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ParalympicsGB’s Jaco van Gass, Lizzi Jordan and Tully Kearney also won golds on day two
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Your support makes all the difference.The Paralympic Games kicked off in fine fashion on Thursday as the action got underway at Paris 2024.
And day two was another golden day for Paralympics GB who added to their medal tally with incredible performances in the pool and on the velodrome track.
Blaine Hunt started the medal rush with a silver in the men’s C4-5 1000m time trial at the velodrome before Matt Robertson won bronze in the men’s C2 3000m individual pursuit. Jaco van Gass then defeated GB teammate Finlay Graham in the C3 3000m individual pursuit to claim ParalympicsGB’s first gold medal of the day with Graham also adding a silver.
Elizabeth Jordon and pilot Dannielle Khan were also victorious as they won Britain’s fourth gold of the Games win the women’s B 1000m time trial while Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl also won bronze.
In the pool, Tully Kearney added to the gold medley she won in the women’s S5 200m freestyle yesterday by triumphing in the 100m event this afternoon and Maisie Summers-Newton defended her title in the women’s SM6 200m medley.
Elsewhere, Zachary Shaw qualified for the final of the men’s T12 100m, while team-mate Eden Rainbow-Cooper also progressed in the women’s T54 5000m.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below:
Jody Cundy in velodrome action
Paralympic veteran Jody Cundy will spearhead a strong British medal challenge at the velodrome.
The 45-year-old, whose collection of five cycling gold medals came after podium-topping performances in Beijing, Rio and Tokyo, competes in the C4-5 1000m time trial, when his challengers include prolific medal-winning Spaniard Alfonso Cabello.
Elsewhere, the 3000m individual pursuit could be headlined by British pair Jaco van Gass and Fin Graham, and there are hopes of success for Sophie Unwin and her pilot Jenny Holl in the women’s B 1000m time trial.
Summers-Newton in the spotlight
Swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton hopes to make an immediate impression in the pool at La Defense Arena when she defends the SM6 200m individual medley title won in Tokyo three years ago.
The double Paralympic champion was a breakthrough star in Tokyo, winning individual medley and 100m breaststroke gold, and she looks well-positioned to replicate that feat in France.
Tully Kearney, who already has one gold medal in Paris, goes in the S5 100m freestyle, where she will be joined by Suzanna Hext, while twin sisters Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey contest the S11 400m freestyle and Bruce Dee lines up for the SM6 200m individual medley.
Kearney through to 100m final
Tully Kearney, fresh off the back of a gold medal in the S5 200m yesterday, has won her heat in the 100m event with a time of 1:17.75.
She’s the fastest qualifier to reach the final.
Kearney is the world and Paralympic record-holder in the event and will be the favourite to add another gold medal to her haul this evening, which is due to go at 4.30pm.
Paralympics 2024: Day two medal events
Day 2 (Friday August 30)
Para Athletics
09:00-12:30:
- Women’s Long Jump - T11 Final
- Men’s 5000m - T11 Final
- Women’s Shot Put - F41 Final
- Women’s Discus Throw - F55 Final
- Men’s Javelin Throw - F38 Final
- Women’s 100m - T35 Final
18:00-21:00
- Men’s Shot Put - F55 Final
- Men’s Long Jump - T11 Final
- Women’s Club Throw - F32 Final
- Men’s 400m - T52 Final
- Men’s 100m - T37 Final
- Men’s 100m - T47 Final
- Men’s Shot Put - F37 Final
- Women’s 200m - T37 Final
Para Cycling
10:30-16:35:
- Men’s C4-5 1000m Time Trial - Final
- Women’s C4 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals
- Men’s C2 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals
- Men’s C3 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals
- Women’s B 1000m Time Trial – Final
Para Table Tennis
16:00-20:30: women’s doubles WS15 gold medal match, women’s doubles WW5 gold medal match.
Taekwondo
16:00-20:25: Women’s K44 -47kg gold medal contest, men’s K44 -59kg gold medal contest, women’s K44 -52kg gold medal contest
Para Swimming
16:30-20:30:
- Men’s 100m Freestyle S5 - Final
- Women’s 100m Freestyle S5 - Final
- Men’s 100m Freestyle S4 - Final
- Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM6 - Final
- Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM6 - Final
- Men’s 400m Freestyle S11 - Final
- Women’s 400m Freestyle S11 - Final
- Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB9 - Final
- Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB9 - Final
- Men’s 100m Backstroke S13 - Final
- Women’s 100m Backstroke S13 - Final
- Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB8 - Final
- Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB8 - Final
- Mixed 4x50m Freestyle 20pts Relay – Final
Shooting
08:00-16:15: SH1 final, mixed 10m air rifle shooting SH2 Final
Paris 2024 Paralympics schedule and day-by-day events
It’s going to be a hectic 10 days across the 22 sports at Paris 2024 - here’s the full schedule:
Paris 2024 Paralympics schedule and day-by-day events
Dates and times of all the events across 11 days of action in Paris this summer
Teenager Twomey looks the part
Bly Twomey will continue her quest for a second table tennis medal when she competes alongside Joshua Stacey in the mixed class 17 quarter-finals.
The 14-year-old from Brighton became Great Britain’s youngest Paralympic table tennis medallist by winning doubles bronze alongside Fliss Pickard on Thursday, and she will now target further success.
“I just take it all in and believe the crowd are cheering for us,” Twomey said. “If you had told me a year ago that I would be going to the Paris Paralympics and getting a bronze medal with Fliss I wouldn’t have believed it.”
Paralympics 2024: Day two
Good morning!
Welcome along to The Independent’s live coverage of the day two of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. After a captivating opening ceremony, and a thrilling first day of competition, the action continues aplenty throughout Friday.
There are many medal opportunities for ParalympicsGB and it promises to be a day of drama, intensity and glory with action taking place in the pool and on the track.
Follow along for all the latest updates from Paris.
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