Samantha Kinghorn wins sensational gold in T53 100m on another successful day for GB

Chosen by us to get you up to speed at a glance
Wheelchair racer Sammi Kinghorn won a stunning T53 100m gold at the Stade de France.
Scottish athlete Kinghorn, who secured 800m and 1500m silvers in recent days, powered home ahead of Swiss star Catherine Debrunner to set a new Paralympic record in 15.64 seconds.
The 28-year-old became the first non-Chinese athlete to win the title since Tanni Grey-Thompson 20 years ago in Athens.
Tears of joy streamed from her eyes as she greeted her family in the stands before dedicating the victory to her brother on his birthday.
“I just can’t believe that I’ve done that,” she said. “It’s honestly absolutely blowing my mind.
“This one is definitely for my brother.”
Great Britain won 13 medals on day seven – taking their total haul to 74, including 33 golds.
On the victory…
“Honestly I can’t believe it, I won’t believe it until the medal is around my neck.”
On her hopes and tactics…
“I wanted to give Catherine [Debrunner] a good race and so I wanted to make sure I started strong. I can’t believe I’ve done it. It’s blown my mind.”
On family support…
“It’s my brother’s birthday tonight and he is in the stadium. When the dates came out and I saw it was the 100m, which is my best shot [of a medal] I said I would love to do this for him and this one is definitely for my brother.”
Her the rest of her schedule…
“My 400m race is tomorrow, so I can’t celebrate too much. Tokyo was difficult to not have my team and my crowd around me, it was difficult, so it’s emotional for them to see me win my first Olympic gold medal.”
On his game plan to beat China’s Yanke Feng…
“I was always looking at where he was to set myself up for the best possible opportunities to score the hits. The beauty of fencing is you see personalities reflected in style. He is a very tactical, well rounded fencer. His defence is incredibly strong. I am strong in attack, I knew I couldn’t score everything because of how strong he is defensively but I pushed it as much as I could.”
On his dedication paying off…
“It has been something I have dedicated my life to, especially in the last few years. Although Tokyo [one silver and three bronze medals] was a brilliant result and I was really happy considering where I’d come in Rio, I really wanted that gold medal. I have really dedicated the last few years to it. There has been a lot of emotional turmoil that went into it so for it to come into fruition tonight, it’s not really sunk in yet.”
On his emotions…
“Looking into the crowd tonight and seeing so many familiar faces who have come over to support me, I can’t believe how lucky I am.”
We have an update on Brook Whiston from British Swimming. By all accounts our GB swimmer was not hospitalised after being lifted from the pool at the end of the 400m. One poolside official dived in to assist Whiston
“Brook is all OK. She had a spasm with the exhaustion of pushing it hard to the end of the race but is with the team after being checked over by our medic.”
…thanks to Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid beating Stéphane Houdet and Frédéric Cattanéo of France 6-4, 6-3 to reach the final of the men’s doubles tennis. 
They will take some beating…
GB just fenced to gold through Dimitri Coutya in the gold medal bout of the men’s foil category B. He beat China’s Yanke Feng 15-7 in the final. That win helps the team after Tokyo gold  Piers Gilliver’s disappointment in the sabre final last night. GB have a great team with strong tradition in the Para Games.
In the men’s wheelchair doubles. 
They’re 5-3 up in the second set and are one game away from the final…
Debrunner, the favourite, couldn’t live with Kinghorn in the final 40 metres. That was a sensational ride. 
She rode a brilliant race and wins in a Paralympic record of 15.64secs! 
Goosebumps 😱Sammi Kinghorn claimed her first Paralympic gold in INCREDIBLE fashion. An EPIC moment and EPIC commentary 😤#C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/tZr8MKicdm
It’s time for Sam Kinghorn in the 100m T53. 
Switzerland’s Debrunner is the favourite, but can Kinghorn upset the odds? 
