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John Brewin , Geoff Lemon and Luke Henriques-Gomes

Tokyo Paralympics day four: GB’s Hahn and Young win golds in T38 100m – as it happened

ParalympicsGB’s Sophie Hahn (second left) pipped Colombia’s Darian Faisury Jimenez Sanchez on the line in the women’s T38 100m final.
ParalympicsGB’s Sophie Hahn (second left) pipped Colombia’s Darian Faisury Jimenez Sanchez on the line in the women’s T38 100m final. Photograph: John Walton/PA

And that concludes a day dripping in gold for Great Britain, on the velodrome, in the pool and on the track.

The day closes out with a fine win for ParalympicsGB over Australia in the women’s basketball, the final score 75-38. The British will face China in the quarter-finals in a couple of days. The Chinese, who have won four from four, will be a tougher proposition but that was a pretty devastating win that served as a first win for the Brits over their time-honoured rival.

There was actually one further medal to be collect and it was collected in dramatic style.

Some more results from the athletics, where the last of the medals are being handed out today. Just a couple of heats before the day is done in the stadium.

Great Britain’s women’s wheelchair basketball team are beating Australia 40-18, in Group A after the second period. Rather comprehensively, you might say.

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This was quite a race, with Lakatos, who usually goes over shorter events, trying to lead out and eventually being caught out by Hug in the 5000m T54 final.

Not a bad of sprinting for Team ParalympicsGB.

Double Paralympic champion Sophie Hahn speaks.

The Colombian was on my heels and I couldn’t work out who had won. I had to look at the screen. It’s been hard work. I want to thank everyone for getting this event on. I can’r wait for the relay.

Sophie Hahn wins the women's 100m T38 for Great Britain

And that was rarely in doubt as she sped away from the field and held off Darian Faisury Jimenez Sanchez. She’s almost nonchalant in celebration, though does take the time to look back at the video to check.

Sophie Hahn (centre) of Great Britain wins gold in the women’s 100m T38.
Sophie Hahn (centre) of Great Britain wins gold in the women’s 100m T38. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Great Britain’s Sophie Hahn celebrates winning gold in the women’s 100m T38.
Hahn celebrates her victory. Photograph: John Walton/PA

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Great Britain win 4x100m freestyle gold

It’s raining gold for Britain. Reece Dunn, Bethany Firth, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Jordan Catchpole win gold in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14 final, and in a world record time.

The velodrome produces a story to match Jason and Laura Kenny.

Four more medals in the pool for Australia’s impressive swimming team.

Australia’s Evan O’Hanlon, he of the Lord Lucan moustache, finished third in that race behind China’s Zhu Denin but there was only one winner.

Thomas Young speaks.

I am honestly not sure what to think, I thought I had it won with three seconds to go. I can’t wait to get on that podium. Since I was 12 or 13 I wanted to come to Tokyo. Thank you to my parents and the National Lottery, and my coach.

Thomas Young wins sprinting gold for Paralympics GB

In the 100m, he surges away from the rest in the T38 race to win in a time of 10.94. Wow!

Thomas Young of Great Britain reacts after winning gold ahead of Evan O’Hanlon of Australia and Dening Zhu of China.
Thomas Young of Great Britain reacts after winning gold in the men’s 100m T38 ahead of Evan O’Hanlon of Australia and Dening Zhu of China. Photograph: Lisi Niesner/Reuters
Thomas Young of Great Britain celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 100m T38.
Young celebrates with the Union flag. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images

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“I loved every second of that race,” says Grace Harvey, who bubbles with excitement and giggles her way through a disarming interview while shivering her timbers after getting out of the pool.

In the pool, Grace Harvey takes silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB5 behind the Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Mereshko who won the final, as expected, so that was a brave swim by Harvey, a 22-year-old who is a student of the growth industry of immunology.

To the track at the Tokyo National Stadium, and the women’s T12/T13 1500m final for athletes with visual impairments, with a couple of the runners requiring a guide. It is won by, well, almost a mile by 21-year-old in Tigist Menigstu, who demolished the field. That’s an awesome start to today’s athletics.

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The mixed wheelchair rugby final will be between the USA and Great Britain after the American team beats Australia 49-42 in the semi-final.

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Some quotes from Britain’s Will Bayley, who reached the men’s table tennis final in typically fiery style when beating China’s Liao Keli, a win celebrated wildly.

