Emma Wiggs, Charlotte Henshaw and Laura Sugar all set Paralympic bests as Britain’s canoeists got their Tokyo adventures underway at the Sea Forest Waterway. Wiggs stopped the clock in 58.084 seconds to lead the way in the women’s VL2, going straight through to the A final in an event that’s making its Paralympic debut. She
Dame Sarah Storey made history as she became ParalympicsGB’s most successful athlete of all time with a stunning 17th career gold – and she did it the hard way. Storey, who made her debut as a swimmer at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, would have felt right at home on arrival at the Fuji Speedway,
Libby Clegg announced her retirement from athletics after bowing out of the women’s T11 200m on a busy morning in Tokyo. The two-time Paralympic champion from Rio finished third in her heat alongside guide Chris Clarke and her time of 27.93 seconds was not enough to progress to the semi-finals. The 31-year-old was still pleased
Ellie Simmonds booked her place in a 17th Paralympic final in the 400m freestyle, joined by Maisie Summers-Newton and Grace Harvey as a bumper night of swimming finals awaits. The 26-year-old eased down in a 5:27.64 heat swim that saw her second behind China’s Yuyan Jiang, who broke the S6 Paralympic record with 5:14.52. Simmonds
Rebecca Redfern will bring a silver medal back to her one-year-old son Patrick after a thrilling 100m breaststroke S13 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. The 21-year-old gave birth to Patrick last July and acknowledges that the Covid delay had allowed her to compete at her second Paralympic Games, having also won silver in this event
Chocolate cake awaits for archer Victoria Rumary after firing her way to bronze on ParalympicsGB debut in Tokyo. Rumary got the better of United States’ Lia Coryell 131-123 to take the final spot on the Paralympic podium having earlier lost out in the women’s individual W1 semi-finals. A 127-107 defeat to Sarka Musilova ended the
Rebecca Redfern set her stall out in the battle for 100m breaststroke SB13 medals by qualifying second fastest for tonight’s final. The 21-year-old, who hit the qualifying time for Tokyo in April, broke the event’s world record in the heats and won silver at Rio 2016. Redfern looked in the mood for a repeat in
Sue Bailey will earn her very first medal at her sixth Paralympic Games on a day that ParalympicsGB guaranteed themselves three podium finishes in the table tennis team events. Bailey first represented ParalympicsGB at Sydney 2000 and 21 years on will finally taste medal success after combining with Megan Shackleton to reach the women’s team
ParalympicsGB put in a commendable performance but the women’s wheelchair basketball team failed to progress through the quarter-finals with a 47-33 loss to China. Great Britain will now contest the seventh and eighth play-off after China largely dominated the contest at the Ariake Arena. A rapid start from Chinese team saw them surge ahead early
All that glittered was athletics bronze for ParalympicsGB as Olivia Breen and Columba Blango both banked podium places at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. European champion Blango, competing at only his second major championships, clocked a personal best 47.81 seconds to claim third place in the men’s 400m T20. And Breen – a three-time Paralympian
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