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Women’s wheelchair basketball team fall at quarter-final stage

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

Bailey guarantees first table tennis medal at sixth Paralympic Games

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 class 4-5 semi-finals by defeating Jordan 2-1 at the quarter-final stage.

 

The Brits lost a remarkable doubles match 3-2

Impressive Smith charges into boccia gold-medal match while McCowan will go for bronze

Reigning Paralympic champion David Smith is still on course for a third gold medal of his boccia career after he fought his way through the individual BC1 semi-finals.

Smith beat Brazilian Jose Carlos Chagas de Oliveira 7-4, thanks to three points in the final end, to reach his third Paralympic individual final, having earlier bested Thailand’s Witsanu Huadpradit 6-1 in the quarter-finals.

Wednesday (8.50am BST) will see Smith take on

Breen and Blango bag brilliant bronzes

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 –

Dunn battles through shoulder injury to claim third swimming gold

Reece Dunn overcame a troublesome shoulder to add a third swimming gold medal to his collection in his weakest event at his maiden Paralympic Games – with another world record to boot.

The 25-year-old has been one of the breakout stars in Tokyo, bouncing back from a frustrating silver in his first event to earn golds in the 200m freestyle S14 and the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay.

However in that relay on Saturday, Dunn injured

Nicely Dunn as Reece completes golden hat-trick

Reece Dunn completed a Paralympic gold and world record hat-trick as Britain’s swimmers won five medals in a wonderful, whirlwind half-hour on day seven of competition at Tokyo 2020. 

Dunn’s stunning performance to claim the Men’s SM14 200m Individual Medley title was the standout result of that bonkers 30 minutes at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre early in Tuesday’s finals session, after Stephen Clegg and Hannah Russell opened it up with a bronze apiece across the Men’s and Women’s S12 100m Freestyle.

There was also a British 2-3-4 in the Women’s

Reid and Hewett eyeing Rio revenge after reaching wheelchair tennis final

The memory of silver in Rio is motivating Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett to go one better at Tokyo 2020, as they booked their place in a second straight wheelchair tennis men’s doubles Paralympic final in style.

 

The Brits are the dominant force in men’s doubles, having won the last seven Grand Slam titles, but missing out on gold in Brazil five years ago to Frenchmen Stéphane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer still rankles.

 

They will have a chance to right that wrong later

Watson follows in Storey’s tracks with terrific time trial gold

Ben Watson capped a golden day for ParalympicsGB’s road cyclists at the Fuji International Speedway with a dominant victory in the men’s C3 time trial.

The 32-year-old followed Dame Sarah Storey’s record-equalling 16th Paralympics gold with his first in a dominant performance.

Watson finished 57 seconds clear of anyone else

Swimmers Russell and Dunn target further medal success after easing through qualification

Hannah Russell and Reece Dunn earned the right to fight for more individual glory as they qualified for freestyle and individual medley finals in the pool in Tokyo.

Russell, 25, swam 1:01.81 for second in her heat of the women’s 100m freestyle S12 and advanced overall fourth fastest.

The Surrey star won bronze in the event at Rio

Shooter Bailey looking ahead after missing out in 10m air pistol qualification

Issy Bailey will turn her focus to her final shooting event after missing out on qualification in the P2 women's 10m air pistol SH1.

 

The 27-year-old finished 18th in qualifying, her score of 468 points leaving her 89 points off the final qualification place.

Sareh Javanmardi of Iran set a new qualification

Sidbury smashes old world record but he and Weir miss out on athletics medals

Wheelchair racer Daniel Sidbury smashed the previous world record but still saw five athletes finish ahead of him in a high-quality men’s 1500m T54 final in Tokyo.

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug took his second gold of the Games and rewrote the four-year-old world record but sixth-place Sidbury can take satisfaction from his time of 2:51.11, a new British best and seven-tenths quicker than the old world mark.

"It was chaotic, it didn't feel super-fast but that

Storey brilliantly equals Kenny’s all-time record with dominant 16th Paralympic gold

Dame Sarah Storey made history by securing a record-equalling 16th Paralympic gold medal in Tokyo to tie Mike Kenny’s all-time British record.

 

The cyclist dominated the women’s C5 time trial at the Fuji International Speedway and won by 92 seconds from teammate Crystal Lane-Wright for her second gold of the 2020 Games to become ParalympicsGB’s most successful athlete of all-time.