We’re about to find out…
And GB’s haul for the day is a not-to-be-sniffed-at three silvers. 
Hewett and Reid broke immediately back. Remember they won the first set 6-4. 
Franch pair Cattaneo and Houdet have broken Hewett and Reid in the first game of the second set. 
In the men’s wheelchair doubles against home hopes Stephane Houdet and Frederic Cattaneo.
Due to injury, she wasn’t expected to challenge. 
Alexa Leary of Australia wins gold in a new world record of 59.53secs. Christie Raleight-Crossley of USA takes silver and Mariana Ribeiro of Brazil wins the bronze.
…the women’s 100m freestyle S9 final. 
Having finished fifth, GB’s Brook Whiston was exhausted at the end of the final of the women’s 400m freestyle S8.
400m is the longest distance in the Paralympic swimming programme and the British athlete had to be helped out of the pool.
A stretcher was brought out but not needed. Whiston, already a gold medallist here, was eventually taken out of the competition area in a wheelchair.
As a youngster, Whiston struggled with her co-ordination. She also suffered shoulder dislocations, initially confusing doctors before being diagnosed with hemiplegia – which causes weakness and paralysis – on her left-hand side.
The GB duo are 4-2 up in the first set against French pair Stephane Houdet and Frederic Cattaneo. 
One gold and seven silvers, and three bronze medals. 
In the wheelchair tennis today. Hewett winning and Reid making an exit. 
But the British pair are joining forces in the double. They’ve just started their semi-final against French pair Stephane Houdet and Frederic Cattaneo, and the raucous home crowd, no doubt. 
Three games in and it’s with serve. 
“I knew if I wanted to beat Jess [Long] I had to go out fast and hold on, she’s a phenomenal swimmer. I am happy with my time, I am really happy with that silver.”
“I was trying to see what I’ve got in me and trying my hardest. The breaststroke is my hardest one and I needed to create a lead or I’d be overtaken. I couldn’t see how close it was. I was trying my hardest and I could hear the crowd. It’s hard work and I’m going back to nap and that’s all I’m doing basically.”
The Briton was unable to hold on as the US’ Jessica Long defends her title. Italy’s Xenia Francesca Palazzo wins the bronze. Brook Whiston finished back in fifth. 
The Briton is clear with the US’ Long. It looks as though the battle for gold is between this pair. Whiston is in fourth. 
But it’s very tight with four swimmers all within three metres of each other. 
Are in the final of the women’s 400m freestyle S8. 
400m is the longest distance in the Paralympic swimming programme. 
Zoe Newson was winning silver in the powerlifting. 
The Briton had to lift 109kg to finish second. At first it seemed as though she fouled, with two red lights coming up. But their was an appeal and it was overruled.
Guo Lingling won with a world record lift of 122kg. Turkey’s Nazmiye Muralti took home the bronze.
Newson already had bronze medals from London and Rio and now she has one better. 
She had to go off fast, but Shabilina, the defending champion, was the favourite and her class showed in the final two strokes. Japan’s Aira Kinoshita took the bronze. 
Louise Fiddes came in fourth, with Olivia Newman-Baronius in sixth. 
It’s what she needed. Newman-Baronius is in third. 
Leads after the first 50m. 
Poppy Maskill and Olivia Newman-Baronius are the quickest two in the world this year in the SM14 200m IM. Louise Fiddes also goes in the final. 
He was down at the halfway but did brilliantly to finish second. 
No shock to see Nicholas Bennett win, with Australia’s Ricky Betar in third. 
GB’s Will Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe were fifth and seventh respectively. 
GB have hopes in Rhys Darbey, William Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe. They qualified fourth, fifth and sixth fastest respectively for race and all will have hopes of making the podium. 
Darbey won world silver behind Canada’s Nicholas Bennett last year with Bennett the fastest in this morning’s heats.
He misses out on bronze by just 0.02. 
It was anticipated to be competitive race and so it proved. 
