Just Saying: PARALYMPICS: Day 12 …late 😌

Team GB rounded off the Paralympics in Tokyo with two more bronzes to secure second place in the medal table behind China

The men’s wheelchair basketball team beat Spain 68-58 to finish third for the second successive Games, while there was also a bronze for Krysten Coombs in the men’s SH6 badminton singles.

That saw Britain close the final day with 41 golds, 38 silvers and 45 bronzes, with their 124-medal total 20 better than the United States and surpassed only by China (207).

They won medals in 18 of 19 sports, more than any other nation competing.

Just Saying: PARALYMPICS Day Eleven.

Great Britain won three more gold medals as they passed the 100-medal mark on day 10 of the Tokyo Paralympics.

The golds went to canoeist Emma Wiggs and athletes Jonathan Broom-Edwards and Owen Miller. 🥇🥇🥇

However, Richard Whitehead had to settle for silver in his bid to win a third 200m title in row, losing out to South African 19-year-old Ntando Mahlangu in the T61 category. 🥈

Beth Munro made history with Britain’s first taekwondo medal at the Paralympics with silver in the -58kg event. 🥈

There was also silver for wheelchair tennis pair Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett in the men’s doubles 🥈

the tandem pair of Sophie Unwin and her pilot Jenny Holl in the women’s B road race.🥈

Tokyo Paralympics: Great Britain’s Stephen Clegg wins silver in men’s s12 100m butterfly🥈

The universal relay team of Libby Clegg and her guide Chris Clarke, Jonnie Peacock, Ali Smith and Nathan Maguire were upgraded to silver from bronze after China were disqualified. USA took the

And defending champion Hollie Arnold could

only take bronze in the F46 javelin.🥉

There were bronzes for Jordanne Whiley in wheelchair tennis singles, Jeanette Chippington and Rob Oliver in Para-canoe and athlete Hannah Taunton. 🥉🥉🥉

Just Saying: PARALYMPICS: Day Nine and Ten.

DAY NINE:

Sarah Storey won a record-breaking 17th Paralympic gold in C4-5 road race, with her GB team-mate Crystal Lane-Wright finishing seven seconds behind to take silver. 🥇🥈

Bethany Firth won the S14 100m backstroke title for third Games in row. 🥇

Meanwhile Ben Watson won the men’s C1-3 race with Fin Graham claiming silver. 🥈

Sammi Kinghorn has taken silver in T53 400m 🥈

Jessica Jane-Applegate took bronze behind Firth and Reece Dunn bronze in S14 backstroke. 🥉🥉

Dan Greaves bronze in the F64 discus.🥉

DAY TEN:

It’s been another major day of success for GB! Golds came from Emma Wiggs in the VL2 canoe sprint. 🥇

Owen Miller (T20 1500m) and Jonathan Broom-Edwards (T64 high jump). 🥇🥇

Will Bayley and Paul Karabardak took silver in class 6-7 table tennis event, and there were more silvers for Richard Whitehead (T61 200m) and Gordon Reid & Alfie Hewett (wheelchair tennis men’s doubles), as well as Stephen Clegg in S12 100m butterfly and Sophie Unwin & Jenny Holl in women’s B road race.🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈

There were also bronze medals for Jeanette Chippington (VL2 canoe sprint), Hannah Taunton (T20 1500m) and Rob Oliver (KL3 canoe sprint).🥉🥉🥉

Just Saying: PARALYMPICS: Day Eight.

  1. David Smith wins BC1 boccia – GB’s only gold of day eight🥇.
  2. SWIMMING: Becky Redfern takes silver in women’s SB13 women’s 100m breaststroke. 🥈
  3. THLETICS: Sammi Kinghorn takes bronze in women’s T53 100m🥉
  4. TABLE TENNIS: GB’s Will Bayley & Paul Karabardak into men’s class 6-7 team final
  5. WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL: Great Britain men beat Canada 66-52 to reach wheelchair basketball semi-finals
  6. Bronzes for archer Victoria Rumary & class 4-5 & class 8 table tennis teams🥉

Sorry i am running a day late I will catch up tomorrow. 💜💜💜

Just Saying: PARALYMPICS Day 5.

DAY SIX: It’s been a medal-tastic Monday out in Tokyo, and the day is far from over yet!

There were golds for

Wheelchair racer Andrew Small 🥇

Archer Phoebe Paterson Pine. 🥇

Equestrian Lee Pearson won gold 🥇

with Natasha Baker winning silver in the grade III.🥈

Harri Jenkins claimed bronze 🥉

Andrew, and Louise Sugden won powerlifting bronze. 🥉

Georgia Wilson bronze in the individual freestyle test (both grade II), 🥉

Jonnie Peacock shares Paralympic T64 100m bronze after remarkable dead heat. British T64 sprinter finishes level with Johannes Floors 🥉

Just Saying : PARALYMPICS Day 4.

  • FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER… GREAT BRITAIN ARE PARALYMPIC WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CHAMPIONS! WHAT A GAME! IT WAS TIGHT THROUGHOUT BUT GREAT BRITAIN PULLED AWAY IN THE DYING MINUTES OF THE FOURTH QUARTER AND ARE GOLD MEDALLISTS! UNITED STATES 49 – 54 GREAT BRITAIN 🥇
  • -JUDO GOLD FOR GREAT BRITAIN! CHRISTOPHER SKELLY HAS WON TOP PRIZE IN THE MEN’S 100KG CATEGAORY PARALYMPICS .🥇
  • GB MEDAL HAUL CONTINUES ON SUPER SUNDAY, THEY NOW HAVE 21 GOLD MEDALS AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPIC GAMES!🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
  • -STEADMAN TRIATHLON TRIUMPH LAUREN STEADMAN WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN’S TRIATHLON (PTS5) REPRESENTING PARALYMPICSGB!
  • GREAT BRITAIN ALSO TOOK BRONZE WITH CLAIRE CASHMORE EARNING A PODIUM FINISH
  • -COCKROFT SMASHES WORLD RECORD HANNAH COCKROFT WON GOLD AND RETAINED HER PARALYMPIC TITLE IN WORLD RECORD TIME REPRESENTING GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WOMEN’S 100M (T34)
  • Elliot Stewart Gold in Judo
  • 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈.
  • 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉

Medals so far.

1China543530119
2Great Britain25202065
3United States17191248

JustSaying: Paralympics.Day 3.

In a phenomenal final day of track cycling, Great Britain made it a full house, winning gold medals and setting world record times in all three event finals.

gold 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

There were emotional scenes at the Izu Velodrome after the British team won five medals overall, with Lora and Neil Fachie becoming ParalympicsGB’s golden couple, while Jody Cundy, Kadeena Cox and Jaco Van Gass completed the day with a triumph in the mixed team sprint.

Mixed 4 x100 relay team swimming. Gold

Sophie Hahn gold.Women’s 100metres

Thomas Young claims shock 100m gold.

Swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton wins second gold of Games plus British relay success

silver 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈

Grace Harvey. 100 metre breast stroke.

Reece Dunn – 100m Butterfly S14.

Tully Kearney – 200m Freestyle S5.

Fin Graham – C3 3000m individual pursuit

James Ball cycling.

Jody Cundy – C4-5 1000m time trial.

Sophie Wells – Dressage individual test grade V.

Bethany Firth – 200m freestyle S14

Aileen McGlynn and pilot Helen Scott  cycling.

Stephen Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby – B 4000m individual pursuit.

Crystal Lane-Wright – C5 3000m individual pursuit.

Grace Harvey – 100m breaststroke SB5

Bronze.🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉

Table tennis bronzes for Jack Hunter-Spivey and Thomas Matthews .

Sophie Unwin cycling.

Dimitri Coutya fencing.

Toni Shaw – 400m Freestyle S9.

Georgia Wilson – Grade II individual test.

Maria Lyle – Women’s T35 100m

Olivia Broome – Powerlifting women’s -50kg.

Jaco van Gass – C1-3 1000m Time Trial

Stephen Clegg – 100m backstroke S12.

Micky Yule – Powerlifting -72kg.

Piers Gilliver, Dimitri Coutya and Oliver Lam-Watson – men’s epee team.

Jessica-Jane Applegate – 200m freestyle S14.

Just Saying: Paralympic Games, Day 2.

Britain’s athletes have won 16 medals in the first two days of the Tokyo Paralympics.

So far, ParalympicsGB have won six gold medals, seven silver medals and three bronze.

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉🥉

They are currently second in the world, just behind China.

GB gold medal winners include wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver and one of Britain’s most decorated para-athletes, Lee Pearson, who won his 12th Paralympics gold medal today in dressage.

In the swimming, GB broke not one but TWO world records!

Tully Kearney smashed the world record for the Women’s 100 metre Freestyle S5 event by more than two seconds.

While Maisie Summers-Newton set a new world record in the SM6 200m individual medley final.

Both athletes won gold medals for their performances.

Maisie’s win was especially notable, as she beat the record of her long-time hero and GB team-mate Ellie Simmonds.

Yesterday cyclist Sarah Storey won Britain’s first gold medal in the C5 3,000 metre individual pursuit track cycling event.

This is Sarah’s eighth Paralympic Games!

Not to be outdone, cyclist Jaco Van Gass secured gold in the men’s C3 3000m individual pursuit in a world record time.

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