 

Storey now has the chance to take the golds

Robinson's pride at 'triumph' in butterfly final swim

Ellie Robinson spoke passionately about why a fifth-place finish in the Women’s S6 50m Butterfly final meant so much to her on day six at Tokyo 2020, five years on from her iconic victory at Rio 2016. 

Robinson finished a mere 0.25 seconds off the podium at the end of a hotly-contested race, after the butterfly specialist displayed her characteristic reactions off the blocks to start the race strongly.

After touching in 37.08, the world, European and

Scintillating comeback win over Australia helps men’s wheelchair basketballers top their pool

ParalympicsGB beat Australia 70-69 in a nail-biting final Pool B game to win the ‘Group of Death’ and take momentum into the men’s wheelchair basketball quarter-finals.

 

An enthralling clash at the Musashino Forest

Pearson dances to remarkable 14th gold as Wilson and Baker add further equestrian medals

Sir Lee Pearson danced to a 14th Paralympic gold medal on his horse Breezer and in a glimpse of the future, was joined on the podium by 25-year-old Games debutant Georgia Wilson.

 

The pair are separated by 22 years of age - this is Pearson’s fifth Games and Wilson’s first - but both shone in the dressage individual freestyle test Grade II on the final night of equestrian competition.

 

Pearson produced a fittingly irreverent routine,

A "story of triumph not defeat" - Robinson ends Tokyo 2020 journey on her own terms

Ellie Robinson declared her Tokyo journey to be a story of “triumph, not defeat” having defied all odds just to reach her second Paralympic Games.

 

Robinson, who today celebrates her 20th birthday, marked her debut in style as a 15-year-old at Rio 2016, when she became a gold and bronze medallist.

 

Defending her women’s 50m butterfly S6 title

Agonising wait ends with Peacock bronze after photo finish

Jonnie Peacock lost his first major final in a decade but still struck bronze in the closest Paralympic race in history.

 

The two-time men’s 100m T64 champion was forced to endure an agonising wait of over three minutes to find out whether he'd made the podium at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.

 

He paced the track like an expectant father

Sugden surges to dramatic powerlifting bronze

Louise Sugden won a brilliant powerlifting bronze in the women’s -86kg category, securing the medal with her final lift.

 

The Newbury lifter successfully made 131kg in the last round, a lift that previously would have broken the Paralympic record, to reach the podium. 

 

It was a tense final round as Sugden’s attempt

Jeffery delighted to reach final on the shooting range

ParalympicsGB shooter Tim Jeffery finished eighth in the R4 mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 event to cap the day’s action at the Asaka Shooting Range.

 

Jeffery was the first athlete eliminated in the second competition stage, after amassing 104.0 in the first stage and then 9.9 and 10.2 points in the first round of the elimination for a total of 124.1.

 

Sweden's Philip Jonsson set a new Paralympic

Paterson Pine fires her way to memorable archery gold

Phoebe Paterson Pine held her nerve to win the women’s individual compound open final and claim archery gold for ParalympicsGB. 

 

Paterson Pine defeated Mariana Zuniga Varela of Chile 134-133 in a tense gold-medal match to secure the Paralympic title. 

 

The Cirencester archer had earlier beaten her

Small margins as Andrew upgrades to gold on British-dominated podium

Andrew Small was cautiously confident about his Paralympic chances but he delivered in style with a men’s 100m T33 gold that headlined a double British medal success in the race.

 

Small, who was inspired to taking up the sport watching David Weir and Hannah Cockroft at London 2012, was a bronze medallist in Rio.

 

And he upgraded that brilliantly in Tokyo, a

Robinson celebrates birthday by reaching butterfly final in the pool

Birthday girl Ellie Robinson led the morning charge on day six in the swimming pool, as four ParalympicsGB athletes qualified for their respective finals later on Monday.

 

Robinson, who turns 20 today, will defend her women’s 50m butterfly S6 title after finishing second in her heat in 37.24 seconds.

 

That was 0.40 seconds behind heat winner

Smith and Scott McCowan come through must-win matches to reach boccia quarter-finals

Reigning champion David Smith knows it’s all about results from here but that didn’t stop him putting in a dominant performance to reach the boccia individual BC1 quarter-finals in style.

