PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

David Peralta

David Peralta insists Los Murcielagos have nobody to fear

Alla Lysenko

Ukrainian athlete achieves her 'ultimate dream'.

Oscar Pistorius

The day will be filled with rowing finals, Will Bayley’s attempt at table tennis gold and sprint after sprint by Oscar Pistorius, April Holmes and T54 wheelchair racers.

Ikar Boki competing in the men's 100m freestyle S13 heat on day 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games swimming competition.

A further two world records and five Paralympic records fell as athletes astounded the expectant capacity crowd to reach tonight’s finals.

Table tennis

The first eleven medals of the Paralympic Games third largest sport tournament are up for grabs on Day 4 of the competition.

A picture of a man celebrating his victory on a bike

Jezek will try to better his four-medal haul from Beijing, where he won gold in both the 4km Pursuit and Time Trial and silver in the 1km and Team Sprint.

Australian cyclist Jayme Paris

Australian cyclist Jayme Paris added another medal to her resume on Day 3 at the Velodrome.

Deborah Criddle

Michele George and Hannelore Brenner also top the podium

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The powerlifting events resume at the ExCeL on Sunday (2 September), with three medals due to be decided in the women’s -56kg, men’s -67.50kg and women’s -60kg categories respectively.

Oscar Pistorius and Jerome Singleton fighting for victory

The third day of Athletics competition is expected to be one more day of broken records in the field and in the track.