PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Weir closes night with historic finish
In a night to remember at Olympic Stadium, Great Britain’s David Weir snuck into gold-medal position at the end of the 5,000m T54 event.
Wheelchair fencing preview
The wheelchair fencing tournament will feature Paralympic and world champions going for the gold and twelve medal events in the five days of competition.
The wind is blowing on Weymouth and Portland
On Day 3 of sailing, the boats enter race five and six of the competition.
McFadden finally gets her gold
Americans Tatyana McFadden and Raymond Martin raced to gold, and Irish middle-distance runner Michael McKillop got his second of London 2012.
Perfection for Partyka
Natalia Partyka of Poland showed why she is the best in the world, wrapping up her third Paralympic table tennis gold.
Australia and Britain dominate sailing day
Australia’s Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch and Great Britain’s Lucas enjoy strong day after delayed start.
Russia and Spain set to go head-to-head in the pool
British swimmers Robert Welbourne and Ellie Simmonds also back in action on Day 5 of swimming competition.
Ten gold medals on table on Day 5
Gold and bronze medal matches mark the fifth day of table tennis competition, which is set to be action packed with plenty of giant killers who have defeated defending champions.
China’s Yao shot to the top of the podium
Chinese athletes dominated the jumping and throwing events of this morning, collecting gold and silver medals in women’s shot put F42/44 and the gold in the men’s long jump F46.
Thailand produce stunning boccia upset
Beijing gold medalists Great Britain crash out of competition at semi-final stage.