Yaroslav Denysenko of Ukraine wins gold,  Maksym Veraska takes silver, Raman Salei of Azerbaijan claims the bronze. 
 
At the 50m mark, the Briton has a bit of work to do. 
And Stephen Clegg goes first in the 100m freestyle S12…
The Scot qualified fastest in the morning heats but he will again have to deal with Ukraine’s Yaroslav Denysenko and Maksym Veraksa and brothers Raman and Dzmitry Salei. 
The hooter has sounded and the US have won 59-52.
The US were the favourites but that’s desperately disappointing for GB.
…and it’s 53-50 to the US with 100 seconds to go…
The Briton lifts 102kg, the biggest of the final so far with two more to go in the first round. 
And GB are now leading! Having been 10-points behind they’re now 48-47 ahead, the momentum is with them. Can they finish off the job with six and half minutes left? 
…Para-powerlifting. She’s in the 45kg final. 
If she is to get gold she’ll have beat the favourite, China’s Guo Lingling, the defending champion. For good measure she’s also the world record holder – a lift of 121kg made earlier this year.
The deficit is back to three now, remarkable comeback from GB. 
At the end of the third quarter it’s US 44 GB 41. 
In the wheelchair basketball. They’re currently ahead 42-32 with two minutes left in the third quarter. 
Here’s what he said after getting his hands on a medal. 
On his emotions after making the podium…
“It is pretty high up there on my list of accomplishments. It has been a fantastic day. A hard final, but a good final. I could not be happier.”
On how he had to show character to get bronze…
“I thought I was done after the first series. I had to dig deep and point in the middle and really trust my process.”
On where he’ll keep the medal…
 “I will show it to everyone. You can’t just sit back and let it gather dust. Everyone has to see it.”
With seven minutes left in the third quarter it’s US 36 GB 32. 
And GB have a seven-point deficit to make up. The US lead 31-24…a big second half coming up. 
With three minutes left in the second quarter it’s US 25 GB 22.
It gets under way at 4.30 our time and, not waning to tempt fate, medals should be coming GB’s way.
In the women’s wheelchair basketball, and it’s 12 apiece between GB and the US. 
And GB are up against the US…
Their approaching the end of the first quarter and it’s 10-10…
They’ve come, as expected, in the tandem time trial. 
Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl snapped up silver, and  Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall have won the bronze. 
Ireland topped the podium and in doing win the country’s first gold of the Games. Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly crossed the line in 38 minutes 16.58 seconds, 1:23.60 ahead of Unwin and Holl.
And Britain’s Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl, and Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall are in podium positions at the final checkpoint – the leaders were Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Linda Kelly.
Ireland are without a gold in these Games at the moment, are they about to break their duck? 
In the Para-equestrian grade V individual test. Number nine in terms of  Paralympic medals for the Briton. 
Belgium’s Michele George wins the gold, with Germany’s Regine Mispelkamp taking silver.
GB’s Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl are in gold medal position in the women’s B individual time trail – the duo are fastest through the first checkpoint at 5.8km. 
Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall are currently down in fourth, while Lizzie Jordan and Dannielle Khan are in sixth.
Great Britain’s Ryan Cockbill has just finished fifth in the mixed 50m rifle prone SH2 final. His compatriot Tim Jeffrey is still in contention for a possible podium finish.
Elsewhere, Para-equestrian rider Sophie Wells has just scored 72.257 per cent in her grade five individual test at Chateau de Versailles.
In the time trail, Ben Watson is third-fastest at 14.1km and in medal contention at the halfway stage.
We have just passed the first checkpoint after 5.8km and Great Britain’s Benjamin Watson is the fastest on the road in the men’s C3 individual – he has clocked six minutes 54.85 seconds. 
His GB’s compatriots Fin Graham and Jaco van Gass are currently fourth and seventh respectively. 
Elsewhere, in the women’s B individual time trail featuring  Elizabeth Jordan, Sophie Unwin and Lora Fachie are all underway on the road.