It was pure relief and surprise as well because there were thoughts going through my mind at some points in that match that I had thrown it away. I showed some real guts at the end and I played some really big points because Keli didn’t stop.

The excellent Luke Henriques-Gomes on Australia’s Jaryd Clifford, who was disappointed with his silver medal in the men’s 5000m T13.

Another medal for ParalympicsGB, this time in the wheelchair fencing.

In the men’s wheelchair rugby, Team USA are playing Australia for the right to play Paralympics GB in the final, and the Americans are leading 28-23.

Earlier, there was classic table tennis semi between Britain’s Will Bayley and Kelli Liao of China, won by Bayley, who celebrated in fierce style as he reaches the final, and will play for a gold medal. Bayley was shown a yellow card for over-celebrating and will defend his Paralympic title on Sunday.

Will Bayley of Great Britain celebrates after the table tennis men’s singles class 7 semifinal against Liao Keli of China.
Watch out arena furniture, Will Bayley’s about. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

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In the women’s 100m freestyle S10, there’s been a world record, as Aurélie Rivard of Canada takes gold, holding of two Dutch swimmers in Zijderveld and Kruger to retain her title.

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Gold medalist Maisie Summers-Newton, just 19, speaks.

I thought a silver would be amazing. That was my main aim. I just wanted to give it my all. I set a PB this morning and on the last 25m I just thought I would grit my teeth and get on with it.

Gold for Maisie Summers-Newton

Here we go in the pool, and it’s the women’s final in the 100m breaststroke SB6 category. Ellie Simmonds, who qualified in fourth, has a medal chance, and heads determinedly to the start.

Maisie Summers-Newton instead takes the lead, as she goes from the gun, as she tries to hold off world-record holder Lio Daomin, America’s Herzog is in bronze.

Maisie Summers-Newton celebrates after winning the women’s SB6 100m breaststroke final with a new Paralympic record of 1:32.34.
Maisie Summers-Newton celebrates her victory. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile/Getty Images

Simmons finishes in fourth.

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Question from Kurt Perleberg: “Will the Covid-19 pandemic be over before next year’s Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games?”

I am no virologist, but I’d say it’s more than likely that it won’t be over, since the Winter Olympics are being held in Beijing in February, and the Paralympics in March. That China have, by comparison and as far we know, have the pandemic under some control may be good for the chances of the games going ahead though in what form - with crowd and without - we can’t say.

Fair to say the wheelchair rugby contingent are delighted with the team success.

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Wheelchair tennis: Great Britain’s Gordon Reid has made short work of South Africa’s Leon Els, winning 6-0 6-2.

Gordon Reid of Britain in action during his match against Leon Els of South Africa.
Gordon Reid fires a forehand to Leon Els of South Africa. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

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Japan go into a five-point lead, and Canada call a timeout with 20 seconds to go. As, rather unfortunately, do More 4 in the UK in calling an ad break. It finishes 62-65 to Japan as Canada’s timeout comes to naught and the hosts get another win.

Good morning, good evening, wherever you are, and you join me watching the basketball between Japan and Canada, into the fourth quarter and time ticking down with the score 58-56 in Japan’s favour with under two minutes on the clock.

That’s it from me. I’m going to leave you in the hands of my colleague John Brewin. Bye for now.

Wheelchair tennis: Out on centre court, it’s a strong start for Great Britain’s Gordon Reid, who has the break against South Africa’s Leon Els. He leads 4-1, with Els serving.

Our reporter in Tokyo, Paul MacInnes, has filed this great story about the scene at the finish line of the women’s triathlon for visually impaired athletes.

Gold to Mexico in the powerlifting

Powerlifting: Mexico’s Amalia Perez claimed gold in the women’s women’s -61kg, with a best lift of 131kg. That was just ahead of Uzbekistan’s Ruza Uzieva and Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike. They both lifted 130kg, in an very close contest.

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Team GB into the gold medal match

Wheelchair rugby: It’s British cries of joy, hugs, backslaps and more at Yoyogi National Stadium. Great Britain win, 55-49, over a much-fancied Japanese side that were dreaming of gold on home soil. That was heartbreaking for Japan, and no doubt a little unexpected, after their otherwise flawless display to this point. They fought back in that final period, but the third quarter was decisive. If Team GB go on to win the gold, that will have proved pivotal. The British will play the winner of the USA and Australia, which is coming up soon.