 

With two wins and one defeat on his ledger heading into Monday, Smith faced a must-win clash with home favourite Takumi Nakamura to seal a last-eight spot in Tokyo.

 

If the four-time Paralympic medallist felt any

Reid, Hewett and Whiley move closer to wheelchair tennis medals

Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett and Jordanne Whiley all enjoyed victorious outings on a busy day of wheelchair tennis action at Tokyo 2020.

 

Reid and Hewett both prevailed in their respective singles matches before the Rio 2016 Paralympic silver medallists continued their bid for gold with victory in the men’s doubles.

 

There was also success for Whiley, who reached

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Whiley and Shuker move closer to wheelchair tennis medal after comfortable win

Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker are just one win away from another Paralympic wheelchair tennis medal after sailing into the semi-finals of the women’s doubles.

 

The two-time bronze medallists, who are seeded fourth at Tokyo 2020, defeated Kgothatso Montjane and Mariska Ventner of South Africa 6-2, 6-0 in Sunday’s quarter-final and will face unseeded Chinese pair Wang Ziying and Zhu Zhenzhen in Monday’s semi-finals.

 

Despite admitting to a difficult start, the pair

Pearson, Baker and Wells surprised at stunning team dressage gold

You would think that after notching an incredible 13th Paralympic gold medal, that Sir Lee Pearson knows what he is doing as well as anyone on a horse.

 

And yet after a shock dressage team test to music gold in Tokyo, the 47-year-old equestrian star was adamant it was not the case.

 

He joked: “We just look like we know what we're

Delighted Lyle repeats Rio result with 200m bronze

Maria Lyle’s Paralympic results were exactly the same as Rio 2016 but the emotions totally different as she repeated her T35 sprint double with 200m bronze in Tokyo.

The Scot won her fourth Paralympic bronze medal, once again producing a season’s best when it mattered most and clocking 30.24 seconds to reach the rostrum.

 

It was a race in which the world record fell to

Roberts powers ParalympicsGB to historic wheelchair rugby gold

Jim Roberts provided the firepower as ParalympicsGB claimed their first-ever wheelchair rugby medal - and it was a gold too.

 

Roberts top scored with 24 tries while Stuart Robinson weighed in with 14 as Great Britain took an early lead against the United States and never let it go.

 

In the group stages against the same opponents,

Mixed day for Smith but McCowan and McGuire shine as boccia ramps up

Four-time Paralympic boccia medallist David Smith suffered a mixed day in the individual BC1 event with one victory and one defeat at Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

 

Smith began his Sunday with a narrow 4-3 win against Argentina’s Mauricio Ibarbure before going down 7-5 to Eduardo Sanchez Reyes of Mexico – meaning he now has two wins from three in Pool A.

 

The 32-year-old, who claimed gold in the event

Youngster Challis surges to swimming silver, while Fiddes and Quin also medal

Ellie Challis is the youngest member of the ParalympicsGB squad in Tokyo and proved that experience isn’t everything as she claimed a silver medal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

 

The 17-year-old set a new personal best in the final of the women’s 50m backstroke S3, in 55.11, to take the silver behind Italy’s Arjola Trimi.

 

And while some might have been overawed at

Skelley takes scintillating judo gold as Stewart betters his dad with silver

Chris Skelley was in disbelief at becoming a Paralympic champion after an incredible performance saw him claim gold in the men’s -100kg judo.

 

Skelley, who has a visual impairment and is classified as a B2 athlete, finished a heart-breaking fifth in Rio five years ago, but made amends by beating American Ben Goodrich by waza-ari in the gold medal bout in Tokyo.

 

The World No.1, who beat Uzbekistan’s Sharif

Team foil silver sees wheelchair fencers finish remarkable Games with fifth medal

ParalympicsGB’s wheelchair fencing trio won a superb silver in the men’s team foil event to end a fairytale Tokyo 2020 for the sport with five medals.

 

Dimitri Coutya, Piers Gilliver and Oliver Lam-Watson were defeated 45-38 in the battle for gold against China late on Sunday evening but still claimed a brilliant silver medal to end their Paralympics on a high.

