The Paralympic Games kicked off in fine fashion on Thursday as the action got underway at Paris 2024.
22 medals were awarded on the first day of competition as a busy programme started both at the swimming pool and the velodrome. ParalympicsGB‘s Daphne Schrager secured Britain’s first medal with silver in the C1-3 3000m individual pursuit before Steve Bate and pilot Chris Latham matched her achievement. Poppy Maskill claimed gold and a world record in the 100m butterfly – then Tully Kearney won another gold in the 200m freestyle.
Today, Bly Twomey will continue her quest for a second table tennis medal, swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton to defend the SM6 200m individual medley title won in Tokyo, Kearney goes for a second gold of the Games in the S5 100m freestyle, and cyclist Jody Cundy leads a strong British medal challenge.
Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below:
Paralympics Day 2 – LIVE
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Paralympics day two underway with Britain hunting medals in the pool
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Veteran Jody Cundy leads ParalympicsGB cycling team
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Swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton looking to defend SM6 200m individual medley title
Teenager Twomey looks the part
09:20 , Mike Jones
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
09:15 , Mike Jones
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.