Over at the La Chapelle Arena, it is a gold medal for China, as Cui Zhe wins the women’s 41 kg, lifting a Paralympic record of 119. Agony for Esther Nworgu of Nigeria misses out by just 1kg, lifting 118 and taking silver while Brazil’s Lara Aparecida de Lima is the bronze medal winner with 109.
Great Britain’s Blaire Hunt has missed out on a medal in the men’s C5 individual time trail. He finished 11th – completing the course in a time of 42 minutes 22.07 seconds as Daniel Abraham Gebru storms to victory in 35:51:79.
The Paralympic debutant missed out on the podium by just one centimetre with his final jump – he finished in fourth.
“It was really amazing. It was a brilliant crowd out there. I am a little disappointed, but I will try and come back this season even better, and I am looking forward to LA. I want to be in medal contention at the Paralympic Games in LA,” he said.
“My jumps were quite consistent, they could have been a little bit better.”
The action is coming thick and fast in the road cycling, with several ParalympicsGB athletes in time trial action. 
Archie Atkinson is competing in the C4 events, with Ben Watson, Jaco van Gass and Fin Graham begin their bid for Paralympics medals in the C3 classification. 
Then, Elizabeth Jordan, Sophie Unwin and Lora Fachie will all be in action in the women’s B individual time trail.
Great Britain’s Gordon Reid is out of the men’s singles after losing in straight sets to fourth seed Gustavo Fernandez. He was thrashed 6-0 in the first set but fought back in the second to force a tie-break, which he has just lost 7-5. 
However, for his doubles team-mate Alfie Hewitt – he has reached the semi-finals of the men’s singles competition after beating Dutchman Ruben Spaargaren in straight sets. 
Hewitt will now face Martin de la Puente or Stephane Houdet for a place in the gold medal match at Roland Garros.
It has been a busy day so far for Great Britain’s para table tennis athletes!  
What a performance from Bly Twomey! The 14-year-old is guaranteed a medal in the women’s WS7 singles after beating Smilla Sand to confirm her place in the semi-finals.
Cold as Bly-ce 🥶14-year-old Bly Twomey puts on a show to make it into the Semi-Finals and guarantee AT LEAST a bronze ⏭️#C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/GZDNkghjFI
Elsewhere, Felicity Pickard lost her WS6 singles quarter-finals to Romania’s Camelia Cirprin. In the men’s MS9 singles, GB’s Joshua Stacey was unable to progress through to the semi-finals after he was defeated by Australia’s Ma Lin 3-0.
Where to look? Gordon Reid is currently in action against Gustavo Fernandez in the men’s singles quarter-final.
14-year-old Bly Twoney has been give a bye directly into the quarter-final where she will face Sweden’s Smilla Sand. A potential semi-final clash with Tokyo bronze medallist Kubra Korkut may be on the cards should she will be successful in the quarter-final.
Over at the swimming, Stephen Clegg is hunting his second gold of Paris 2024, as he goes in the men’s 100m S12 final at 4.30pm.
At the para powerlifting, Paralympics GB’s Zoe Newson is in action in the women’s 45kg final.
While para-equestrian rider, Sophie Wells aims to win her seventh individual medal in the Grade five prix test.
Is the start of the fightback from Gordon Reid? The Briton trails 3-4 in the second set against Gustavo Fernandez.
Reid will hope to continue his quest for Olympic gold in Paris 2024 – he was the Rio 2016 men’s singles gold medallist and doubles silver medallist, Tokyo 2020’s men’s singles bronze medallist and doubles silver medallist.
Great Britain’s Sophie Wells will step out for her fourth Paralympic Games in Paris, with hopes of picking up more silverware in the grade five individual event.
At Tokyo 2020, the dressage ride won individual – grade five silver and team gold. She is now part of a historic and exclusive club of British athletes, with ParalympicsGB winning every equestrian team gold medal at the Paralympics since Altanta 1996.