 

The three won a bronze in the team epee earlier

Challis, Fiddes and Quin seal more medal moments

Ellie Challis ensured she will be Paralympics GB’s youngest medallist at Tokyo 2020 with a memorable Women’s S3 50m Backstroke silver, while Scott Quin and Louise Fiddes secured a quickfire breaststroke medal double on another busy evening of finals for Britain at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. 

Two years ago on from an unforgettable international debut that saw her claim S3 50m Backstroke bronze at the World Championships in London, Challis headed into Tokyo 2020 as Paralympics GB’s youngest athlete.

The 17-year-old loves a challenge, though, and

Paterson Pine advances in archery to set up mouth-watering all-British contest

Archer Phoebe Paterson Pine set up a tantalising ⅛ elimination stage clash with ParalympicsGB team-mate Jess Stretton after overcoming nerves to win her first-round match in the women’s individual compound open.

 

Paterson Pine beat Tatiana Andrievskaia of the

Double gold as ParalympicsGB rowers finish regatta in style

ParalympicsGB dominated on the water, winning two gold medals on the final day of the Tokyo 2020 rowing regatta.

 

Lauren Rowles and Laurence Whiteley expertly defended their mixed double sculls title, while the mixed coxed four made it three in a row for Great Britain in that discipline. 

 

Earlier in the day, Benjamin Pritchard came home in fifth in the final of the men’s single sculls. 

 

Rowles and Whiteley went into the PR2 mixed

Men's wheelchair basketball team confirm quarter-final place with Iran victory

Great Britain’s men confirmed their place in the wheelchair basketball quarter-finals with a comfortable 69-57 victory over Iran.

 

The Iranians started quickly but ParalympicsGB got into the game and did not relinquish the lead, the long-range shots from Abdi Jama key to strengthening the advantage.

 

In the second half, the experience of Terry

Comeback kid Bayley proud of table tennis silver

Will Bayley was beaten but unbowed and cherished a Paralympic silver medal that he believed may never happen.

 

The 33-year-old tore his ACL in 2019, reaching Tokyo only due to the postponement of the Games and without having taken to a major championship table in two years.

 

Bayley took an early lead in the men’s singles

Five Brits reach swimming finals on productive morning at the pool

There was drama in the men’s 100m breaststroke SB14 heats as the Paralympic record was broken twice while two Brits qualified for the final – making it five ParalympicsGB swimmers safely through on Sunday morning at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

 

European silver medallist Conner Morrison got

Steadman seals redemption with terrific triathlon gold

Lauren Steadman put the disappointment of Rio behind her to secure a brilliant triathlon gold.

 

Steadman came home 41 seconds ahead of American Grace Norman in the women’s PTS5 category, while ParalympicsGB team-mate Claire Cashmore, another former swimmer turned triathlete, completed the podium in bronze.

 

In the men's PTS5 race, George Peasgood took

Unstoppable Cockroft flies to sixth Paralympic gold as part of British one-two

Hannah Cockroft smashed her own world record to win a sixth Paralympic gold medal and lead a British one-two with Kare Adenegan in the women’s 100m T34.

 

The Hurricane blew through Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium at all-time high speed, picking up from the 40-metre mark to win in a time of 16.39 seconds.

 

It was the eighth time Cockroft has broken a

EVIE RICHARDS MAKES HISTORY WITH MOUNTAIN BIKING WORLD TITLE

Evie Richards made history on the slopes in Val di Sole, Italy as she became the first British woman to win the elite women’s cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. 

 

Richards paced herself brilliantly, and once in the lead halfway through the second lap, she ensured there was enough time between her and

McCowan brothers contest family affair on opening day of Boccia action

Scott McCowan claimed family bragging rights as he beat brother Jamie in the pool stage of the individual BC3 event on the opening day of Boccia action at Tokyo 2020. 

 

Scott, 30, has their father, Gary, as his ramp assistant while Jamie, 26, has their mother, Linda, with all four family members on the court for the boys from Ayrshire.

 

But it was Scott that took the 7-1 win over Jamie

Wheelchair tennis star Whiley makes flying start to her Paralympic swansong

Jordanne Whiley got her final Paralympic campaign off to the perfect start as she eased into the second round of the women’s singles in the wheelchair tennis at the Ariake Tennis Park.

 

The two-time Paralympic bronze medallist is set to call time on her tennis career and while she does not have an exact end point in mind, she knows that Paris 2024 is beyond her.

