Paralympics 2024 LIVE: Latest results from Paris as Team GB climb up medal table
Poppy Maskill secured Team GB's first gold medal as Great Britain earned a total of six medals on the opening day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Over 4,400 incredible athletes from around the world will compete across 22 sports.
Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney both won gold medals for Great Britain, while teenager Will Ellard claimed silver in the men’s 100m butterfly S14.
Daphne Schrager and Steve Bate also secured silver medals in track cycling.
Team GB enters the competition with high hopes after their stellar performance at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games, where they bagged 124 medals—41 of them gold—finishing second behind China in the overall standings.
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Two more medals for Team GB
Jaco van Gass has claimed gold in the Men’s Pursuit C3 track cycling event, narrowly edging out fellow Brit Finlay Graham for the top spot.
With this win, Team GB's medal tally rises to 10, including 3 golds and 5 silvers.
What events are there at the Paris 2024 Paralympics?
Each sport will be broken down into subcategories giving athletes the chance to compete on equal terms with those who have a similar impairment.
Here are the events:
- Para archery
- Para athletics
- Para badminton
- Blind football
- Boccia
- Para canoe
- Para cycling
- Para equestrian
- Goalball
- Para judo
- Para powerlifting
- Para rowing
- Shooting Para sport
- Sitting volleyball
- Para swimming
- Para table tennis
- Para taekwondo
- Para triathlon
- Wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair fencing
- Wheelchair rugby
- Wheelchair tennis
Updated medal table
Korey Boddington's gold medal in the Men’s C4-5 1,000m cycling time trial has propelled Australia into second place in the overall medal standings.
Team GB currently holds 7 medals, including two golds secured yesterday by swimming pair Poppy Maskill and Tully Kearney.
Matthew Robertson has added a bronze medal to the Team GB tally after defeating Japan’s Shota Kawamoto in the Men’s Pursuit C2 bronze final.
Chance for Bronze
In just 10 minutes, Matthew Robertson will face Japan's Shota Kawamoto in the Men's Pursuit C2 bronze final.
Hunt claims silver in Men's C4-5 1,000m Cycling time trial
Great Britain's Blaine Hunt narrowly missed out on the gold medal by just over a tenth of a second, delivering an impressive performance on his Paralympic debut.
Australia's Korey Boddington claimed the gold with a time of 1:06:650
Jody Cundy and Archie Atkinson also fell just short of medals, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.
Blair Hunt celebrates silver success. Credit: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire Meet Ellie Challis
The Team GB Paralympic star will be hoping to replicate her Tokyo 2021 success in Paris.
At just 16 months old she had both legs and both arms amputated.
Ellie has never seen her disability as a barrier and at primary school played football against her able-bodied friends.
In 2015, a chance meeting at their local Pizza Hut put Ellie in touch with a disabled swimming club.
Two years later she started competing, and two years after that she joined the GB regional squad.
The swimmer will compete in the women’s 50m backstroke and the women’s 100m freestyle in Paris.
Shark attack survivor prepares for first Paralympics
Ali Truwit never imagined she’d return to the pool after a shark attack left her with a deep fear of water.
On May 24, 2023, while snorkelling off Turks and Caicos, a shark bit off her lower leg.
Despite the traumatic experience, the 24-year-old has shown remarkable resilience, qualifying for the 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and 100m backstroke events.
British trio set to compete in Men’s 1000m Cycling C4-5
Team GB is poised for a strong medal chance in the Men's 1000m time trial C4-5, set to begin in under 30 minutes.
British riders Blaine Hunt, Jody Cundy, and Archie Atkinson make up half of the finalist lineup after impressive qualifying performances.
All eyes will be on Jody Cundy as he competes in his eighth Paralympic Games.
What TV channel is the Paris 2024 Paralympics on and can it be live streamed?
The Paris 2024 Paralympics will be broadcast LIVE on Channel 4 in the UK.
Every single event will be shown on Channel 4 but fans can stream the entire action through the Channel 4 app which was formerly named All 4.
US spectators can tune in on either Peacock or NBC Olympics platforms
GB make it two wins out of two in Wheelchair Rugby
Great Britain have secured a narrow victory over Denmark, winning the match 55-53.
Credit: REUTERS/Rula Rouhana Chance to guarantee a medal in Taekwondo
Team GBs Beth Munro is currently competing against China’s Yao Yinan in the Taekwondo Women’s 65kg K44. A win would guarantee her a medal.
Meet Sophie Hahn
Born on January 23, 1997, Sophie Hahn is a parasport athlete who competes primarily in T38 sprint events.
The athlete was born with cerebral palsy and began her career in athletics when she was 15-years-old after her older brother encouraged her to join an athletics club.
In Rio 2016 she won gold in the T38 100m, and silver in the 4x100m relay.
Hahn retained her title in Tokyo 2020 and won gold again.
Hahn's Paralympic Games will begin tomorrow when she competes in heat 2 of the Women's 100m T38 event.
