Paris 2024 Paralympics day one: Maskill wins first GB gold on big night in pool – live | Paris Paralympic Games 2024

My mistake – we apparently have two badminton matches still going.

Australia rattle off the last five points of the first quarter to lead 16-12.

And just like that, the Netherlands have rattled off six straight points to take a 12-11 lead over Australia.

We’re now officially down to two live events – this and the last boccia matchup of the day.

Epic alert: A men’s doubles quarterfinal has just ended, with Germany’s second-seeded duo of Valentin Baus and Thomas Schmidberger rallying after dropping the first two games 6-11 and 12-14 to win the last three 11-9, 11-9 and 12-10.

Included in that last game – a rally lasting 57 strokes. Please check your highlight provider of choice to check that out.

Back in basketball, Australia’s offense has awakened with a couple of fast-break points and a 3-pointer. They lead 11-6.

Mongolia’s Surenjav Ulambayar has won gold in the the women’s taekwondo 52kg class with a 5-2 win over Iranian teenager Zahra Ramini.

A bit sloppy in the early going for Australia, and the Netherlands work it inside for a short shot and a 2-0 lead.

Australia took gold in this event in 1996 and 2008, then silver in 2012, but they’ve missed the podium the last two times out. They did, though, win the world championship in 2010 and 2014, and they took bronze in 2018.

The Netherlands won in 1992 and took fourth in the last world championships in 2022.

The last event of the day is about to start – Australia taking on the Netherlands in men’s wheelchair basketball.

Mongolia’s Surenjav Ulambayer is up 5-0 against Iran’s Zahra Rahimi in the last taekwondo bout of the evening, with a gold medal at stake. Rahimi is only 15 years old.

If you’re channel-hopping, you can also check out boccia, badminton and table tennis.

Israel’s Asaf Yasur has just held off Turkey’s Ali Can Ozcan to win gold in taekwondo. Ozcan cut the lead to 13-12 with 47 seconds left, but a bunch of penalties against Ozcan and one body kick from Yasur bloated the final score to 19-12.

The venue for taekwondo will look familiar to those who watched the Olympics earlier this month – the majestic Grand Palais.

In table tennis, GB’s Joshua Stacey and Bly Twomey have just advanced past Poland’s Patryk Chojnowski and Katarzyna Marszal in the XD17 mixed doubles. In doubles, the number is the combined classification for the two athletes.

Stacey and Twomey have had busy days. Stacey won a men’s doubles match with Aaron McKibbin in addition to his two wins with Twomey. Meanwhile, Twomey played two women’s doubles matches and took bronze with Felicity Packard.

As mentioned earlier but worth repeating – Twomey is 14 years old. She made her international debut less than 18 months ago. Stacey is a whole decade older and is still just 24.

Tully Kearney wins women’s 200m freestyle S5

Here comes Kearney … the Team GB swimmer cuts roughly a second off the lead in the third 50 meters, now trailing by 0.32 seconds.

The women’s 200m freestyle S5 is underway …

Ukraine’s Iryna Poida has a 1.15-second edge over Kearney at the 50m mark.

Italy’s Francesco Bocciardo sets Paralympic record in men’s 200m freestyle S5

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Italy’s Carlotta Gilli wins the women’s 100m butterfly S13

Women’s 100m butterfly S13 is off …

Italy’s Carlotta Gilli leads at the halfway point. The US swimmers have work to do.

Ihar Boki claims 17th Paralympic gold

Still to come

China’s Chen Yi wins women’s 50m freestyle S10 with world record

Here’s where things get confusing – we’re about to have a women’s 50m freestyle S10 race featuring some S9 swimmers, including new world record-holder Christie Raleigh-Crossley of the USA.

Their time (27.28) was faster than the S10 world record held by Canada’s Aurelie Rivard, who is also in this final.

Australia’s Thomas Gallagher wins men’s 50m freestyle S10

A quick reminder of Paralympic classifications:

In swimming, the numbers 1 through 10 are for physical impairment. The greater the number, the less severe the impairment.

Classes 11 through 13 are for visual impairment – again, the greater the number, the less impaired their vision is.

They’ve just had the medal ceremony for Team GB’s Poppy Maskill, who was literally bouncing for joy during the national anthem. Beautiful moment.

The finals are running behind schedule. Next up: men’s 50m freestyle S10, with Australians Thomas Gallagher and Rowan Crothers contending.

The swimming finals will keep coming up quickly for the next 70 minutes or so, but let’s take a quick peek elsewhere …

Table tennis: Germany’s Thomas Bruechle and Sandra Mikolaschek have swept Team GB’s Thomas Matthews and Megan Shackleton in the XD7 mixed doubles.

Wheelchair rugby: France 53, Denmark 51 final.

Jiang Yuhan sets women’s 50m freestyle S6 Paralympic record

Hello all! Hope you’ve enjoyed the competition so far today.

The USA have not yet won a medal in these Games, but that may be about to change – Ellie Marks is about to enter the pool for the 50m freestyle.

That, then is me. But fear not! Beau Dure is here to coax you through until the day’s end. Peace out.

Takayuki Suzuki of Japan wins gold in the men’s SB3 100m breaststroke

And they’re away!

We’re about to watch the final of the men’s 50m breaststroke SB3 final. “SB3 is for breaststroke swimmers with co-ordination affected to a low degree in the upper-trunk and arms,” says LEXI, “with the rest of the trunk and legs highly affected, and those with a the absence of limbs. These swimmers maintain good body position solely using their arms and upper body. Most will breathe alternately to keep their head low and bring their hips closer to the surface. Swimmers must show intent to move symmetrically even if their arms and legs are not of even length.”