 

With that in mind, Whiley is eager to earn a first

Equestrian stars on course for medal in team event

ParalympicsGB are on track to medal in the equestrian team test as Sir Lee Pearson, Natasha Baker and Sophie Wells sit in third place overnight and best of the teams with one athlete still left to ride.

 

Grade II rider Pearson started well on Saturday,

Second swimming gold has Summers-Newton in dream land

Maisie Summers-Newton is living in a dream world after matching her idol Ellie Simmonds with a second Paralympic swimming gold medal at her maiden Games.

 

The 19-year-old had already broken the world record on the way to gold in her main event, the 200m individual medley SM6, before following it up with another title in the 100m breaststroke SB6.

 

With the pressure off, Summers-Newton held

Mixed relay magic caps triple medal day for GB

Britain’s Mixed S14 4x100m Freestyle Relay quartet stormed to the inaugural Paralympic title and a massive world record to bring the curtain down on day four at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre – after Maisie Summers-Newton claimed her second gold of the Games and Grace Harvey secured a maiden Paralympic medal of her own in a breaststroke double.

Summers-Newton opened things up with

GB claim thrilling men’s wheelchair basketball triumph over defending Paralympic champions

ParalympicsGB produced some of the best basketball they’ve ever played to beat defending champions USA in a Tokyo 2020 thriller, according to Gregg Warburton.

 

With one win and one defeat in Group B of the men’s wheelchair basketball competition heading into the contest against the reigning Paralympic gold medallists, Great Britain knew a victory would all but secure a quarter-final spot.

 

They took the lead towards the end of the first

Women’s wheelchair basketball squad end Australia hoodoo to book quarter-final spot

ParalympicsGB beat Australia in women’s wheelchair basketball for the first time at a Paralympic Games as they booked a spot in the Tokyo 2020 quarter-finals.

 

Australia had come out on top when the teams met at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 but it was fifth time lucky for Great Britain as they recorded a dominant 75-38 triumph.

 

Both teams headed into the contest without a

Relieved Bayley battles into final and three table tennis bronzes confirmed

An incredibly relieved Will Bayley reached his third consecutive table tennis men’s singles class 7 Paralympic final courtesy of an enthralling 3-2 semi-final victory over China’s Liao Keli.

 

Bayley, 33, looked to be steamrolling his way to a guaranteed silver medal at Tokyo 2020 after winning the opening two games 11-6 and 11-9 against an opponent he whitewashed in the group stages five years ago.

 

But Liao, ranked No.3, fought back superbly and

Wheelchair rugby team guarantee historic medal with brilliant Japan win

The Great Britain mixed wheelchair rugby team guaranteed themselves a first-ever Paralympic medal as they advanced to the final with a clinical 55-49 victory over Japan. 

 

In a tight first half, the ParalympicsGB team

Judoka Powell equals London 2012 performance

ParalympicsGB judoka Daniel Powell repeated his performance from London 2012 as he finished seventh in the men’s -81kg category.

 

Two-time Paralympian Powell won his first bout at Tokyo 2020 convincingly before losing in the quarterfinals and final A of the repechage.

 

Powell was making his return to the Paralympic judo

Stubbs and MacQueen knocked out of archery individual compound event

ParalympicsGB's oldest athlete at Tokyo 2020, John Stubbs, exited the men’s individual compound open archery event at the 1/16 elimination stage after a dramatic shoot-off defeat to Marian Marecak. 

 

The 56-year-old archer – who was the ParalympicsGB flag bearer alongside Ellie

Scorching sprint golds for Young and Hahn

Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn scorched to Paralympic sprint titles in the space of just 26 minutes – the first two athletics golds of Tokyo 2020 for ParalympicsGB.

 

Young went sub 11 seconds for the first time in his career as he claimed the men's 100m T38 title in a European record 10.94 seconds.

 

And defending champion Hahn, who hasn't lost

Coutya bounces back from semi-final heartbreak to take third wheelchair fencing bronze

Dimitri Coutya won his third wheelchair fencing bronze of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after narrowly missing a chance for gold in the men’s foil individual category B event.

 

Coutya had previously won bronze in the

Fachie household strike double velodrome gold and Brits add team sprint glory

Neil and Lora Fachie both won Paralympic gold before Kadeena Cox led the way to a team sprint triumph – all in world record time on a magical day for ParalympicsGB at the velodrome.