Britain’s Aaron Phipps (13) celebrates after Britain defeated Japan in a semifinal wheelchair rugby match.
Aaron Phipps celebrates after Britain’s victory. Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
Japan's Hitoshi Ogawa cries after Britain defeated Japan in a semifinal wheelchair rugby match
There’s contrasting emotions for Hitoshi Ogawa and his Japanese teammates. Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP

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Cox delighted as GB mixed team beats all male China

Great Britain’s winning mixed team sprint have reflected on their gold medal win over China in today’s final event at the velodrome.

Superstar para athlete, Kadeena Cox, said Team GB’s performance on Saturday, winning three gold medals at the Izu velodrome, was “bonkers”.

She was also asked about being the only female cyclist in the mixed final, saying:

It was so good to have a female on the podium, that just happened to be me. It’s a mixed team sprint and there should be a woman in there.

I want to be a role model for women, for people from my background, I want to empower people and let them know that there’s nothing to hold them back.

I could sit back and be scared that I’m racing a team of amazing guys but I’m a great athlete in my own right and I’ve got great athletes next to me. I just want to show people out there that if you put your mind to something you can nail it.

Jaco Van Gass, whose brave final leg snatched victory for the British, said it was the “perfect race to end a perfect competition”

“I knew when I got up this morning that I wasn’t settling for silver,” he said.

“Winning a silver in the ‘kilo’ the other day, (doing) a phenomenal ride and being beaten - the frustration of not coming home with a gold medal came out.”

Today’s ParalympicsGB medal winners in the Velodrome - (left to right) Lewis Stewart, Neil Fachie, Kadeena Cox, Jaco Van Gass, James Ball, Jody Cundy, Aileen McGlyn, Helen Scott and Matthew Rotherham.
Today’s ParalympicsGB medal winners in the Velodrome - (left to right) Lewis Stewart, Neil Fachie, Kadeena Cox, Jaco Van Gass, James Ball, Jody Cundy, Aileen McGlyn, Helen Scott and Matthew Rotherham. Photograph: Shutterstock

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Goalball: Better news for Japan in the men’s goalball: they lead Lithuania 9-1.

Wheelchair basketball: At half-time, the winless Canadian men’s team lead unbeaten Japan 30-19.

Wheelchair rugby: Great Britain have skipped out to a massive lead against Japan, 42-32, at the end of the third period. Truth be told, it’s all unravelled for Japan in this period. The much-fancied hosts have struggled to get past an impressive Great Britain defence. And it’s looking like heartbreak for the hosts, who have otherwise seemed a cut above in this Game. Hats off to the British, who now seem likely to play the winner of Australia and the USA for a gold medal.

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Table tennis: I cannot believe what I have just seen. Final game, Natalia Partyka is up 9-4. The four-time gold medallist looks to be cruising to victory and into the final. But Partyka grets tight, makes a few unforced errors, and Qian Yang, senses the change in momentum. She lifts, blocking back an increasingly erratic Partyka – who looks as if she is in shock. It’s all one-way traffic until it’s over: 11-9 to Yang. She wins three games to two. The Australian is through to the final. Yang looks content, but is not going overboard, which must take some restraint when victory seemed unthinkable half-way through that final game. Perhaps she always believed. Partyka, meanwhile, looks shattered, covering her head with her towel, and who could blame her? But she leaves with bronze – and remains a bona fide star of para table tennis.

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Sitting volleyball: The United States women’s team open their account with a commanding 3-0 win over Rwanda.

Table tennis: Australia’s Qian Yang is back. She has four game points on Natalia Partyka’s serve. Yang blocks it back, they rally, and then the Polish star flicks it long. We’re going to a fifth game to decide who will move forward to play for a gold medal.

Wheelchair rugby: A massive play from Great Britain gives them a 25-23 lead over Japan at half-time. With nine seconds left in the half, they sent down the Hail Mary pass, and then a perfectly timed lob to Jonathan Coggan who rolled over the line just before the buzzer. That was as good as it gets. And a crucial play, given Team GB will start the next half in possession.

