Key events
USA’s Daniel Romanchuk wins men’s T54 5,000m
Where did he come from?!
With all eyes on Marcel Hug as the six-time Paralympic gold medalist went out wide to try to pass the pack, the Tokyo 400m champion suddenly sprang into daylight and wound up winning by two wheelchair lengths.
Romanchuk won in 10:55.28, 0.5 seconds ahead of Hug. Only 1.1 seconds separated second place from eighth.
An accident in the last few meters could affect the final podium. Kuwait’s Faisal Alrajehi is the bronze medalist for now, but he was involved in some contact that sent Thailand’s Putharet Khongrak into the inside rail. Khongrak topped over and took out the USA’s Brian Siemann, sending both racers tumbling to the track.
After getting some assistance, Siemann crossed the finish line nearly two minutes behind Romanchuk.
GB’s David Weir, who won this event and three others in London 12 years ago, slid to eighth.
Over to the track, GB veteran David Weir is very much in the thick of things in the men’s T54 (wheelchair) 5,000m. World and Paralympic champion Marcel Hug is also near the front. But so is everyone.
One lap to go …
Ma Jia sets world record for China’s 20th gold medal
The defending champion in the women’s S11 (visual impairment) 50m freestyle knocked nearly a quarter of a second off her previous record, finishing in 28.96 and easily outdistancing the field.
That’s 20 gold medals for China, more than twice that of second-place GB (nine).
Australia win women’s doubles table tennis gold
Lei Li Na and Yang Qian faced some nervous moments at the end, dropping the third game 11-3 and falling behind by two in the fourth game, but the Australian duo converted the second of two chances to close out the match, ending with an effective cross-court smash by Yang to win the WD20 class.
Australian gold medal alert … tune into the WD20 women’s doubles table tennis final, where Lei Li Na and Yang Qian are two points away from closing out top seed Lin Tzu Yu and Tian Shiau Wen of Chinese Taipei.
Jodie Grinham has defeated fellow GB archer Phoebe Paterson Pine in the women’s compound archery bronze medal match with a stunning comeback in the final end.
Paterson Pine, the defending champion, led 115-113 after four ends. Each archer scored 9 on her first shot of the final three. Then Grinham pulled within one point with a 10 against Paterson Pine’s 9. With her final arrow, Paterson Pine was far off the mark and scored 8, while Grinham hit the center for the 142-141 win.
The final is in progress, and Iran’s Fatemah Hemmati does not appear to be enjoying the intermission music – Can’t Hold Us, by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Turkey’s Oznur Cure Girdi held a three-point lead heading into the final end and slammed the door shut with 10s on her first two arrows for the win.
A final word from boccia today – GB won one and lost one in the women’s BC2 quarterfinals. Kayleigh Haggo is out, but Claire Taggart has advanced to the semifinals.
A USA-GB semifinal in wheelchair rugby is looking likely at the moment.
Earlier today, Chuck Aoki scored an astounding 34 tries and Sarah Adam, the first woman on a US Paralympic wheelchair rugby team, added 13 as the USA beat Germany 57-47. Japan beat Canada 50-46 to win the group, with the USA in second.
GB is up against France right now, leading 36-34. Should GB hold on, they’ll win the group with a 3-0 record. If not, three teams will be at 2-1, and things will get more complicated.
Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno sets 100m world record
The Colombian sprinter made quick work of the T38 100m final, finishing in 12.26 to knock 0.12 seconds off the previous world and Paralympic record.
GB’s Sophie Hahn, who set the previous record in Tokyo, was sixth.
USA’s Mallory Weggemann sets Paralympic record
She didn’t challenge the world record she set in 2010, but she beat her own Paralympic record and put plenty of distance between herself and the rest of the pack in the SM7 200m individual medley. Her time of 2:53.29 knocks nearly one second off her mark from Tokyo.
Canada’s Tess Routliffe cruised to a silver medal, while the USA’s Julia Gaffney rallied in the freestyle leg to claim bronze.
All things tennis …
Team GB has had a good day … everywhere, actually, but that includes Roland Garros.
Advancing out of the first round: Andy Lapthorne (quad singles), Gregory Slade (quad singles), Lucy Shuker (women’s singles) and Ben Bartram/Dahnon Ward (men’s doubles).
USA’s Maycee Phelps beat GB’s Abbie Breakwell in women’s singles. Phelps is the only US player to advance today.
Two GB archers will face off for bronze in the women’s compound event, as Phoebe Paterson Pine and Jodie Grinham dropped their semifinal matches to Turkey’s Oznur Cure Girdi (the 2023 world champion) and Iran’s Fatemah Hemmati.
Paterson Pine and Grinham have been remarkably consistent, each shooting a 143 in their quarterfinal and semifinal matchups.
It’s a final in women’s wheelchair basketball: Netherlands 69, USA 56.
Neat symmetry on the court today. Team GB played Canada in both men’s and women’s action, with the men winning in a rout and the women losing. The USA played the Netherlands in men’s and women’s, with the men winning in a rout and the women losing.
The GB and US men are both 2-0 in pool play. The GB and US women are both 1-1, but GB has a tougher road to the top two because they have to face first-place China. The US will face last-place Japan.
But all eight teams make the knockout rounds, anyway, so it’s just a battle for seeding.
