More tennis and later tonight: GB’s Andy Lapthorne takes on USA’s David Wagner in the men’s quad singles semis. That’s it from me, everyone. Have a great evening!
Tennis: Team GB’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are through the semifinals in men’s doubles. Nice going, Team Heid! Great post by Hewett.
Then team Heid made it through to the SF beating the Spanish 6-2 6-0! Support was mental tonight, good noise boys!! pic.twitter.com/NAwRlm0Hj7
— Alfie Hewett (@alfiehewett6) September 12, 2016
Sailing. Team GB’s Helena Lucas - who won gold in London - leads after the first day in the 2.4MR class. She still has nine more races to go.
Check out the latest updates from the medal table:
The home crowd going crazy for Daniel Dias, who just won the men’s 50m freestyle. USA’s Roy Perkins takes bronze. GB’s Andy Mullen takes fifth.
Rodgers just gave the best interview to the BBC: “It proves at the age of 33, you can pull it out the bag when you have to...my job is done! Oh, it’s not. I’ve got more races.”
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Susie Rodgers wins GOLD! Unbelievable stuff by Team GB. Rodgers wins it in the 50m freestyle.
Why so surprised Susie? You're a total CHAMP. 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅 GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD! #Paralympics ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/pV9g7LnZut
— Susie Rodgers (@Susie_Rodgers) September 12, 2016
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Meanwhile in Athletics: Jonathan Broom-Edwards wins silver in the high jump!
The medals keep on coming for ParalympicsGB!
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) September 12, 2016
Jonathan Broom-Edwards takes high jump silverhttps://t.co/pVlAEWWjCA pic.twitter.com/dPU33ylytE
Sascha Kindred also talked after his race: “I thought about retirement after London but I wasn’t happy with how I performed there and I knew I had more in me and I didn’t want that to be my last competitive swimming memory.”
Hello everyone, good to be here. The fantastic Ellie Simmonds talked to Channel Four after the race: “I was so nervous going into that race...I was like I’m going to be sick but it’s not sunk in what I’ve done yet. I know my time was under three minutes so I’m really happy with it. It’s a target I’ve set and I’ve wanted to go under for a long time. I’m really chuffed.”
GOLDEN GIRL! @EllieSimmonds1 is unstoppable as she sets a new World Record to defend her SM6 200m IM title 👏🎉👏🎉 pic.twitter.com/P0Mye8Gsi6
— C4 Paralympics (@C4Paralympics) September 12, 2016
It’s been a great night in the pool for Britain. You can read all about Sascha Kindred and Ellie Simmonds’ gold medals on popular website Guardian.co.uk in the next hour or two. In the meantime, I’m going to hand over to Luis Miguel Echegaray. Thanks for your company, goodnight.
In fact, Mereshko was disqualified, so the silver goes to Song Lingling of China. She was more than three seconds behind Ellie Simmonds, which demonstrates the comprehensive nature of Simmonds’ victory.
That was another brilliant swim, in a record time of 2:59.81. The third 50 metres was decisive, and Yelyzaveta Mereshko could not reel her in during the freestyle. It’s her fifth gold medal, at the age of 21, and she’s just sent me this on Snapchat:
I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. So happy to go under three minutes - that was a big target. I’ll enjoy the ceremony tonight and then focus on the 400m tomorrow. I was so nervous, but I had a great warm-up. It hasn’t sunk in.
Women’s 200m individual medley Ellie Simmonds is struggling a little at the halfway turn, with Lu Dong leading. But she gobbles up the gap during the breaststroke and leads going into the last 50m. She is well clear, and Mereshko can’t make up enough ground. Ellie Simmonds wins gold in a world-record time!
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YES! @SashKindred you are incredible! What a swim 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
— Dame Sarah Storey (@DameSarahStorey) September 12, 2016
Now it’s time for the women’s 200m individual medley, with Ellie Simmonds defending her title. This is a very strong field. It has almost come too soon; we need more time to digest what happened in the men’s 200m individual medley.
Sascha Kindred you're ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Rio #gold & WR at 38!
— Nick Hope ✌️ (@NickHopeTV) September 12, 2016
4 years after written off as 'past it' by some 🏊🏻💨🏅🙌 pic.twitter.com/W7hLtOou7b
Sascha Kindred is talking on Channel 4: “I’m trying not to swear! This morning I was disqualified. Listen to that crowd, amazing. I have loads of people to thank. I can’t wait to come home and see my family.”
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Sascha Kindred has won gold in a world-record time! That was an outrageous performance! He took a slight after a superb breaststoke, and just held off Jia Hongguang to win in 2:38.47.
The men’s 200m individual medley Sascha Kindred wins gold sensationally!
First, we have the men’s 200m individual medley. Britain’s Sascha Kindred, who was disqualified and then reinstated, is aiming to end his immense Paralympic career, which started in 1996, with a 13th medal.