Japan’s Katsuya Hashimoto falls as he collides with Britain’s Ryan Cowling.
Japan’s Katsuya Hashimoto falls as he collides with Britain’s Ryan Cowling. Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP

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Table tennis: Australia’s Qian Yang sends her backhand wide at game point, and Poland’s Natalia Partyka takes the third game 11-9. Partyka, who is the defending paralympic champion, got a little wobbly in that set there, calling a time out as she started losing momentum. Yang seemed briefly buoyed, but Partyka has shown a capacity to win the big points here. She needs one more game to close this out.

Wheelchair rugby: Here we go. Great Britain out to a two-goal lead here against Japan, 17-15. The British defence has been superb. Five minutes left in the second period.

Table tennis: Australia’s Qian Yang takes the first game in this semi-final of the women’s singles class 10. But Natalia Paryka of Poland fights back, winning the second comfortably, 11-4. There was some impressive play in that second game from Paryka.

Wheelchair rugby: Japan lead 9-8 against Great Britain now. This a captivating game so far – and typically combative, with players being sent to the penalty box, and a bruising hit on Great Britain’s Stuart Robinson that ends in a big wipe-out. He’s back on two wheels and doing fine. Two minutes left in the first period.

Wheelchair rugby: We’re up and running in the first semi-final between Japan and Great Britain. The hosts, who are beloved as a team in Japan, are off to a strong start, capitalising on some loose play from Great Britain to take a 4-3 lead. But just as I say that, Japanese give up the ball, and it’s 4-4.

Goalball: And Japan take it. It stays 3-2. And quite a nice moment at the end there. With three seconds left and possession of the ball, Japan called a time out to let their players know to hold onto the ball. (Teams have 10 seconds to throw.) When play resumes, the three Japanese players stand still, arm in arm, until the final whistle confirms their first win at the Games. USA got close at the end there. Their final shot bounced up, and nearly cleared an outstretched Japanese leg. But it didn’t. And that was the game.

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Goalball: The USA have called a time-out with one minute to play. Japan leads 3-2. The Americans are really pushing hard for a third here, but the Japanese defence has been very solid. They are winless so far, so what a result this would be for the hosts.

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‘Unplayable Delivery’ writes in:

Medals for Team GB in all the cycling track events today-fantastic! Worth staying up all night for.

Indeed, a stellar performance from the Brits at the velodrome today. For those who missed it, the mixed team sprint was a thrilling conclusion to the track events at the Games. The last British rider, Jody Cundy, really went to the well to reclaim the lead in the last lap.

Goalball: Japan have been leading USA 3-1 in the women’s goalball. The USA are the reigning Paralympic champions. With just under six minutes to play in the second half, Amanda Dennis pulls one back. This is very evenly poised now.

Table tennis: And von Einem does it. The Australian is through to the final, winning that final game 11-5. An amazing comeback, real nerves of steel there. Van Acker leaves with a bronze, an incredible effort. Earlier, Australia’s Li Na also won in a sea-sawing five-game match, and will also play for gold in the women’s singles class 9.

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Table tennis: It’s down to a fifth game in the men’s singles class 11 between Australia’s Samuel von Einem and Belgium’s Florian van Acker. First two games went to the Belgian, but von Einem fought back. The winner will be through the gold medal match.

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Table tennis: Australia’s Ma Lin is through to the gold medal match in the men’s singles class 9. He defeated Ukraine’s Ivan Mai 3-1 earlier today. Ma, who was born in China and is representing Australia for the first time these games, has a remarkable backstory.

In the mid 1990s, at the age of five, Ma was bitten by a bear at a zoo. The attack happened when Ma tried to pat the bear through the fence. He lost his right arm in the accident.

Ma’s opponent for today’s final is yet to be determined.

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Malaysia win gold in powerlifting, bronze to Team GB

Powerlifting: Malaysia get their first medal of the Games. Bonnie Gustin takes gold with a massive lift of 228kg, ahead of Mahmoud Attia of Egypt and Micky Yule of Great Britain.

Boccia: Let’s take a look at the Boccia. An intriguing lusophone battle between Evani Soares da Silva Calado of Brazil and Jose Macedo of Portugal ends with a 4-3 win to Macedo.

Boccia resembles sports like lawn bowls, with players seeking to play their ball closest to the jack. They use a ramp that is put into position by a support person, allowing those with limited mobility to compete. Crucially, the support person is unable to direct the competitor or look at the field of play.