Make it TWO GB athletes in taekwondo finals today, as Amy Truesdale has defeated Mexico’s Fernanda Vargas Fernandez 26-13 in the 65+kg semifinal.
Truesdale will fight for gold at just before 8 p.m. BST (3 p.m. ET). Matt Bush will compete in the next final on the mat.
Quick word from boccia: GB’s Stephen McGuire has advanced to the semifinals of the BC4 class. That’s one of the classes that does not use a ramp and an assistant.
USA’s Jaydin Blackwell smashes world record in T38 100m
So many talented runners at the starting line, but within 30 meters, two-time world champion Jaydin Blackwell had left them in the dust. The only question left was whether he would better his own world record of 10.72, and he certainly did that, with a time of 10.64.
Ryan Medrano made it a 1-2 USA finish with a time of 10.97 in a very tight finish for the podium. Colombia’s Juan Alejandro Campas Sanchez (10.99) took bronze just 0.01 ahead of defending champion Thomas Young of Team GB.
A thriller on the track … in the women’s T13 (visually impaired) 1,500m, Ethiopia’s Tigist Menigstu has taken gold by 0.59 seconds over Morocco’s Fatima El Idrissi, with the USA’s Liza Corso another 0.47 back.
Next up: the men’s T38 (coordination impairment) 100m, with a loaded field of sprinters with glittering resumes …
Over at Roland Garros, the USA’s Maylee Phelps leads GB’s Abbie Blackwell 6-3, 4-1.
Back at the pool, Jessica Long’s streak of medaling in four straight Paralympics in the S8 100m backstroke has ended with a sixth-place finish. She’ll have a few more chances to add to her medal collection through next week.
Thanks Emillia, and my apologies for jumping the gun and getting in before my introduction. On the track and in the pool, I’d be disqualified for a false start.
Everything is happening all over the place. At the moment, I’ve got my eyes on wheelchair basketball, where the perennial medalist US women are down by 12 points to the defending champion Netherlands.
That’s all from me today. I’ll hand you over to Beau Dure, who will guide you through the remainder of day three in Paris. Over to you, Beau!
USA’s Olivia Chambers wins gold in pool
Hello everyone, it’s your Stateside commentator Beau Dure stepping in. Thanks to everyone for covering everything in the US morning hours.
At last, the USA have a second gold medal after a hauling in enough silver to slay a village of vampires.
It’s 21-year-old Olivia Chambers, who got out to an early lead and held off a challenge from the great Italian swimmer Carlotta Gilli to win the women’s S13 400m freestyle.
Matt Bush has guaranteed himself a medal with a 26-13 win over Iran’s Hamed Haghshenas in the men’s K44 +80kg para-taekwondo semi-final.
Following her quarter-final win, Jodie Grinham said: “For one shot, I couldn’t draw up my arrow because the baby was kicking so much. I just rubbed my belly and said ‘I know you are supporting me but we just need a minute’. But it is a really nice thing and a lovely feeling and a reminder of actually the wider picture of why I am here and what I do. I enjoyed it.”
Great Britain’s Phoebe Patterson Pine is next up in the women’s individual compound. She faces Mariana Zuniga of Chile in her quarter-final.
Jodie Grinham is through to the women’s individual compound semi-finals. She beats Jane Karla Gogel 143-141 after taking maximum points from her final three shots.
Over to the para-archery now and Jodie Grinham is competing for a spot in the women’s individual compound semi-finals. She’s facing Brazil’s Jane Karla Gogel.
Gold for Britain’s Alice Tai
Alice Tai wins gold in the women’s S8 100m backstroke final – and she does so with a Paralympic record time of 1:09:06.
Viktoriia Ischiulova takes silver, with Germany’s Jeanne Mira Maack claiming bronze.
Next up in the pool we have the women’s S8 100m backstroke final. Great Britain’s Alice Tai features in this race.
Those medals have taken Great Britain TOP of the para swimming medal table!
Maskill and Fiddes take medals for GB
Poppy Maskill wins silver for Great Britain in the women’s S14 200m freestyle final, with Louise Fiddes taking bronze. Olivia Newman-Baronius narrowly misses out on a medal after finishing fourth.
Valeriia Shabalina wins gold.
Thanks, Niall!
Now we move on to the women’s S14 200m freestyle final, which includes ParalympicsGB stars Olivia Newman-Baronius, Poppy Maskill and Louise Fiddes.
“Probably the most nervous I’ve ever been before a race,” says Ellard. “The last 100m, it hits you like a brick wall. When I saw Nick coming back at me [at the final turn], I thought ‘I’ve got to go now’. I knew with 25m to go that I was going to win.”
Time to hand back to Emillia …
Gold and world record for Britain’s Will Ellard
Ellard still in front as they turn for home, with Bennett lurking on his shoulder – but the Briton, just like Clegg before him, leaves everyone behind on the final length. It’s gold –and a world record! 1:51.30. A tiring Bennett hangs on to silver ahead of Ireland.
Ellard takes the first turn first in front of Bennett, with Jack Ireland of … Australia in third place. The leading trio maintain that order at the halfway mark …
Next up in the pool, it’s the men’s 200m freestyle S14, where Britain’s Will Ellard is going up against Nicholas Bennett of Canada…
Here is Paul MacInnes on events in the velodrome, where Archie Atkinson took silver after a dramatic fall denied him gold.