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Top medal moments on Day 8
Japan's Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka become first Japanese women to win wheelchair tennis gold

USA upset GB in wheelchair basketball thriller
Netherlands, China, US and Canada will tussle for medals as Paralympic semi-final line-up set

Para canoe action starts with big names defending their titles
Australia's Curtis McGrath and Hungary's Peter Kiss are among the ones to watch in the water

Paris 2024 | Para powerlifting preview: The ones to watch on day two
Great Britain’s Olivia Broome and China's Jinping Xiao are favourite in women's up to 50kg while Rehab Ahmed of Egypt is the name to beat in the women's up to 55kg ; China’s Qi Yongkai will be the man to beat in men's up to 59kg even as China’s Zou Yi looks strong in men's up to 65kg event on day two

Harvinder Singh wins India’s first-ever Para archery gold
Harvinder Singh won gold in the men’s individual recurve open competition, three years after earning India’s first Paralympic medal in Para archery

Paris 2024: Fourth long jump gold to Rehm, eighth title to Tlili
German star dominates the men's long jump T64 in the evening session at Stade de France while Tunisian throwing legend takes her sweet revenge in the discus F41 in the morning on Wednesday at the Paralympic Games

Top medal highlights from Day 7
Noelle Malkamaki set a world record en route to winning the women's shot put F46 gold

Long rewrites history books with 17th Paralympic gold
USA swimmer wins women's 400m freestyle S8 title for the first time since London 2012 on same day Australia's Alexa Leary takes her first-ever individual gold in her maiden Games and China's Jiang Yuyan bags her fourth gold at Paris 2024

Schroder and Vink defend wheelchair tennis title
Dutch quad doubles legends secure first gold of Paralympics at iconic Roland Garros

Paris 2024: Mighty Lingling shatters records on way to gold
China's Guo Lingling shatters world record twice on way to winning her first women's up to 45kg Paralympic gold even as Kazakhstan's David Degtyarev retains men's up to 54kg gold at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena on day one

Day 8 highlights not to miss: judo, goalball and archery
French judoka Martinet one to watch as she promises to wow a home crowd at her sixth Paralympic Games

Italian superstar Vio takes bronze
A surprise loss in the semi finals meant Bebe Vio missed out on retaining her title, but she remained buoyed by the supportive crowd
Paris 2024: Ristic comes from behind to retain Paralympic gold
Serbia's Dragan Ristic clinches R9 mixed gold medal for second successive Games while Chinese pistol king Yang Chao wins his first P4 mixed gold with Games record on day 6 of shooting Para sport action at Chateauroux Shooting Centre

Castro to write his story - with a little help from Bebe Vio
Wheelchair fencing athlete Amelio Castro made his Paralympic debut as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team after training with the Italian superstar

Jong ready for double glory in Paris
Dutch Para athletics star takes confidence from long jump victory ahead of her bid for a second Paris 2024 title in the 100m

Big moments on Day 7
Semi-final heartache for Bebe Vio in wheelchair fencing

Hadfield receives Paralympic Order
Former President of World Boccia recognised with Paralympic Movement's highest honour

Paris 2024: Qarada defends Paralympic gold in thrilling opening day
Jordan's Omar Qarada stamps dominance with second successive Paralympic gold in men's -49kg while China's Cui Zhe clinches her first gold in women's up to 41kg, in her fifth Paralympic Games at Porte de La Chapelle Arena on day one

High hopes for hometown hero Martinet in Para judo
Azerbaijan has been the country to beat in recent Games but face plenty of competition

World Para Athletics statement on the men’s 100m T12 and 400m T12 at Paris 2024
The medals from the men’s 100m T12 final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be reallocated