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USA beat GB 73-69 to win men’s wheelchair basketball gold
It was a tight match but USA secure gold for the third straight Paralympics. Serio and Williams the heroes for the Americans.
Wheelchair basketball: Bywater hits a great three for GB. USA 72-69 GB – 12 seconds to go.
Wheelchair basketball: USA 70-66 GB. 43 seconds to go.
Wheelchair basketball: USA 67-64 GB. Pratt completes a speedy break to close the gap. A minute and a half to go.
Wheelchair basketball: Williams puts up the two to keep USA ahead. Serio’s commits a fifth foul and he is off. Warburton gets two free throws and we have a five-point game.
Wheelchair basketball: USA 65-60 GB. Two minutes to go.
Wheelchair basketball: USA 63-6o GB. Things are tight with three minutes to go.
Wheelchair basketball: USA 63-59 GB. Pratt adds another two but then Fox commits a foul – that’s his fifth of the match and he can play no further part.
Wheelchair basketball: GB close the gap to six points in a the space of a few seconds. 63-57
Wheelchair basketball: USA 63-55 GB. A timeout is taken by GB with five minutes and 30 seconds on the clock.
Wheelchair basketball: USA are having no problems scoring baskets but Warburton gets two points for GB and wins a free throw. GB need plenty more of that – and to improve their defence.
Wheelchair basketball: The third quarter concludes with USA leading 53-43. A big final 10 minutes for GB.
Wheelchair basketball: Serio and Williams are the dominant duo for USA and GB cannot find a way of stopping them. Williams opens up a 12-point lead.
Wheelchair basketball: USA are once again in the ascendency, growing their advantage to nine points. USA 46-37 GB
Wheelchair basketball: GB have started the third quarter well against USA, who have a 40-37 lead. GB are looking better than in the first 20 minutes when they made too many errors.
Athletics: There was a dramatic end to the women’s T63 100m final when Italian Ambra Sabatini was leading but fell in her final few strides, taking compatriot Monica Contrafatto with her. It did help GB’s Ndidikama Okoh comes third, behind winner Martina Caironi and silver medallist Karisman Evi Tiarani.
Wheelchair basketball: GB have a end-of-half flourish to close the gap to seven points. USA lead 38-31 going into the break.
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Wheelchair basketball: USA are opening up a decent lead early in the second quarter, stretching to being eight points ahead of GB.
Blind football: France win gold after Argentina see their third penalty saved and Villeroux scores. The fans go wild in Paris. The French flags are being waved with vigour after a nerve-shredding end.
Wheelchair basketball: The first quarter ends with the USA 23-18 ahead against GB in a tight match thus far.
Blind football: A penalty shootout is required to settle the men’s final. It is pretty tense as the first four penalties are scored.
Wheelchair basketball: GB have given away some simple fouls and it has helped USA take an early 8-4 lead.
Wheelchair basketball: The gold medal match has begun. GB put the first points on the board. It should be a fierce encounter.
Athletics: That failure for Davies means Sorour from Kuwait wins the gold medal. He is in tears after an incredible night.
Athletics: It is another red flag – that is three in a row. He looks set to earn silver now in the shot put.
Athletics: We are heading into the final round of the F63 shot put. Can Davies produce a gold medal throw?
Wheelchair basketball: Ade Adepitan calls it “the biggest game in Paralympic basketball history for Great Britain”. GB are up against USA. It should be spicy.
Blind football: It is 1-1 in the final between France and Argentina. The fans are currently performing a silent Mexican wave, which is a lovely sight.
Athletics: Davies gets a red flag in the fourth round, so makes no improvement on his distance from the previous effort.
Cheers Tom. We are heading into the final leg of the evening, including GB v USA in the wheelchair basketball.
Right, that’s my stint of Paralympics blogging done for the day. Will Unwin is back…
Athletics: Much more like it from Davies, his third-round throw of 15.10m puts him in the lead.
Hannah Cockroft has hinted this might be her last Games, telling Channel 4: “Nine gold medals, nine rings [of the stadium bell]. That might be the last chance. Now the hard work begins [her wedding in three weeks and five days away].
“Hopefully go home, have an amazing wedding and a great life.”
In the studio Tanni Grey-Thompson dismisses that idea and says Cockroft could compete at two more Paralympics.
Athletics: In the F63 shot put, Aled Davies has put down two throws of 14.32m to sit fourth currently.
Athletics: While we wait for a bit of Cockroft reaction, the women’s T38 400m final has been taking with GB athlete Ali Smith finishing sixth, in a personal-best time of 1min0.88 secs.
Athletics: Cockroft’s time to win her ninth Paralympic gold is some eight seconds ahead of Adenegan. We’ll hear from the winner shortly.
Gold for Cockroft!
There’s no Paralympic record but Cockroft was streets ahead of fellow Briton Kare Adenegan in second spot. The other Briton, Fabienne Andre, comes home fourth.
Athletics: Cockroft is already powering away, it’s currently a GB one-two with less than a lap to go.
Athletics: The T34 800m is underway, can Cockroft do it?
It’s the final night of athletics in Paris, and GB have a couple of gold medal opportunities coming up with Aled Davies in the F63 shot put and Hannah Cockroft in the T34 800m.
Evening all, thanks Will, I think we have a bit of athletics coming up. I’ll try and keep you across everything.
I am going to nip away for a bit. Tom Bassam will take you through the upcoming fun.
Stephen Clegg reacts to winning gold: “Incredible. I would have liked to have gone a bit quicker. After that [100m] backstroke, that was incredible. I broke a world record and I’d be coming in here chasing that but as soon as I got the medal round my neck, I didn’t care about the record. It’s similar for this one. The time wasn’t amazing but I came to get the gold and I got the gold so I can’t be too disappointed.”
And here is Paul MacInnes’ report from Roland Garros.
Tennis: Some Alfie Hewett reaction after winning silver earlier.
“I’ve mixed emotions right now,” Hewett said. “After the start and the problem I had with my groin, it wasn’t looking too good. To grow into the match and fight and find a way and then get to a match-point scenario and be a few inches away from getting a gold is something I can be proud of. And the spirit of how it was played and the atmosphere and all of that is so, so positive, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
“But obviously to be one point away and miss that opportunity is going to stick with me, you don’t just move on from something like that overnight. But it’s all about perspective, it’s about looking at the good things that today brought. Sometimes it’s bigger than the individual and the person and hopefully that today can just really kick on things with our sport even more and bring more attention. That side of it, I’m extremely proud of.”
Clegg’s mum Moira is on C4: “It was totally amazing, out of this world, I wanted to cry.”
Swimming: Interestingly, Dzmitry Salei, who is in Paris as a neutral athlete, finishes in second ahead of his brother Azerbaijan’s Raman Salei.
Stephen Clegg wins gold in men’s S12 butterfly
It is a second gold medal for the Brit.
