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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Table tennis
Table Tennis

Yeung Chi Ka produces dominant display in women's competition

Hynd brothers
Swimming

British swimmers claim silver and bronze after mother, Helen, was a Paralympic Torchbearer.

Wheechair Basketball Men game - Great Britain vs Australia
Wheelchair Basketball

The match between Germany and United States in the women's competition is sure to be a showcase of the best women's wheelchair basketball in the world.

A picture of 3 womens on a podium
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.

Sophie Wells
Equestrian

Sophie Wells and Hannelore Brenner also on form in the equestrian competition equestrian.

A picture of man fixing up a wheelchair

Ottobock will continue to serve as a worldwide Paralympic partner for the IPC through the Rio 2016 Games.

Markus Rehm
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.

Mark Colbourne
Cycling

Great Britain’s Mark Colbourne rocked the velodrome with gold in the individual pursuit C1.

Margaret Maughan lights the Cauldron

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).

Kevin Evans gets ready to fire at London 2012
Archery

Quarter-final places were decided in the men’s and women’s recruve W1/W2.

Natalie Du Toit
Swimming

An exciting line-up beckons for an action-packed day at the Aquatics Centre.

Jonas Jacobsson
Shooting

Great British shooters looking to de-thrown the king of shooting from Sweden on the second day of competition.

A group picture of soccer player
Blind Football

Captain David Clarke grabs the equaliser for the hosts.

Goalball
Goalball

Lithuania confirm their position as the men's team to beat with another big win.

Hannah Cockroft set a new Paralympic record in the women's 100m - T34 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

With 11 gold medals up for grabs, the morning session kicked-off with an impressive start: four world records were broken.

Sherif Osman
Powerlifting

Egyptian powerlifter lifts 197kg in men's 56kg category.

Johan Cruyff
Netherlands

Dutch sporting legend: "These Games amaze me."

A picture of a man swimming
Swimming

Keep your eyes on Australia's Matt Cowdrey, Ukraine’s Yevhiney Bohodayko and South Africa’s Natalie du Toit on the first day in the pool.

Yuliya Halinska and Laura Garcia Benitez
Judo

Ukraine's Yuliya Halinska also impresses at ExCeL.

Opening Ceremony Fireworks
Great Britain

International Paralympic Committee President says Opening Ceremony is start of something special