When Alan Oliveira beat Oscar Pistorius to the gold medal in the T44 200m, South Africa’s “Blade Runner” was suspicious of his rival’s storming finish– claiming, in his post-race interview, that the Brazilian’s longer blades gave him an unfair advantage. He later apologised for the timing of his comments – but the South African Paralympic Committee still issued an official complaint Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Presenting the medals for the men’s T38 400m, the chancellor laughed when his name was announced to booing from the crowd. He stopped laughing, however, when the boos continued Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
Cundy was favourite for the gold medal in the C4/5 1km time trial – until he slipped on the start. Cundy said the starting gate had malfunctioned and demanded a restart; the referee disagreed and disqualified him. With no appeal allowed, Cundy erupted in an expletive-laden fury, throwing his bottle across the warm-up area. “They’re ruining my life!” he raged. “I’ll never get this opportunity ever, ever again.” A bronze medal in the C4 individual 4km pursuit a day later salved a little of the pain Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters
Iliesa Delana became Fiji’s first Paralympic champion in breathtaking style. The 27-year-old won the F42 high jump (for single-leg amputees) with a hopping run-up and a face-forward leap of 1.74m Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
When world-record holder Victoria Arlen lined up for the S6 400m freestyle final – the American had been controversially dropped from the classification, then reinstated – Ellie Simmonds knew it would be a close race. The defending champion trailed for the first 200m but beat Arlen’s record – and Arlen – in a dramatic finish Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images
A mistake by the official scorers Omega in the F35/36 women’s discus led to the biggest blunder of the Games: the medals were awarded to the wrong athletes. A second podium ceremony was hastily arranged, but Ukrainian Maria Pozaman, demoted from gold to silver, refused to attend Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images
