shingo Kunieda and Satoshi Saida are beaten, and the Brits will play for gold! The other semi-final is between another Japanese pair, Takuya Miki and Takashi Sanada, and France’s Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.
Meanwhile in the wheelchair tennis, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have match point in their semi-final.
Britain have won that match, and are in the semi-finals!
In the wheelchair basketball, Britain’s women are playing China in the quarter-finals, and they’re leading and apparently comfortable, 53-32 up in the fourth.
In the Olympic Stadium they’ve started some Men’s 200m T11 heats. Brazil’s Daniel Silva wins the first of them, to much popular acclaim.
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David Weir has spoken, and announced that he is likely to retire at the end of the Paralympics:
You know, there’s two top guys at the moment that are pushing really quick on this track. Every time we come on it it feels different, so I keep changing my tyres, but that’s for everyone. I was bumped about a bit, but that’s wheelchair racing. I felt comfortable, it wasn’t a struggle, and it was probably one of the fastest times I’ve done this year, so, yeah. The Thais have been around for a long time. They just focus on the Paralympics and Worlds, and they don’t travel Europe so much. They save their energy for the best.
I feel I am competing. I’m not that far off. It’s just about getting the right position, in the 1500m. That’s just me. I’ve still got a couple more races to try to do something. I was a bit closer today which made me a bit happier. To be honest, my aim when I come here was just to win a medal. I knew it was going to be a tough ask. London was special, I wasn’t going to reenact that. If I come here and get a medal, it’s probably going to be my last track racing ever.
Weir misses out on a medal again! Wahoran takes gold and Saichon Konjen bronze for Thailand, with Switzerland’s Marcel Hug taking second, only just missing out on gold – another metre or two and he’d surely have done it. Weir finishes fourth.
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The three Thais in this 1500m final, who won each of the three heats, are the ones to keep your eye on. Prawat Wahoram is in the lead at the bell, with Weir back in sixthish.
David Weir is go go go go go.
The Olympic Stadium has been invaded by a plague of flies. They are, apparently, everywhere.
In the tennis, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are a set up in their men’s doubles semi-final, and 2-1 up in the second, which is going with serve.
In the Olympic Stadium, Tatyana McFadden takes gold in the women’s T53/54 1500m final, at the head of a USA clean sweep of the medals – Amanda McGrory takes silver, and Chelsea McClammer bronze. The men’s event, with David Weir going in lane 7, is next.
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Now that was a good race! The men’s S10 100m freestyle ends with another victory for Ukraine – Maksym Krypak this time – but the crowd goes wild as Andre Brasil and Phelipe Rodrigues take the other medals for Brazil! Denys Dubrov of Ukraine misses out on a medal by 0.06sec, with the top four all finishing within half a second.
Back in the pool, there’s been another gold medal for Ukraine – Ievgenii Bogadaiko has shattered the world record in the 200m SM7 individual medley, coming home three seconds ahead of Rudy Garcia-Tolson of America, with Australia’s Matt Levy another three seconds back and taking bronze.
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Apologies if you’re reading this while watching Channel 4’s coverage in the UK – they’ve only just started to show the fencing, so I may have spoiled the tension somewhat.
And it’s over! Sun Gang takes gold! Piers Gilliver, Britain’s world No1, leaves Rio with a silver medal.
He hasn’t got it yet – 14-13. This is tense.
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And Sun is now one point from victory, leading as he does 14-12.
Oops, it’s suddenly 7-11, and no longer quite so edgy.
Piers Gilliver is trailing 7-8 in his gold medal wheelchair fencing match, which is teetering on a knife-edge.
Mereshko takes gold, and Simmonds’ Paralympic record! Song comes second, and Simmonds third, with Wllie Robinson coming fourth.
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With 100m to go, Mereshko leads, with Song in second and the two Brits battling for bronze, unless one or the other can turn on the turbocharger.
