China’s Cheng Huang and Russia’s Aleksey Chuvashev broke the world-best time previously set by Great Britain’s Tom Aggar.
Judo
No previous Paralympic medallists improve on performances from Athens 2004 or Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Table Tennis
Yeung Chi Ka produces dominant display in women's competition
Swimming
British swimmers claim silver and bronze after mother, Helen, was a Paralympic Torchbearer.
Cycling
Four world records were broken on the opening day of cycling, as Great Britain’s Sarah Storey stormed to gold in the individual pursuit.
Equestrian
Sophie Wells and Hannelore Brenner also on form in the equestrian competition equestrian.
Ottobock will continue to serve as a worldwide Paralympic partner for the IPC through the Rio 2016 Games.
Athletics
On the first night of athletics, Germany’s Markus Rehm won the long jump F42/44 and Ireland’s Jason Smyth cruised in his 100m T13 heat.
Cycling
Great Britain’s Mark Colbourne rocked the velodrome with gold in the individual pursuit C1.
Due to a record-breaking day in terms of visits to Paralympic.org, the IPC will temporarily shut down the livestream player overnight on Thursday (30 August).