It’s almost time for Ellie Simmonds to defend her 200m individual medley title. This is her third Olympics, at the age of 21, and she’s aiming for her fifth gold medal. She’s more mature at 21 than most of us will be at 81, if we live that long.
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In case you missed this earlier
Will Bayley soaks up acclaim after winning feisty table tennis final https://t.co/yFVpn6J6hx
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) September 12, 2016
“Evening Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “In answer to your question(s), no, I’ve not seen Everybody Wants Some!!, but impulse purchases, especially at 1am, are never normally a good idea. That’s coming from the man who has twice bought a Right Said Fred CD, and owns every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants on DVD.”
Another disadvantage of the 1am impulse purchase - or anything you buy online - is that you don’t get that wonderful hit of self-loathing when you return home from a shopping trip and start to sift through the bags.
Another gold for Brazil Alessandro Rodrigo Silva has won the discus F11 final with a best throw of 43.06. He was well ahead of Italy’s Oney Tapia, who took silver with 40.89.
David Weir has qualified comfortably for the 1500m final, finishing just behind the world champion Rawat Tana in his heat.
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Four Paralympians recorded times in the 1500m that would've been fast enough to win #Gold at #Rio2016 Olympic Games https://t.co/0qKUOMiMNp
— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) September 12, 2016
The magnificent Walid Ktila of Tunisia has won gold in the men’s 100m T34 final, just as he did four years ago. His time of 15.14 is, my personal stats assistant tells me, a paralympic record.
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These people will all be wearing gold in a few hours’ time Sophie Pascoe (women’s 100m butterfly) and Denys Dubrov (men’s 100m butterfly). The Welshman Andre Brasil only managed bronze.
Brazilian swimmer Andre Brasil - honest - just got a huge ovation as he emerged for his 100m butterfly final.
In the Aquatics Centre. It’s hot. No air con. Lots of bugs. Waiting for Ellie Simmonds. The American national anthem is blaring around the place now. It’s pretty full in here now and there’s a pleasant atmosphere - deafening whenever a Brazilian is competing.
Women’s 400m final T43/T44 The brilliant Marie-Amelie Le Fur has followed up her long jump gold with another in the 400m, setting a new world record of 59.27.
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Men’s shot put F35 final No medal for Britain’s Sam Ruddock, who has finished sixth in the shot put with a best of 12.70. China’s Xinhan Fu took the gold with 15.19.
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There are two bronze medalists in the women’s 50m freestyle S11 final: Ukraine’s Maryna Piddubna and the Netherlands’ Liesette Bruinsma both finished in a time of 31.23. Guizhi Li of China took the gold in a world-record time of 30.73, with Sweden’s Maja Reichard (30.76) just behind in seocnd.
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Gold! Gold! Gold! It’s quite hard to keep up with everything, especially as Channel 4 are currently showing an advert for Nicorette, but other gold-medal winners in the last few minutes include China’s Bian Zhang (women’s table tennis), China’s Jiao Cheng (swimming - women’s 150m IM) and Bradley Snyder (swimming - men’s 50m freestyle)
Another world record! New Zealand’s Cameron Leslie has breezed to victory in the men’s 150m individual medley SM4 final, in a spectacular time of 2:23.12. Zhipeng Jin took silver and Jonas Larsen the bronze.
While we wait for more action in the pool, here are some of the best images from yesterday in Rio.
Swimming: women’s 400m freestyle S13 final Rebecca Meyers has smashed the world record, taking gold for the USA in a time of 4:19.59. Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko won silver, with Spain’s Ariadna Edo Beltran just about claiming the bronze. Abby Kane was back in sixth, but she recorded a personal best of 4:49.27 and did not do terribly, given that she’s 13 years old.
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Athletics: Men’s 4x100m relay T42-47 final Germany cruised to gold in a time of 40.82 seconds, with Brazil taking silver (42.04) and Japan bronze (44.16)
Next up in the pool is the women’s 400m freestyle S13 final, including the 13-year-old Scot Abby Kane.
Swimming: Men’s 400m freestyle - S13 Ihar Boki of Belarus has won the gold, finishing comfortably ahead of Iaroslav Denysenko and Dmitriy Horlin.
Unrelated question Has anybody seen Everybody Wants Some!! If so, is it a worthy impulse purchase at 1am as part of a post-work wind-down?
A bumper night of swimming and athletics begins in a few minutes with the men’s 400m freestyle S13 final. Those of a British hue may wish to know that Ellie Simmonds will be on just after 2330 BST. In the interest of balance, I should inform you that Walker, Texas Ranger, starring Chuck Norris, is on CBS Action at the same time.
The final score in the wheelchair basketball USA 65-48 GB. It was 42-37 at the end of the third period but the US pulled away after that.
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Table tennis The women’s singles class 3 have been decided. It’s gold and silver for China, with Juan Xhe beating Qian Li 3-0, and bronze for Sweden’s Anna-Carin Ahlquist. She beat Jiyu Yoon of Korea 3-0.