Wheelchair rugby update
The scores are currently tied between Great Britain and Denmark in the wheelchair rugby, with little to separate the two teams.
Wheelchair Rugby is played indoors on a standard basketball court with teams of four. The game uses a white ball that is identical in size and shape to a volleyball.
Teams are mixed-gender, with both men and women competing together on the same team.
Kadeena Cox reflects on "nightmare" Paralympics
Kadeena Cox has described the 2024 Paralympics as "a nightmare I can't wake up from" after crashing in the final of her C4-5 500m time trial.
Cox, who won the event at the last two Paralympics, struggled from the off before slipping, leading to a crash on the first corner.
The four-time Paralympic gold medallist wrote on Instagram: "It’s hard to put into words how I feel. After everything I’ve battled to come back from this last year I thought this moment was going to make it worth it.
"All I thought about when I was pushing to try get the strength back to walk let alone run/cycle last year was being able to get out there and prove grit and determination can help you achieve anything but yesterday I learnt a hard lesson in that sometimes it just doesn’t happen, whether you think you deserve it or not!!"
Bly Twomey ends Paralympics with bronze medal
Bly Twomey's quest for a second medal has ended after she and mixed doubles partner Joshua Stacey were defeated 3-0 by the Chinese duo Mao Jingdian and Zhao Shuai in the table tennis quarterfinals.
Bly Twomey won bronze yesterday, becoming Great Britain’s youngest table tennis medallist.
Jürgen Klopp hails Paralympics as 'outstanding'
Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp was full of praise for the Paralympics while attending to support his friend, New Zealand para-badminton player Wojtek Czyz.
"What I experienced last night was wonderful. The Opening Ceremony was like a Taylor Swift concert... Outstanding! I saw so many athletes with big smiles in the stands," he said.
"The stories behind the athletes are always special, and that's what I love about sport, that it can change the world."
Kearney through to 100m final
Tully Kearney, who recently secured gold in the S5 200m, has won her heat in the 100m with a time of 1:17.75.
She’s the fastest qualifier for the final and will be looking to add to her medal tally this afternoon.
Bly Twomey makes history
Fourteen-year-old Bly Twomey made history as Great Britain's youngest Paralympic table tennis medallist, securing bronze on her Games debut alongside teammate Fliss Pickard.
The British duo started strong with a 3-0 victory against Norway in the quarter-finals, guaranteeing themselves a medal. However, they fell short of reaching the gold medal match, losing to China's Wenjuan Huang and Yucheng Jin.
Credit: PA Wire Para-swimming athletes make a splash for Team GB
Nineteen-year-old Poppy Maskill set a world record, claiming ParalympicsGB's first gold in Paris by winning the women's 100m butterfly S14 in a time of 1:03.00.
World record holder Tully Kearney followed suit, upgrading her Tokyo silver to gold in the women's 200m freestyle S5, helping boost Team GB to second in the medal table behind China.
Earlier, teenager Will Ellard secured silver in the men's 100m butterfly S14.
Cyclins medals for Team GB
Daphne Schrager and Steve Bate earned silver medals for Team GB in track cycling, while four-time Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox faced heartbreak after crashing out of her gold medal race at the velodrome.
Today, all eyes are on Jody Cundy as he competes for gold in the C4-5 1,000m time trial, marking his eighth Paralympic Games.
What TV channel is the Paris 2024 Paralympics on and can it be live streamed?
The Paris 2024 Paralympics will be broadcast LIVE on Channel 4 in the UK.
Every single event will be shown on Channel 4 but fans can stream the entire action through the Channel 4 app which was formerly named All 4.
US spectators can tune in on either Peacock or NBC Olympics platforms
Wheelchair rugby fixtures
In wheelchair rugby action, France takes on Denmark at 4:30 pm BST, followed by a showdown between Japan and Germany at 6:30 pm BST.
Wheelchair Rugby is played indoors on a standard basketball court with teams of four. The game uses a white ball that is identical in size and shape to a volleyball.
Teams are mixed-gender, with both men and women competing together on the same team.
Wheelchair Basketball Fixtures to Watch Today
Three more wheelchair basketball fixtures are lined up for today.
In the men's tournament, the United States faces off against Spain at 3 pm BST, while Australia takes on the Netherlands at 8:30 pm BST.
Meanwhile, the women’s teams from Canada and China are set to compete at 5:15 pm BST.
Chance for cycling gold
More cycling action is on the way, with Kadeena Cox set to compete in the women's 500m time trial C4-C5 for a shot at a medal.
While Daphne Schrager is also racing for gold in the track cycling women's pursuit C1-3 at 3:40 pm BST.
Shark attack survivor prepares for first Paralympics
Ali Truwit never imagined she’d return to the pool after a shark attack left her with a deep fear of water.
On May 24, 2023, while snorkelling off Turks and Caicos, a shark bit off her lower leg.
Despite the traumatic experience, the 24-year-old has shown remarkable resilience, qualifying for the 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle, and 100m backstroke events.