Wheelchair basketball: It’s all over. Australia defeat Germany 64-53. Bill Latham leads the scoring for Australia with 17 points. That’s three wins from three matches for Australia, who now play the United States tomorrow. Germany will be looking to bounce back against Algeria.

That goalball victory earlier meant so much to Australia’s Belles, as these photos show.

Gold to Great Britain in the mixed team sprint

Cycling: At the velodrome, are Great Britain and China vying for gold in the mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint. Each team has three riders here. Kadeena Cox is out at a blistering pace, but China find a healthy lead as the second riders peel off. It’s Jody Cundy and Lai Shanzhang, head-to-head in a grandstand finish. Great Britain takes it in a nail-biter. An incredible effort from Cundy, and his teammates Cox and Jaco Van Gass. A tough break for the Chinese, who looked the goods there until the final moment. That’s the last event at the Izu Velodrome. What a way to end it.

Great Britain’s Kadeena Cox (right), Jaco Van Gass and Jody in action during the Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint final.
Great Britain’s Kadeena Cox (right), Jaco Van Gass and Jody in action during the Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint final. Photograph: SWpix.com/Shutterstock
Jaco van Gass, Jody Cundy and Kadeena Cox of Great Britain react after winning the gold medal in the Mixed C1-5 750m Team Sprint.
The team (l-r Van Gass, Cundy and Cox) celebrate after winning gold. Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images

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Wheelchair basketball: Well, well, well. Tightening up a little here now with 7 minutes to go in the last quarter. Australia lead 54-48, but Germany look like they’ve lifted now. Last few shots just haven’t wanted to drop for Australia.

Gold to Uzbekistan in the discus

Discus: In the women’s F57 seated discus, Uzbekistan’s Mokhigul Khamdamova takes gold, with a throw of 31.46m. Her first was her best. Sporting a white headband (it’s boiling down on the track), Khamdamova let’s out a big sigh, and is all smiles and big waves to cameras and the stands. It’s Algeria’s Nassima Saifi in second, throwing 30.81m, with Brazil’s Julyana Cristina da Silva (30.49m) taking the bronze.

Mokhigul Khamdamova of Uzbekistan on her way to gold in the women’s discus throw F57.
Mokhigul Khamdamova of Uzbekistan on her way to gold in the women’s discus throw F57. Photograph: Thomas Lovelock for OIS HANDOUT/EPA

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Wheelchair basketball: Australia still hold a good lead against Germany, who’ve just sunk very nice three-pointer. But it’s a quick two-point reply from Australia, who maintain possession, bringing the score to 40-28. About five minutes to go in the third quarter.

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Netherlands take long jump gold and bronze

Long jump: France’s Marie-Amelie Fur is on her final jump here in the T64. She looks pumped as she bounces up and down at the start of run. She springs off the board, and it’s close. Very close. Fur looks on in anticipation. It’s 6.11m, a new Paralympic in her classification, and good enough for silver. Truth be told, the Netherlands’ Fleur Jong has looked unbeatable throughout this event with her world record jump of 6.16m. In the end, Fur got pretty close. But it’s gold for Jong, who wins off her first jump, and bronze to her Dutch compatriot Marlene van Gansewinkel. Jong is ecstatic, screaming into the stands with delight.

France’s Marie-Amelie Le Fur competes in the athletics women’s long jump T64.
France’s Marie-Amelie Le Fur in action. Photograph: Thomas Lovelock/IOS/AFP/Getty Images
Gold medallist Fleur Jong of the Netherlands celebrates her win and setting a new world record.
Gold medallist Fleur Jong of the Netherlands celebrates her win and setting a new world record. Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

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Greetings to you all, wherever you are. Thank you to Geoff Lemon for his great work today and the kind suggestion that you offer me baked goods. There’s plenty going on and I’m already on my third coffee so any confectionary is welcome. If not, I’ll settle for some comments, which are open at the bottom of the blog.

Let’s crack on, shall we?

That’s enough for me today. Taking the wheel for the next few hours is Luke Henriques-Gomes. Don’t just sit there, offer him a biscuit.

Gold and a world record for Neil Fachie

Cycling: He and his pilot Matthew Rotherham smash Fachie’s previous mark by more than a second! James Ball had set a new Paralympic record with his ride, but Fachie goes one better. The new mark is 58.038 seconds! So close to breaking that 58 mark.

