2020 Paralympics news and LIVE - Day one action as Sarah Storey wins her 15th Olympic gold medal
ByEurosport
Updated 25/08/2021 at 16:13 GMT
Welcome to live coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. It's day one of action and Great Britain have already picked up a gold medal overnight with Sarah Storey winning her 15th Paralympic title in the C5 3000m individual pursuit. Team GB will be hopeful of a strong Games. In the last Paralympics in 2016 they took home 64 golds to sit second in the medal table, behind only China in the standings.
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16.00 - That's all from us today...
Six medals, including the glorious gold from Dame Sarah Storey (her 15th!), is a very solid start from Team GB. Join us again tomorrow as we witness more glorious moments together from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
15:50 - Win and in the last eight
Team GB's table tennis hope, William Bayley in the Class 7 event, faces Thailand's Chalermpong Punpoo. Win and he will progress from Group B into the quarter-finals.
15.37 - Sophie eyes third gold
She won team gold in 2012, achieved grade IV success in Rio and this time round she hopes for more success in grade V.
15.30 - Day 2: Dressage dreams abound
Lee Pearson will look for his 15th Olympic medal (and 12th gold!) in the Grade II Individual Test event at 8am. Georgia Wilson in her first Games will also have her eyes on a medal.
15.20 - Big Day 2 looms....
World record holder Jody Cundy defends his title in the C4 1000m time trial at 6am UK time.
14.50 - 'Seven can win it'
Maybe the most exciting event going is the wheelchair basketball. Don't take my word for it, listen to the former Team GB star Myles Pearson who thinks the high class, high-contact sport is wide open. Team GB next face the Wheel Blacks tomorrow at noon after the thrilling win over Canada today.
14.30 - Close to gold but proud of silver
Someone had to come second in maybe the race of the Games on Day One, but Tully Kearney is rightfully proud of the effort she put in over the last two years to be able to perform in this manner on the big stage.
14.10 - Sixth on the medal table
So after Day One, Team GB's six medals has them sixth, fittingly, on the medal table. Australia out to an early lead.
13.47 - Moment of the day
Read more about the day one highlight for Team GB when Sarah Storey claimed her 15th Paralympic gold.
13.27 - World champs prevail in thriller
Japan were behind most of the game but squeezed past France 53-51 in a highly-competitive and sometimes bitterly-contested match.
12.59 - Shackleton loses out to double Olympic champion
Megan Shackleton lost 3-0 to Zhou Ying in the table tennis Class 4 event. A tough start for the Yorkshire athlete who won gold in 2008 and 2012. She plays Hasmukhbhai Bhavinaben Patel tomorrow, who was also blitzed today by the Chinese ace.
12:35 - Relive the thrilling finale...
Of course silver is a great achievement for Tully Kearney and she was right to focus on her achievement afterwards but there may not be a more unlucky silver medallist in the whole games.
12.12 - Kearney pipped on the line!
Team GB so close to their first gold of the pool, Tully Kearney led for nearly the whole race but the reigning champion Zhang Li hunted her down to take the Women's 200m freestyle S5. Just 0.12 seconds split Zhang and Kearney. Suzanna Hext finished just out of the medals in fourth.
11:55 - Bayley off to a good start
Team GB's table tennis class 7 star William Bayley got off to a perfect start defeating Poland's Maksym Chudzicki. Thailand's Chalermpong Punpoo is the third player in the pool and Bayley faces him at 10.40am tomorrow.
11:30 - We're half an hour away...
Suzanna Hext and the fastest qualifier Tully Kearney go for gold in the Women's 200m freestyle S5 final.
11:15 - The world's coolest table tennis player in action
Now 48, Egypt's Ibrahim Hamadto is playing in the table tennis now. Without arms, since the age of 10, he plays with the bat in his mouth.
10:50 - Team GB hold on to down Canada
Team GB get a measure of revenge for their defeat in Rio by beating Canada 50-47. With favourite Australia losing to Denmark earlier today this tournament is opened up now and a medal will be in the sights of Jim Roberts & co. Next up New Zealand at noon tomorrow.
10:28 - Dunn just pipped for gold in thrilling race
10:10 - Dunn nabs silver for Team GB
So close to gold but Reece Dunn will settle for silver in the Men's 100m butterfly S14 behind Gabriel Bandeira. There will be more to come from Dunn over the next week.
10:07 - Three points ahead at the main break
Team GB have extended their lead to 25-22 over Canada in the wheelchair rugby but this is far from over.
09:47 - Team GB 15-13 up in Wheelchair rugby
After losing out to the Canucks in the wheelchair basketball, the Team GB 'murderball' team have a chance to get a meausre of revenge in this most brutal of sports - looking good so far.
09:22 - First medal in the pool
Toni Shaw grabs bronze in the Women's 400m freestyle S9 with a lifetime best time.
09:05 - Team GB denied by Canada in Women's wheelchair basketball
08:16 - Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live digital coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics! Great Britain have already got off to a fine start on day one with Sarah Storey winning her 15th Paralympic title in the C5 3000m individual pursuit, while GB's defending champions Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby won silver in men's B 4000m individual pursuit. Keep it here for all the latest updates!
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