PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Goals galore as four teams make semi-finals
Ukraine, Brazil, Russia and Iran through to competition’s last four stage after big wins.
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Sailing: Kroger continues to impress in the 2.4mR
French and Creignou dominate SKUD18 fleet
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Fourteen gold medals on offer at Aquatics Centre
Day 4 promises to showcase 43 exhilarating races in seven different disciplines, including the men’s 4x100m freestyle 34 final race.
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Polychronidis helps Greece to impressive Boccia start
World number one and teammate Nikolaos Polychronidis come from behind to pip impressive Canada.
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Football 5-a-side champions to showcase on court
Last Paralympics gold, silver and bronze medallists, Brazil, China and Argentina will showcase the best football 5-a-side on the second day of competition.
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Huang races past Aggar for gold at Eton Dorney
On a day full of medals in the rowing competition, China and Ukraine dominated the waters.
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Tirsek wins silver with a borrowed gun
Gold to Korea and Slovenia’s Gorazd Tirsek wins silver with another man’s gun medal in the R4 mixed 10m Air Rifle standing SH2 competition on Day 4.
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Victorious Wollmert shows class on and off table
German veteran wins hearts of partisan crowd after beating local hero Bayley to table tennis gold medal.
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Argentina 5-a-side team confident of gold medal success
David Peralta insists Los Murcielagos have nobody to fear
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London 2012 champion Alla Lysenko sets her sights on Rio
Ukrainian athlete achieves her 'ultimate dream'.
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What to watch: Day 4
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.](/sites/default/files/images/120902151131985_piscina_151137249_0.jpg)
A morning of broken records at Aquatics Centre
A further two world records and five Paralympic records fell as athletes astounded the expectant capacity crowd to reach tonight’s finals.
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Para-table tennis prepares to hand out its first medals
The first eleven medals of the Paralympic Games third largest sport tournament are up for grabs on Day 4 of the competition.
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Jiri Jezek may become most successful Paralympic cyclist
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.
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Paris pride at bronze medal
Australian cyclist Jayme Paris added another medal to her resume on Day 3 at the Velodrome.
![Deborah Criddle](/sites/default/files/images/120902222436374_Deborah%2BCriddle_0.jpg)
Equestrian gold for Britain's Sophie Christiansen
Michele George and Hannelore Brenner also top the podium
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Powerlifting continues on Day 4
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](/sites/default/files/images/120118161544015_82739040.jpg)
Fastest runners on track at the Olympic Stadium
The third day of Athletics competition is expected to be one more day of broken records in the field and in the track.
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Fatma Omar sets new Paralympic and world records
Egpytian powerlifter claims fourth consecutive Paralympic gold medal
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Australian wheelchair basketball ace Amber Merritt proves her worth
Coach Triscari: “I see Amber being the best 4.5 in the world over the next couple of years.”