Great Britain’s Neil Fachie (right) and his pilot Matthew Rotherham compete in the men’s B 1000m time trial final.
Great Britain’s Neil Fachie (right) and his pilot Matthew Rotherham compete in the men’s B 1000m time trial final. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images

Silver for Ball, in a Great Britain one-two, then Raphael Beaugillet gets bronze.

Silver medal winners James Ball (left), Lewis Stewart (second left) celebrate alongside gold medal winners Matthew Rotherham (second left) and Neil Fachie.
Silver medal winners James Ball (left), Lewis Stewart (second left) celebrate alongside gold medal winners Matthew Rotherham (second left) and Neil Fachie. Photograph: SWpix.com/Shutterstock

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Cycling: James Ball in gold medal position, now Neil Fachie will race to decide it.

Liu Cuiqing wins gold in the women's 400m

The T11 category, where runners with blindfolds run alongside guides, ends with another gold for China. Liu goes out strong, starts to battle a bit towards the end, but holds on. Thalita Vitoria Simplicio de Silva is in silver position for Brazil, Angie Lizeth Pabon Mamian bronze for Colombia, ahead of Venezuela’s Linda Patricia Perez Lopez.

China’s Liu Cuiqing runs with her guide Xu Donglin to win the women’s 400-meters T11 final.
China’s Liu Cuiqing runs with her guide Xu Donglin to win the women’s 400-meters T11 final. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

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Powerlifting: The men’s -72kg final has begun. The Malaysian Bonnie Bunyau Gustin has already lifted 225 kegs, five shy of his world record. Egypt in second spot, Thailand third.

Long jump: No one has made ground on Fleur Jong yet. GB’s Stef Reid is in fourth place with 5.55m. As I type, the other Dutch jumper does improve her distance, from 5.60 to 5.78. Still in the bronze medal spot, but at least make that spot safer.

Cycling: The men’s B 1000m time trial is underway. James Ball and Neil Fachie to race in the last two spots for Great Britain. Martin Gordon of Ireland currently leading out of six riders, with 1:01:545.

Wheelchair basketball: Quarter time, and Australia lead 21-11. The Germans got a couple of baskets back.

Wheelchair basketball: Up 21-7 now, the Aussies. They’re draining threes, defending clinically, this is imposing.

Wheelchair basketball: The Aussie men have got going against Germany. They’re up 12-6 in the first quarter.

Table tennis: USA’s Ian Seidenfeld is through to a gold-medal match, having wiped GB’s Paul Karabardak off the table in straight sets. Bronze for the Brit in the Class 6 paddle-whacking.

World record in the long jump

Uhhhh... Fleur Jong has just set a new record with her first jump of the women’s T64 final. Talk about psyching out your opponents. The Dutchwoman has 6.16 metres, bettering her own 6.14 from earlier in the year. Now she can pretty much sit back and chill while the rest of the field fights for silver. Next best so far is 5.99.

The wheelchair tennis is happening

That’s good news, at least. The weather reports don’t look any less hot in Tokyo than they were yesterday, when matches were delayed, but the first match featuring hometown player Kamiji Yui is about to start. She’s out there hitting warmups with Argentine opponent Maria Florencia Moreno.

Gold and world record in shot put

In the men’s F12, the standing final, Kim Lopez Gonzalez betters his own world record by two centimetres, recording 17.04 metres with his final legal throw of the round. Spain takes the gold.

Spain’s Kim Lopez Gonzalez competes in the men’s F12 shot put final.
Spain’s Kim Lopez Gonzalez competes in the men’s F12 shot put final. Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP

Silver for Roman Danyliuk (Ukraine), bronze for Elbek Sultonov (Uzbekistan).

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Table tennis: Jenson van Emburgh loses his Class 3 match in straight sets to China’s Feng Panfeng, but that still gets the USA a bronze medal.

China beat USA in wheelchair basketball

There’s a surprise in the women’s comp, at least from traditional perceptions of power. China hold on 42 to 41. They led by 5 with 20 seconds to go, but the USA clawed back two baskets in those final moments. Couldn’t get a chance at a three-pointer though to tie things up.

China have four wins from four to lock up top spot in Group B. The USA currently one from three.