 

There have been some remarkable days in

Yule plays the perfect game of poker to take powerlifting bronze

Micky Yule played ‘a dangerous game of poker’ and came up trumps as he captured a brilliant powerlifting bronze medal.

 

Competing in the men’s -72kg category, Yule

Peasgood and Brown both finish fourth as triathlon gets underway in Tokyo

Alison Peasgood narrowly missed out on a second Paralympics medal as triathlon made its Tokyo 2020 bow at the Odaiba Marine Park.

 

Peasgood and guide Nikki Bartlett were catching France’s Annouck Curzillat and her guide Celine Bousrez down the final straight but ran out of track and finished two seconds behind the eventual bronze medallist in the women's PTVI.

 

Peasgood, who won a silver medal in the PT5

Summers-Newton sets Paralympic record as four British swimmers reach finals

Maisie Summers-Newton set a Paralympic record as she qualified in style for the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final alongside Ellie Simmonds.

 

Elsewhere, Grace Harvey qualified fastest in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB5 heats while Zara Mullooly reached the final of the women’s 100m freestyle S10 on a productive morning in the pool for ParalympicsGB.

 

Summers-Newton put in a commanding

Hahn lays down 100m marker as Reid and Devine finish fourth in morning finals

Sophie Hahn equalled her own world record to lay down a serious marker on the track ahead of tonight's women’s 100m T38 Paralympic final.

 

The defending champion saw Colombia's Darian Jiminez Sanchez erase her Paralympic record in the first heat, clocking 12.54 seconds.

 

But the 24-year old responded in style, equalling

Paralympic best time sends rower Pritchard into final

Benjamin Pritchard set a new Paralympic best time as he won his PR1 men’s singles sculls repechage to advance to tomorrow’s finals day, one of three British boats to be competing for medals on Sunday.

 

Pritchard was pushed hard by Spain’s Javier Reja Munoz for the first 1000m before the Swansea rower pulled away to win the second heat in a time of 9:14.61, just two seconds off the world best.

 

The 29-year-old was in contention from the get-

Prescott relieved to compete after fitness struggles while Weir misses out on the track

Gemma Prescott admitted just making it to Tokyo 2020 was an accomplishment as she finished seventh in the women's club throw F32 on the first evening of athletics action.

 

Poland's Roza Kozakowska won gold with a huge 28.74m world record, with Prescott's best effort of 18.28m well down on her 22.21m personal best.

 

However, the double bronze medallist from

Japan await in wheelchair rugby semi-finals after GB slip to USA defeat

Jim Roberts promised ParalympicsGB will bounce back from a ‘disappointing’ defeat to the USA when they contest their wheelchair rugby semi-final against hosts Japan.

 

Great Britain had already qualified for the knockout stages ahead of their final pool game against the United States at Yoyoki National Stadium on Friday, with just top spot in Group B up for grabs.

 

It appeared the Brits were in line for it when

British Paralympic legends joined by wealth of new talent in largest ever British World Class Programme Para Snowsport squad

Shona Brownlee – Photo Credit Marc Amann

• Paralympic medallists Menna Fitzpatrick, Millie Knight and Kelly Gallagher joined by seven new athletes in 22 person Para Snowsport squad for 2021/22 season

 

• Jon-Allan Butterworth selected as part of five-man Para Snowboard squad following conclusion of glittering Paralympic Cycling career

 

• Squad represents largest ever World Class Programme for British Para Snowsport

 

London, UK - Britain’s World Class Para Snowsport squad for the 2021/22 season has been confirmed today by GB Snowsport with Paralympic legends and experienced world-class athletes joined by a host of new talent in the nation’s largest ever World Class Programme squad for Para Snowsports.

 

Paralympic medallists Menna Fitzpatrick, Kelly

Wheelchair fencing success continues with men's épée team bronze

ParalympicsGB added to their wheelchair fencing success with a men’s épée team bronze in Tokyo, as Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Oliver Lam-Watson saw off Ukraine to clinch the last podium place.

 

The trio’s endeavours began with a convincing 45-29 triumph over Rio 2016 champions France, before further 45-28 and 45-30 wins over Ukraine and Poland respectively safely navigated them out of Pool 2.