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In the 7-a-side football, Great Britain are thrashing Ireland 4-0. And the wheelchair basketball is all but over: the USA lead Great Britain 58-41.
Archery China have picked up the gold in the Mixed Team Compound Open, beating Great Britain 151-143. So John Stubbs and Jodie Grinham take silver after their superb semi-final victory over Korea earlier today. Korea beat Turkey to the bronze.
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Table tennis The gold and bronze medal matches in the men’s class 11 have finished, and the medals will be distributed thus:
Gold: Florian Van Acker (Belgium)
Silver: Samuel Von Einem (Australia)
Bronze: Peter Palos (Hungary)
Fourth: Gi-Tae Kim (Korea)
Wheelchair fencing Another gold for Ukraine: Andrii Demchuk has beaten Hungary’s Richard Osvath in the men’s individual sabre category A.
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First doping bust of #rio2016 IPC report Saudi Arabian powerlifter Mashal Alkhazai suspended for 8 years for 2nd Anti-Doping Rule violation
— Rob Maul (@Rob_Maul) September 12, 2016
Wheelchair Basketball The USA have edged further ahead; they lead Great Britain 31-22 towards the end of the second period.
Archery Korea have taken bronze in the Mixed Team Compound Open, comfortably beating Turkey 138-128. And in the wheelchair fencing, Anton Datsko added another gold to Ukraine’s haul with a 15-7 victory over Panagiotis Triantafyllou of Wales.
If you have access to Channel 4, the brilliant Korean Aled Davies, who won gold for Britain in the shot put earlier today, is on The Last Leg right now.
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In other news...
2016: so much to answer for.
Basketball The USA lead Great Britain 11-6 in their group match, though there’s a long way to go and all that.
Do. Not. Do. Banter. Ever. Again.
Starting RIGHT NOW: Men's #WheelchairBasketball GBR🇬🇧 x USA🇺🇸
— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) September 12, 2016
Who are you cheering for? pic.twitter.com/mZU6OX2K3H
Here’s how the medal table looks
And in category A, Jianquan Tian claimed the bronze by beating Greece’s Vasileios Ntounis 15-5.
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Fencing Adrian Castro has beaten his fellow Pole Grzegorz Pluta 15-8 to take bronze in the men’s individual sabre category B.
Has Sascha Kindred been reinstated in the 200 IM? I saw earlier he had been disqualified from the heat for a technical infringement, which it is still recorded as on the official Rio Para results site. Was his appeal successful then?
Some news from earlier Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, taking silver in the shot put. I suspect she’ll have more than 2000 Twitter followers by this time tomorrow.
This is a great goal, but look at the absolute state of the tweet. There are almost as many symbols and hashtags as there are actual words. Imagine if you were able to go back in time and shove that under Dr Johnson’s nose.
😱 ⚽️ 👏 Impressive goal on the #Football5 field at the #Rio2016 #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/oW7dadTlR0
— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) September 12, 2016
Archery Jodie Grinham and John Stubbs have won their Mixed Team Compound Open semi-final against Korea. They will meet Turkey or China in the gold medal match at 2020BST.
You know that bit on the TV where they do a montage of things to look out for today? This is that bit, minus visual stimulation and contemporary sounds from the hit parade
- 2205 BST Sam Ruddock takes part in the men’s F35 shot put final.
- 2220 BST The men’s T44 high jump final, including Britain’s Jonathan Broom-Edwards.
- 2339 BST The men’s SM6 200m individual medley, with six-time champion Sascha Kindred among the field.
- 2348 BST Ellie Simmonds – who set a new record in her heat this morning – goes for gold in the women’s SM6 200m individual medley. The teenage sensation Ellie Robinson is also among the finalists.
There’s also goalball, sailing, fencing, archery, basketball, tennis, table tennis and 7-a-side football.
This is how to celebrate a gold medal!! Congrats, Will Bayley! #tabletennis #paralympics #rio2016 https://t.co/GkiW4DVGNY
— Paralympic Games (@Paralympics) September 12, 2016
The story so far
Hello, good evening and welcome to live coverage of (most of) the main action from day five of the Paralympics in Rio. It’s been another of those golden days for Great Britain, with two so far and the promise of more this evening.
The first was won by Aled Davies (he’s Scottish, believe it or not). He was a class apart in the F42 shot put and set a new Paralympic record of 15.97m, while Will Bayley – who took silver four years ago – beat Brazil’s Israel Pereira 3-1 in the men’s class 7 table tennis final.
There was disappointment in the men’s T54 400m final, however, where David Weir surprisingly failed to podium get on the podium. He finished fifth in a race that was won by Kenny van Weeghel. And a moment ago, Slovakia beat Brazil 4-2 in the boccia mixed pairs BC4 gold-medal match.
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'Aled Davies (he's Scottish, believe it or not)' from Ebbw Vale, just west of Glasgow, presumably. Was that dumbed down journalism or simply a dumb, unfunny attempt at humour?