Athletics: Gold for the Aleksandar Iaremchuk in the men’s 1500m T46. Bulgaria’s Hristiyan Stoyanov looked to have his measure coming into the last 200, as they ebbed and flowed, but the Russian held something in reserve. Charges past in the last 50 metres. David Emong third for Uganda, their first medal of the Games.

Extraordinary 5000m gold for Susannah Scaroni and USA

Athletics: That is a remarkable performance. It might sound simple in racing terms: go out faster than your competitors and stay ahead. But distance races are always about tactics: staying with the pack, when to attack, when to pull away.

Scaroni doesn’t bother.

She goes out ahead in the T54 wheelchair distance event with more than seven laps to go. And really attacks, a stroke rate with her arms that looks about twice as fast as her competitors. Suddenly 30 or 40 metres ahead of the rest.

United States’s Susannah Scaroni competes in the women’s 5000m T54 final.
United States’s Susannah Scaroni in action during the final. Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

And so you wait for her to blow up. Surely, she’ll tire and fall back, and one of the conservative racers will pounce.

Except it doesn’t happen. Scaroni just keeps going. Until she’s 100 metres ahead, maybe 200. Three laps to go, two, one. She wins with no one in sight, a Paralympic record time of 10:52:57.

Manuela Schaer, who set the world of record of only a second faster a couple of years ago, trails in what seems like miles behind. Tried to catch Scaroni a couple of times, but couldn’t. Silver for Switzerland.

Then the chasing pack. Tatyana McFadden wins the jostle for bronze, another USA medal, while de Rozario comes in fifth. She never looked herself today despite a couple of early laps in second position. Tried a couple of pushes later but couldn’t gain traction against the pack.

Bronze medal winner Tatyana McFadden (left) and gold medal winner Susannah Scaroni celebrate.
Bronze medal winner Tatyana McFadden (left) and gold medal winner Susannah Scaroni celebrate. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

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Athletics: The women’s 5000m T54 is underway - the wheelchair racing. Australian star Madison de Rozario is prominent in this field.

Table tennis: Yang Qian beats fellow Australian Melissa Tapper in straight sets. A shame for them that the draw brought them up against each other as early as the quarterfinals.

Australia's Jaryd Clifford silver in the 5000 metres

Athletics: What a race from Jarryd Clifford. Gives it everything he has in the T13 distance final, but Spain’s Yassin Ouhdadi el Ataby has too much in the final 50 metres. Puts on a kick that takes him clear of Clifford, who visibly wilts in the background as he realises his rival will cross first. But a silver medal for Clifford, deserved, and a brilliant finish from el Ataby.

The Russian Aleksandr Costin gets bronze, with GB’s David Devine fourth. The T13 athletes are those with a vision impairment that isn’t total, so they can run unassisted.

More triathlon gold for USA and for Spain

Spain over Italy and France, how Napoleonic. Susana Rodriguez wins the women’s PTVI ahead of Anna Barbaro and Anouck Curzillat.

In the men’s, Brad Snyder gets the gold, there’s another Spanish medal with Hector Laparra Calata’s silver, and Japan get bronze with Yoneoka Satoru.

Table tennis: Ross Wilson loses his composure late against Nikolenko. Has several chances to take the third game, an arm wrestle that the Ukrainian eventually claims to lead 2-1. Then Wilson tenses up in the decisive game. Doesn’t play with confidence. A few tentative little shots, a lot of errors missing long, and Nikolenko doesn’t have to hit many winners to go into a semifinal and (in this format) a guaranteed bronze medal.

Goalball: Canada score late to close the margin to 4-3, but the Australians hold on for their first win. Smiles of relief.

Goalball: The Australians up 3-1, all to Horsburgh. This one squirms through the defence and is knocked away late, but the sideline ref rules that it has entirely crossed the line first.

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Table tennis: Shilton and McKibbin have both gone down, 3-0 and 3-1 respectively, but Wilson is locked 1-1 and point for point with Maksim Nicolenko of Ukraine.

Goalball: Horsburgh scores again! Australia back in front 2-1. Then just keeping out a tricky one themselves.

Goalball: Those wily Canadians score before halftime, finding a gap in an Australian defence that until now, to be fair, has been more gap than defence. It’s 1-1.