Wells and her horse LJT Egebjerggards Samoa – who replaced Sophie’s first choice Don Cara M this afternoon.
Time to switch attention to the Stade de France. Great Britain’s Karim Chan has narrowly missed out on the podium in the men’s T38 long jump final, finishing just one centimetre behind Columbia’s Jose Gregorio Lemos who takes the bronze medal.
Not going to plan for Great Britain’s Gordon Reid who has lost the first set 0-6 to Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez. 
Can the two-time Paralympic medallist turn things around?
Dame Sarah Storey claimed her 18th Paralympics victory over nine games as she won the women’s time trail, but hit out at organisers for creating a course that was just half the length of the men’s.
She won the time trail by 4.69 seconds from Heidi Gaugain of France, having been seven seconds behind at the initial checkpoint at 5.8km.
“This is the shortest Paralympic time trial we’ve ever had,” Storey said, after completing the course in 20 minutes and 22.15 seconds, 4.69 secs ahead of her French rival. “And I think it’s a real shame because you don’t get to showcase para-sport in the way that you want to.
“So I hope this is the only time it’s less than 20k. But I really hope that they never do this to the women again because I think it’s been appalling.”
Now, read Gareth’s full report here.
Not looking good for Great Britian’s Gordon Reid, as he trails 3-0 in the first set to Gustavo Fernandez. The Briton is struggling to find his depth on the forehand against Fernandez’s high ball.
Stephen Clegg is hunting his second gold of Paris 2024, as he goes in the men’s 100m S12 final this afternoon at 4.30pm. He qualified for the final in a time of of 53.73, just outside his personal best.
Elsewhere for Paralympics GB, Louise Fiddes and Poppy Maskill will both be hoping to add to their medal tallies in the women’s 200m individual medley SM14 final. Meanwhile, Alice Tai and Brock Whiston are looking for their second gold in the women’s 400m S8 freestyle.
The two-time Paralympics medallist, Gordon Reid returns to action today in the singles quarter-final. He will face Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina.
Reid overcame Takuya Miki of Japan in the singles last 16, making him unbeaten in 19 matches against the ninth seed. The match is just about to get underway.
Fran Brown has won her first Paralympic medal with silver in the C1-3 time trail. Brown finished fourth as a triathlete on debut at Tokyo 2020 and broke onto the Paralympic podium for the first time as a cyclist in her own right. 
GB athlete was third after the opening flat section, but she put the hammer down in the second half of the race to leave behind Sweden’s Anna Beck – gold went to Maike Hausberger of Germany.
A new sports joins the day seven roaster – para powerlifting. There are four medals available on the opening day – with ParalympicsGB’s Zoe Newson in action. Newson is a two-time Paralympic bronze medallist and is competing in her fourth conservative games in Paris.
In the women’s 100m freestyle S9, GB’s Toni Shaw is through to the final, sixth fastest (1:05.29), but the gold will surely go to Australia’s Alex Leary who qualified for the final in a new world and paralympic record time of 59.60. The final is at 6.35pm.
A stark reminder that these athletes really are superhuman comes from two swimmers in the pool this morning, Cristopher Gregorio Tronco Sanchez of Team Mexico competing in the men’s 50m breaststroke SB2…
… and Ismail Barlov of Team Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Back in the pool with the women’s 400m freestyle and GB’s Alice Tai and Brock Whiston have qualified for the final second and third fastest in their heat behind China’s Zheng Tingting, who claimed a new Asian record (5:02.27).
But can anyone really stop USA’s Jessica Long? She qualified fastest for the final in a time of 4:53.43, a good nine seconds faster than second-fastest Zheng. The final is at 5.24pm.
In case you missed it, earlier this morning Dame Sarah Storey won gold for GB in the road cycling time trial.