 

Eventual gold medallists the Russian Paralympic

Dunn upgrades to gold as one of five British swimming medals

There was no hiding Reece Dunn’s disappointment at only winning silver in the 100m butterfly at Tokyo 2020. But that just made it all the sweeter when he claimed 200m freestyle gold to be crowned Paralympic champion for the first time. 

 

The 25-year-old got the better of Brazil’s Gabriel Bandeira, who had beaten him in the fly, in the S14 classification, setting a new world record in the process as he won in a time of 1:52.40. 

 

Dunn started strongly over the first 150 metres

Karabardak reaches new heights as one of four guaranteed table tennis medallists

An emotional Paul Karabardak assured himself a first Paralympic medal at the fourth time of asking, becoming one of four ParalympicsGB athletes to bank themselves at least a table tennis bronze in Tokyo. 

 

The 35-year-old had fallen at the group stage at

Baker bags silver to further boost equestrian medal tally

Natasha Baker kept the equestrian medals flowing in Tokyo with ParalympicsGB’s fourth gong in two days, clinching an incredible silver in the dressage grade III individual test on Keystone Dawn Chorus.

 

The five-time Paralympic champion had seen Sir

Lapthorne and Cotterill into wheelchair tennis medal match

Just one win now separates Andy Lapthorne and Antony Cotterill from a shot at Paralympic gold after they made the perfect start in the wheelchair tennis quad doubles in Tokyo.

 

Lapthorne, a three-time Paralympic medallist,

Germany defeat sets up must-win clash for ParalympicsGB women’s wheelchair basketball squad

ParalympicsGB face a must-win game against Australia on Friday to keep their women’s wheelchair basketball quarter-final hopes alive after slipping to a 53-35 defeat to Germany.

 

After losses to Canada and Japan earlier this week, Great Britain were looking to get their Tokyo 2020 campaign up and running in earnest but came up against an efficient German buzzsaw.

 

Germany raced into an 18-7 lead by the end of

Dunn and Russell lead British medal rush

Britain’s para-swimmers won five medals in a brilliant, breathless hour at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Friday – with Reece Dunn and Hannah Russell surging to superb Paralympic titles, Bethany Firth claiming a silver and Stephen Clegg and Jessica-Jane Applegate both picking up bronzes. 

Dunn’s successful bid for a maiden Paralympic gold in the Men’s S14 200m Freestyle – two days after he took silver in the S14 100m Butterfly – also saw him break his own world record at the end of an eye-catching tussle with Brazil’s Gabriel Bandeira.

Plymouth Leander man Dunn swam well within

Captain Sagar vows to fightback after wheelchair basketball defeat to Germany

Captain Ian Sagar has vowed that ParalympicsGB's men's wheelchair basketball side will get their tournament back on track after losing 71-59 to Germany to suffer their first defeat at Tokyo 2020.

 

The game was evenly poised in the first half with both sides creating lots of chances before Germany pulled away in the third quarter to build an unassailable lead.

 

Player-coach Gaz Choudhry led a spirited

Paralympic cycling star, Jon-Allan Butterworth MBE, joins GB Para Snowboard roster

• Four-time Paralympic medallist completes talent transfer process to boost British Para-Snowsport hopes
• Butterworth, who retired from cycling in December, joins up with Para Snowboard squad immediately

 

London, UK - Four-time Paralympic medallist, Jon-Allan Butterworth, has officially joined GB Snowsport’s Para Snowsport World Class Programme following his retirement from Britain’s professional cycling programme in December 2020. Butterworth, who won three silver and one gold medal at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, will represent the country in the Para Snowboard discipline.

 

The 35-year-old joined British Cycling’s Para-

Stretton shines as archery gets underway in Tokyo

Jessica Stretton set a new Paralympic record to finish first in the women's individual compound open ranking round to cap a scintillating morning of archery in Tokyo.

 

The 21-year-old, who won gold at Rio in 2016, hit 48 tens and 25 Xs to record a score of 694 and finish ahead of the Russian Paralympic Committee's Stepanida Artakhinova in second, and Turkey's Oznur Cure in third.

 

Victory in the open ranking round means

Broome sweeps up powerlifting bronze as Jawad defies Crohn’s

Olivia Broome won bronze and Ali Jawad reached a milestone all of his own on a momentous morning for British powerlifting at the Tokyo International Forum.

