PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Great Britain and China top cycling medals table
The British captured the home crowd with a one-two finish in the mixed team sprint C1-5 on Day 4 of the Games.

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.

Equestrian gold for Britain's Sophie Christiansen
Michele George and Hannelore Brenner also top the podium

Great Britain and USA come up big on court
The British and American men and women’s teams all won their Day 3 wheelchair basketball games.

London 2012 champion Alla Lysenko sets her sights on Rio
Ukrainian athlete achieves her 'ultimate dream'.

Paris pride at bronze medal
Australian cyclist Jayme Paris added another medal to her resume on Day 3 at the Velodrome.

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.

Oliveira and Le Fur shine on marquee night
Alan Oliveira beat Oscar Pistorius, and Marie Amelie le Fur topped April Holmes and Marlou van Rhijn for sprinting gold.

Iran's men through to the goalball quarter finals
Great Britain's women boosted by a 3-1 win over Brazil.

China get better of USA in sitting volleyball clash
In what could be a gold-medal rehersal, China defeated USA, 3-1, in preliminary play.