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Ellie Simmonds turns after 200m in fourth, a bit behind Song Lingling and Ellie Robinson, with Mereshko ahead of the lot and quite possibly heading for another world record.
And that race is under way now, so should be over in about five minutes or so. After 100m, though, Ellie Simmonds is way back.
Now for the women’s S6 400m freestyle final, with Ellie Simmonds holding the Paralympic record, Ellie Robinson also involved, but Yelyzaveta Mereshko, the Ukrainian world record-holder, is out to beat them both.
Next up in the wheelchair fencing, meanwhile, is Britain’s Piers Gilliver, who faces Sun Gang with individual epée gold at stake.
Bocciardo seals gold for Italy! Van Hofweegen takes silver, and Cuba’s Lorenzo Perez comes third.
Halfway through the race, Francesco Bocciardo has a very healthy lead – four and a half seconds, and he’s all alone out in front.
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The first race in the pool is about to get under way, the men’s 400m S6 freestyle final. Holland’s Thijs van Hofweegen was the fastest in qualifying.
Andrei Pranevich has just grabbed gold in the men’s wheelchair fencing individual epée, category B, after beating Iraq’s Ammar Ali.
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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are about to start their wheelchair tennis men’s doubles semi-final, against Japan’s Satoshi Saida and Shingo Kuneida – they’re currently knocking up at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
Just over half an hour before the first race of the day in the pool, and in the meantime there’s another wheelchair fencing final about to start, and some non-medal-deciding boccia.
I’m watching some wheelchair fencing at the moment, a quite extraordinary-looking sport. The fencers cover their legs for protection, and obviously wear fencing masks, and their wheelchairs are clamped into position, totally stationary, so you’re left with just violently lunging torsos. Anyway, China’s Zou Xufeng has just won gold, beating her compatriot Bian Jing, at which point they both got up, hugged each other and walked away.
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So, another morning/afternoon/evening/whatever of thrilling Paralympic action lies in store, with highlights (all local times, so add four hours if you’re in the UK) for ParalympicsGB including:
- Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley go for bronze in the wheelchair tennis women’s doubles, at 4.30pm.
- It’s GB v China in the women’s wheelchair basketball quarter-finals, at 5.30pm.
- Ellie Simmonds goes for a second gold in the women’s S6 400m Freestyle final at 5.41pm local time, with her compatriot Ellie Robinson and Ireland’s Nicole Turner also in the field. Ukraine’s Yelyzaveta Mereshko set the fastest time in qualifying.
- At 5.47pm Piers Gilliver’s wheelchair fencing final against China’s Sun Gang gets under way.
- At 6.22pm David Weir goes in the men’s 1500m T53/54 final
- Oli Hynd’s back in action in the pool, going in the men’s 100m S8 backstroke final at 7.21pm. The women’s race follows, featuring Stephanies Millward and Slater
- The night’s athletics ends at 7.42pm with Libby Clegg, and her guide Chris Clarke, one of four competitors in the women’s T11 200m final
- There are also two Britons in the men’s 50m S9 freestyle final at 7.49pm, namely Ryan Crouch and Matthew Wylie
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Simon will be here shortly. ParalympicsGB have increased their gold medal tally to 31 already on day six, with Rob Davies the latest to strike gold:
The former rugby player Rob Davies, who broke his neck in September 2005 following a collapsed scrum, has won gold in the men’s table tennis class one, beating South Korea’s Young Dae Joo 3-1 in the final. His victory came minutes before Hollie Arnold won gold in the F46 javelin.
Davies, who was a hooker for Brecon RFC, was the underdog going into the final having twice failed to beat Joo.
“I’m not really sure how I’m feeling right now,” he told Channel 4. “I can’t believe I kept it together. I have played Young Dae Joo twice in competition before and lost both times.
“I must thank everybody for their support. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes and it has paid off. I’m chuffed I managed to keep it together. I haven’t beaten any of the Koreans for a while so to do it on the biggest stage is brilliant. Come on!”
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