Table tennis: With an Australia / Great Britain / USA skew, to the countries where this paper is based, there’s a stack of table tennis quarters and semifinals to watch out for today. Right now, three GB players are up simultaneously in quarters: Ross Wilson, Billy Shilton, and Aaron McKibbin. Those to come, in Tokyo time:

9:40am - Yang Qian and Melissa Tapper, two Australians playing one another
10:20 - Jenson van Emburgh (USA) in a Class 3 semifinal
11am - Paul Karabardak (GB) playing Ian Seidenfeld (USA) in a Class 6 semi
11:40 - William Bayley (GB) in a Class 7 semi
12:30 - Ma Lin (Aus) in a Class 9 semi
1pm - Samuel von Einem (Aus) in a Class 11 semi, Thomas Matthews (GB) in a Class 1

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Goalball: A third and penultimate chance for the Australian women, who got absolutely blown off the court by Israel in their first match, 10 goals down to bring about a mercy, which is when the game is called off. Then saw out the match against China but lost 6-0. They scored once from a penalty against Israel but haven’t scored in open play.

Until now! Meica Horsburgh drives in her team’s first goal using bounce that takes it over the central defender. And the bench goes wild. Australia leading Canada 1-0.

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Triathlon gold for France and USA

The men’s PTS4 and women’s PTS2 have already been completed, with the first gold medal of day going to France’s Alexis Hanquinquant, with Hideki Uda claiming silver for the host nation and Alejandro Sanchez Palomero bronze for Spain. In the women’s event, it was a US one-two with Allysa Seely winning gold ahead of teammate Hailey Danz. Veronica Yoko Plebani of Italy won bronze.

The men’s and women’s PTVI races for those with visual impairments start are under way.

Alexis Hanquinquant of France celebrates after crossing the line to win the men’s triathlon PTS4.
Alexis Hanquinquant of France celebrates after crossing the line to win the men’s triathlon PTS4. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

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Before we dive into today’s sport, take a moment to enjoy day three’s action with our photo gallery of the best shots of the day.

Preamble

Hello world, welcome to our ongoing coverage of these 2020 Paralympic Games. Some athletes are already up and running (and swimming and cycling), with four triathlon races starting early. More on those in a tick.

For now, and courtesy of my colleague Martin Belam, here are the other main points of focus on another busy day in Tokyo.

All events are listed here in local Tokyo time. Add an hour for Sydney, subtract eight hours for Sheffield, 13 hours for New York and 16 hours for San Francisco.

  • 9am-7.36pm Archery – there are qualifying rounds all day tomorrow, but we get to our first medals at 7.16pm with the mixed team W1 bronze and gold contests 🥇
  • 9am-11.18am and 5pm-7.47pm Swimming – there are another 14 finals in the second session, which concludes with the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14 final 🥇
  • 9am-3pm and 4.30pm-9.30pm Table Tennis – we get the first medals, with 42 semi-finals in the morning session guaranteeing a bronze for whoever loses. Yes, I said 42. This is not some kind of Douglas Adams in-joke. The afternoon session then has five gold medal finals 🥇
  • 9.30am-12.50pm and 7pm-9.49pm Athletics – there are 16 gold medals available on Saturday in a packed stadium programme 🥇
  • 9.30am-2.20pm and 4pm-8.50pm Boccia – this gets under way on Saturday with a whole range of individual pool matches.
  • 10am-12.50pm Track cycling – after some qualifying races the medals today come in the men’s B 1000m time trial, the women’s B 3000m individual pursuit and the mixed C1-5 750m team sprint 🥇
  • 11am-6.30pm Powerlifting – four competitions throughout the day, with the medals in the men’s -72kg and -80kg topping and tailing the women’s -61kg and -67kg 🥇
  • 2.15pm and 5.30pm Wheelchair rugby – the mixed competition reaches the semi-final stage
  • 4pm-6.40pm Judo – the medal bouts on Saturday come in the women’s -57kg and -63kg and men’s -73kg and -81kg 🥇
  • 5.30pm-8pm Wheelchair fencing – after a day of competition, by 5.30pm it is time for the medal bouts of the men’s and women’s foil individual in both category A and category B.
  • ??am-??pm Wheelchair tennis – after today’s heat debacle, I’ve genuinely got no idea what time the tennis will start or end, and currently on the Paralympics schedule there are still some TBDs in the match listings which suggest an 11am start. So, there will be some wheelchair tennis at some point is all I can say with any confidence.
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