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GB v USA basketball showdown For the primary time since 1996, Nice Britain have made it to the lads’s wheelchair basketball last, the place they’ll face the double defending Paralympic champions within the form of the USA. oth groups received three out of three within the group stage, romped by means of the quarter-finals after which dominated of their semi-finals, GB thrashing Germany 71-43 and the US equally emphatic in a 80-43 demolition of Canada The British staff received bronze in 2004, 2008, 2016 and 2020 – and got here fourth on the London 2012 Video games. Saturday night provides the lads’s staff an opportunity to lastly finish the lengthy seek for gold.
British stars of observe and subject
Hannah Cockroft can be favorite for tonight’s T34 800m last – the two-time defending Paralympic champion is unbeaten within the occasion at any main championships within the final 10 years. ‘Hurricane Hannah’ goes for her ninth profession gold, after which has her marriage ceremony to teammate Nathan Maguire arising in three weeks. Additionally defending a protracted unbeaten streak is Aled Sion Davies – the shot putter has not been overwhelmed within the F63 class since taking the bronze medal at London 2012.
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Set your alarms (8.30pm) for this one later: GB v USA within the last of the lads’s wheelchair basketball.
Ade Adepitan has been writing for the Guardian all through the Video games and let’s simply say he’s fairly pumped for this one. Some nice general perspective too on the broader that means of the Paralympics.
My three-year-old son has come to those Video games and it provides me further satisfaction to know that his first expertise of a significant world sporting occasion is the Paralympics. He’s realized the phrase Paralympian earlier than the phrase Olympian and he sees no distinction between the greatness of the athletes in each Video games. That is the place we must be at. Now, simply convey house that basketball gold.
The ParalympicsGB medal depend has risen from 101 in a single day to 107 this morning. We’ve introduced you the three golds (Fin Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw) and two silvers (Dave Phillipson and Hope Gordon) however there’s additionally been a bronze within the equestrian. Hats off to Sophie Wells.
Charlotte Henshaw and Hope Gordon mirror on their 1-2 within the water. “I’m so happy for us each to be on the rostrum,” says Henshaw. “To share this second collectively is unbelievable.”
A really tearful Gordon is struggling to get her phrases out. “We wished these prime two spots so badly. I feel we’re so sturdy due to the assist we get on and off the water.”
Each are racing once more tomorrow so celebrations can be placed on maintain for now.
Henshaw leads 1-2 in VL3 va’a
Gold No. 45 adopted quickly after as Charlotte Henshaw produced a quick begin and led all the best way to win the ladies’s VL3 va’a.
The 37-year-old, who claimed the KL2 kayak title in Tokyo, received in 55.7 seconds, with compatriot Hope Gordon taking silver, 0.88 seconds behind. And it didn’t finish there for GB at Vaires-sur-Marne Stadium this morning as Dave Phillipson delivered silver within the males’s KL2 kayak, clocking 42.43 seconds.
Wiggs retains girls’s VL2 va’a crown
And gold medal 44 for Paralympics GB got here as canoeist Emma Wiggs adopted up the biking success by retaining the ladies’s VL2 va’a title to win her third Paralympic gold.
The 44-year-old completed the 200-metre course in 58.88 seconds, whereas Jeanette Chippington – the oldest member of GB’s squad at 54 – was fourth.
Graham takes biking gold in C1-3 street race
You look away for a short time and Paralympics have elevated their gold haul from 42 to 45!
Let’s begin with biking the place Fin Graham sprinted to victory within the males’s C1-3 street race earlier this morning. Right here’s the report of a dramatic end in Clichy-sous-Bois because the Brit claimed gold by a whisker from France’s Thomas Peyroton-Dartet.
Preamble
It’s been a gold-laden Video games for ParalympicsGB and as we come to the ultimate weekend in Paris, the medal desk makes exceptional studying. The 100-medal barrier has been smashed and GB’s haul of 42 golds is now another than the staff managed in Tokyo final time.
And let’s hope it doesn’t cease there. Extra medals are up for grabs at present, together with Alfie Hewett within the males’s wheelchair singles last. After his gold alongside Gordon Reid within the doubles yesterday, this might fairly the 2 days for Hewett, who had beforehand by no means sampled Paralympics gold regardless of a string of grand slam titles.
One other alternative presents itself tonight within the must-watch wheelchair basketball between GB and the USA whereas on the observe Hannah Cockroft can be favorite for the T34 800m last.
And, turning to the current, there’s loads of motion to get caught into proper now in fact. Allons-y!
