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Wheelchair tennis: Day five preview
Can Nick Taylor and David Wagner secure a fourth consecutive Paralympic gold medal in today’s quad doubles final?
![Tiffany Thomas Kane competing at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912172203146_Tiffany%2BKane.jpg)
Swimming heats set-up close clashes for finals at Rio 2016
Eleanor Simmonds, Denys Dubrov, Jiao Cheng and Olga Sviderska all set records on Monday (12 September).
Bayley takes revenge to secure GB table tennis gold
Briton is one of big winners on a busy day of action at the Para table tennis which also sees China secure another three gold medals.
![A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.](/sites/default/files/images/140512090154271_lapthorne.jpg)
Wheelchair Tennis: Day four preview
Wagner and Lapthorne square up for fascinating Centre Court battle as the competition intensifies at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
![Athletics | Men's 4x100m - T42-47 Final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/media-icons/generic/video.png?itok=hSn2gpYN)
Lepiato takes gold with high-jump world record
Action-packed day at the Olympic Stadium sees Germany’s 4x100m T42-47 team triumph after USA suffer repeat of 2012 disqualification.
![Yijun Chen](/sites/default/files/images/130717150801043_Wheelchair%2BFencing_0.jpg)
Wheelchair fencing: Day one preview
The male sabre fencers are the first to do battle on the piste at Rio 2016. But who will come out on top?
![Agitos](/sites/default/files/images/160816074328431_IPC%2BLogo%2B16-9.jpg)
Brazilian guide runner given backdated suspension for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Felipe Veloso da Silva has served a three-month suspension for a violation committed in May 2016.
![Swimming | Women's 200m IM SM6 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/QaUZ-H9PGjCukR2FTO88fJhIAgDc_css0_UjlAyNCWw.jpg?itok=4KH8tPU7)
Legends rise in swimming at Rio 2016
The world’s best Paralympians showed why they remain at the top of their game at the Olympic Aquatics Centre, with world records and golds galore.
![Walid Ktila of Tunisia won all four of the events he took part in over the three days of track and field action at the Rades Athletics Stadium.](/sites/default/files/images/150326094048511_151232666.jpg)
Athletics: Day five preview
Tunisia’s Walid Ktila is determined to defend the 100m T34 title he won at London 2012. Can anyone stop him?
![Agitos](/sites/default/files/images/160816074328431_IPC%2BLogo%2B16-9.jpg)
Saudi Arabian powerlifter suspended for eight years for second anti-doping violation
Mashal Alkhazai tested positive for anabolic steroids in an out-of-competition test ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Man in wheelchair throwing a boccia ball](/sites/default/files/images/170224155832289_Boccia-test-event.jpg)
First three boccia gold medals awarded in Rio
Slovakia, Brazil and Thailand claimed the three first boccia Paralympic titles at Rio 2016.
![The USA's Bradley Snyder celebrates winning the men's 400m freestyle S11 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160912122909656_GettyImages-602232532.jpg)
Swimming: Day five preview
Independent Paralympic Athlete Ibrahim Al-Hussein competes for the first time while Daniel Dias chases a fifth medal at Rio 2016.
![Akeem Stewart wins gold in the Men's Javelin Throw - F44 at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912191831353_stewart.jpg)
Stewart not satisfied with one golden first
Javelin throw earned Trinidad and Tobago its first Paralympic gold in over three decades. The nation might not have to wait long for its next one.
Rio 2016: Day five preview
Walid Ktila, Omara Durand, David Wagner and 10-time Paralympian Jonas Jacobsson are among the stars competing on Monday (12 September).
![Serbia’s Laslo Suranji (centre) with fellow medallists Abdulla Sultan Alaryani and Doron Shaziri.](/sites/default/files/images/160912202047396_Laslo%2BSuranji%2B-%2BGold%2BR7.jpg)
Serbian Suranji’s delight at clinching shooting gold
Ten-time Paralympian Jonas Jacobsson questions his timing and admits he “didn’t have enough gas in the tank” as he finishes tenth.
![Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160913010611135_GettyImages-603207672.jpg)
Swimmers star on special night at Aquatics Centre
There is drama in the pool and at the Olympic Stadium where Germans clinch relay title after US team are disqualified again.
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Belgium’s Laurens Devos makes table tennis history
The 16-year-old became the youngest ever Paralympic Games table tennis champion when he won the men’s class 9 gold medal match.
![Australian SKUD 18 team - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912222838344_AUS_SKUD18.jpg)
Opening day of sailing contest has all the elements
Leading Para sailors deliver – as does the weather – as the sailing competition gets underway at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
![Agitos symbol unveiled on Copacabana Beach.](/sites/default/files/images/160902163448727_agitos.jpg)
Do Nascimento dreams of Paralympic success
The T47 sprinter, who features in the latest video in the road to Rio 2016 film series, hopes to qualify for the Paralympic Games one day.
![Genrik Pavliukianec with teammate Mindaugas Suchovejus at the Athletes' Village during the Rio 2016 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/images/160912195059715_20160909_190449.jpg)
Pavliukianec to leave Lithuanian goalball in good hands
Before Genrik Pavliukianec retires, he wants his team to leave Rio with a medal and build on that success.