Dame, gurl! 💅All in a day’s work for @ParalympicGB’s golden girl @damesarahstorey 🤷‍♀️#C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/jbTTGW3RUi
In the women’s 200m individual medley, Olivia Newman-Baronius, Poppy Maskill and Louise Fiddes of Great Britain are all through to the final, which is at 4.50pm.
In the men’s 200m individual medley, GB’s Rhys Darbey, Will Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe are all into the final. But the man to beat is Canada’s Nicholas Bennett, who was almost two seconds faster than the rest. The final is at 4.42pm.
In the first heat of the men’s 100m freestyle, GB’s Stephen Clegg has qualified for the final in a time of 53.73, just outside his personal best.
And it’s just been confirmed that he qualified fastest, so he will be in Lane 4. The final is this afternoon at 4.30pm.
Stephen Clegg is hunting his second gold of the Games as he goes in the men’s 100m S12 freestyle heats in the morning ahead of an early evening final.
Backstroke gold medallist Clegg secured a bronze in this event at Tokyo and has won two World Championship silvers since then.
Poppy Maskill and Louise Fiddes will both be hoping to add to their medal tallies in the women’s 200m individual medley SM14 final, while Alice Tai and Brock Whiston are looking for their second gold in the women’s 400m S8 freestyle.
Despite being delighted with her latest success, Storey expressed disappointment at the short distance of the race.
The men’s C5 event, which takes place on Wednesday afternoon, is double the distance, comprising two laps of the same course.
“This is the shortest Paralympic time trial we’ve ever had,” said Storey.
“And I think it’s a real shame because you don’t get to showcase Para sport in the way that you want to. So I hope this is the only time it’s less than 20k.
“You have to ask the organisers (why it was so short).
“But there’s plenty of time in the day for us to do two laps like the men. And having fought so hard for parity in women’s cycling, to not have it in Para cycling after what we had in Glasgow last year is a real disappointment.
“I’ve had to put that disappointment aside and just concentrate on what I can control because I couldn’t control the race distance.
“But I really hope that they never do this to the women again because I think it’s been appalling.”
Victory maintains Storey’s 100 per cent Games record on the bike, which began at Beijing in 2008 and now spans 13 races, to take her overall Paralympic medal tally to 29, including 16 in the pool.
“(I’m) on top of the world,” said Storey.” I came here to try and get the gold medal (in this event) for the fifth time, fourth defence and I’ve done it. It was the perfectly-paced ride.
“I was down seven seconds at the first time check, but I knew that was the easiest part of the course going into that first time check because there were quite a few descents and technical sections where you can get free speed, have a recovery and be prepared for that first climb.
“It was a carrot knowing that I was down. You’ve just got to empty the tank to the finish.”
It was a very early start to catch Dame Sarah Storey sprint to her 18th paralympic gold and label it “appalling” that the race was so short.
Nonetheless, the 46-year-old hinted that LA in four years will not be outside her reach. That would be her 10th Paralympics.
It was a 3am start “in the dark” she said before insisting that in spite of huge sporting improvements in the Paralympic movement there is a need for more campaigns for accessability in the wake of Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson’s issues alighting from a train in Kings Cross nine days ago.
Here to witness @DameSarahStorey win a 19th gold at @Paralympics this morning #Paris2024 @ParalympicsGB pic.twitter.com/wTVdwkzl5L
Legend is often thrown around easily, but this woman is beyond legend. She is a national treasure. Dame Sarah Storey take a bow. 🐐 #damesarah #sarahstorey @DameSarahStorey https://t.co/vASi6k7Svg
Dame Sarah Storey is an absolute beast of an athlete. She’s just won her 13th gold. Easily our greatest living athlete. #Paralympics2024
Sarah Storey’s 18th Paralympic gold medal is a testament to her dedication, talent, and unwavering spirit. What a remarkable athlete! 🇬🇧🥇
Just to emphasise what an incredible race that was for Storey, she trailed France’s Heidi Gaugain, who took silver, by more than seven seconds after 5.8km of the 14.1km course, but stormed back to win by 4.69secs.
