Australia secures gold in women’s doubles table tennis as Lei Li Na and Yang Qian win the WD20 class by defeating the top seed from Chinese Taipei. In archery, Jodie Grinham stages a comeback to win bronze against Phoebe Paterson Pine. The GB team advances in boccia, wheelchair rugby, and tennis.
Colombia’s Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno sets a world record in the T38 100m final, while the USA’s Mallory Weggemann sets a Paralympic record in the SM7 200m individual medley. In wheelchair basketball, the USA and GB teams are in a tight competition with their opponents. In taekwondo, Amy Truesdale secures a spot in the finals.
USA’s Olivia Chambers claims a gold medal in the women’s S13 400m freestyle, while Matt Bush guarantees a medal in the men’s K44 +80kg para-taekwondo. Great Britain’s Alice Tai wins gold and sets a Paralympic record in the women’s S8 100m backstroke final, taking GB to the top of the para swimming medal table.
Poppy Maskill and Louise Fiddes of GB win silver and bronze, respectively, in the women’s S14 200m freestyle final. Will Ellard secures gold and sets a world record in the men’s 200m freestyle S14, with Nicholas Bennett of Canada taking silver. Archie Atkinson of GB wins silver in the velodrome after a dramatic fall.
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