 

The two athletes are at opposite ends of the scale when it comes to experience, with Broome making her Paralympic debut and Jawad defying odds to make his fourth Games.

 

The 32-year-old won a long battle with Crohn’s

Sensational Cox blazes her way to gold in velodrome

Kadeena Cox stormed to a sensational world record to successfully defend her C4-5 500m time trial gold, as ParalympicsGB continued to count the medals at the Izu Velodrome.

 

The 30-year-old stopped the clock in 34.812 seconds to give her a factored time of 34.433 and triumph by more than a second from Canada's Kate O'Brien, as she registered GB's ninth track cycling medal in just three days.

 

Cox is bidding to repeat her double gold from

Lyle delivers first ParalympicsGB athletics medal with brilliant bronze

Maria Lyle put a difficult 18 months behind her as she stormed to ParalympicsGB’s first athletics medal of Tokyo 2020.

 

World champion Lyle won women’s 100m T35 bronze in Rio and repeated that feat with a season's best on the opening morning of athletics competition in Tokyo.

 

China's Zhou Xia took a gold with a world record

Paralympic best times for two British boats in opening session of rowing

Lauren Rowles and Laurence Whiteley set a Paralympic best time as they got the defence of their mixed double sculls rowing title off to the best possible start.

 

The experienced pair finished seven seconds clear of Ukraine in Heat 2 to qualify automatically for Sunday’s A final in a time of 8:42:27.

 

Since Rio, the discipline has been renamed from

Catchpole and Dunn among five Brits to advance to swimming finals

Jordan Catchpole and Reece Dunn advanced as the two fastest qualifiers in the men’s 200m freestyle S14, setting up a finals session loaded with British contenders.

 

Catchpole, 21, captured world bronze in the

Bespoke resettlement route for Afghan refugees announced

The Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme to welcome Afghans to the UK who have been forced to flee the country.

From:

Home Office, The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, and The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

For the latest information please visit the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme.

Thousands of Afghan women, children and others most in need will be welcomed to the UK under one of the most generous resettlement schemes in our country’s history.

Those who have been forced to flee their home or face threats of persecution from the Taliban will be offered a route to set up home in the UK permanently.

The UK government’s ambition is for the new

Case study Deeper Scan – a game-changer in hardware validation, threat and anomaly detection

Scanning electronic items is an essential part of airport security. NWPro Ltd are making this a quicker, easier and less invasive process for passengers

From:

Defence and Security Accelerator

Airports are at risk of falling victim to a wide array of threats, but one that is persistently challenging to overcome is detecting explosives inside baggage. Both from an operational and a governance perspective, airport security is incredibly complex. Authorities need to provide effective, efficient and passenger friendly screening systems, whilst staying ahead of evolving security threats. Airports employ reliable processes and technologies to detect threats in baggage, however, these are invasive for passengers and resource intensive for airlines and airports.

In 2018, DASA launched a themed call: Finding

Planning Inspectorate Wales separation

On 1 October the staff and functions of Planning Inspectorate Wales will transfer to Welsh Government. The new division will be called Planning and Environment Decisions Wales - Penderfyniadau Cynllunio ac Amgylchedd Cymru.

From:

Planning Inspectorate

Whilst the name of the organisation is new, Planning Inspectorate Wales’ Inspectors and support staff will transfer to Welsh Government to carry out these functions. Robust governance arrangements have been established to ensure that Inspectors continue to determine appeals and other casework with the same objectivity and impartiality as before.

Planning appeals and other casework handled

Up to £375,000 available for space science projects

Companies and research organisations are invited to apply for funding to develop technologies that could support the next generation of space science missions.

From:

UK Space Agency and Science and Technology Facilities Council

The joint funding call, which opens today from the UK Space Agency and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), will facilitate and encourage collaboration between industry and academia, and support new entrants to the space sector.

The £375,000 Technology for Space Science fund

PM appoints members to the Senior Salaries Review Body

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reappointed Ms Pippa Lambert and extended the appointment of Sir Adrian Johns KCB CBE DL as members of the Senior Salaries Review Body.

From:

Cabinet Office and Senior Salaries Review Body

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reappointed Ms Pippa Lambert and extended the appointment of Sir Adrian Johns KCB CBE DL as members of the Senior Salaries Review Body.

The Prime Minister has approved the