Gaugain is 19, a whole 27 years younger than Storey.
Alana Forster of Australia clinched bronze.
Just think, Storey won her first gold – in the pool – back in 1992.
Storey isn’t finished yet. She will look to add a 19th gold – the most by any currently active Paralympian – in the road race on Friday.
Meanwhile, GB’s Fran Brown has won silver in the women’s C1-3 category.
On a packed day for the British cycling team, Matthew Robertson came fifth in the men’s C2 event, while Daphne Schrager finished fifth behind Brown in the women’s C1-3.
“I enjoyed it, it was different,” Brown said of the course. “I would have liked a bit of a longer course as well, we are capable of riding a bit further, but we all did the same course on the day so make the most of it.”
Dame Sarah Storey’s family, including her children, 10-year-old Louisa and six-year-old Charlie, were in Paris to watch their mum claim gold. What a feeling…
GOLD FOR DAME SARAH STOREY! 🥇Her 13th cycling Paralympic gold 👏#Paris2024 #Paralympics #IAmLimitless pic.twitter.com/g3OPskbG4G
She has won by four seconds in a time of 20:22.15.
That is Storey’s 18th Paralympic gold medal across swimming and cycling.
Storey is into the final kilometre. This will be so close…
Heidi Gaugain has already gone faster than her compatriot, setting the pace with a time of 20min 26secs. Can Storey beat the young 19-year-old from France?
Frenchwomen Marie Patouillet has set the time to beat – 21min 49secs.
Dame Sarah Storey has set off as she targets individual time trial gold.
Britain’s most successful Paralympian leads the hunt for more medal glory for GB on day seven in Paris.
Storey, who is competing in a record ninth Games, has won 17 gold medals across swimming and cycling and starts her campaign for number 18 in the C5 time trial.
Storey has opted out of the track programme to concentrate on the road and is favourite to claim victory in the time trial, an event where she has won gold at every Games since her cycling debut in 2008.
The 46-year-old has been spurred on by the desire to not have her final Games contested in front of no spectators, as was the case in Tokyo due to the Covid pandemic, with two spectators in particular of special significance.
Storey’s children, 10-year-old Louisa and six-year-old Charlie, are in Paris as their mother attempts to win both the time trial and road race to become the fourth-most successful Paralympian ever in terms of golds.
Only swimmers Trischa Zorn and Beatrice Hess and winter Paralympian Ragnhild Myklebust would have more.
Good morning and welcome to today’s live action from day seven. Here are today’s much-watch events:
7:00am-5:00pm: men’s and women’s individual time trials, classifications B, C2, C3, C4, and C5There will be a full day of para cycling action as male and female riders take to the roads for individual time trials. ParalympicsGB gold medal hopefuls include Sarah Storey, Archie Atkinson, and Matthew Robertson. Races will take place in the nearby town of Clichy-sous-Bois, where crowds are sure to gather to cheer on their country’s competitors. 
11:00am-5:00pm: men’s quad doubles gold medal match and women’s singles semi finalWith gold medal matches and semifinals galore, Wednesday is a big day for tennis fans. Tune in from 11:00am where Paralympics gold could be won by British quad doubles duo Andy Lapthore and Greg Slade. Other matches to enjoy during the day include Dutch wheelchair tennis star Diede de Groot. A Tokyo 2020 champion, he was undefeated in 145 matches on the way to this year’s Games and is used to victory at the Paris 2024 venue, where she has won five French Open titles. 
4:00pm-5:05pm: women’s up to 45kg final Medals are also up for grabs in powerlifting and Britain’s Zoe Newson will look to build on her impressive Paralympics record. Athletes are tested on their upper body strength in a bench press competition that is open to lifters with orthopaedic and neurological disabilities; paraplegia and tetraplegia; and cerebral palsy.