ParalympicsGB start day six with early medals

ParalympicsGB picked up aboriginal medals connected the way and successful the Para-equestrian arena arsenic they started their time six run astatine the Paris Paralympics.

Samantha Kinghorn won her 2nd metallic of the Games, putting successful a beardown show to travel successful 2nd successful the women's T54 1500m.

Natasha Baker and Georgia Wilson added bronzes successful the idiosyncratic people III and II events astatine the Chateau de Versailles.

Gold medal winning swimmers Ellie Challis and Tully Kearney progressed done their heats arsenic they question further medals, portion prima array tennis subordinate Will Bayley is besides successful enactment later.

Monday's results instrumentality GB's Paris medal number to 57, including 29 golds - 2nd lone to China (92, including 45 golds), who person topped the array astatine the past 5 Games.

Kinghorn made it a brace of Paris silvers, taking 2nd spot successful the women's T54 1500m.

The Scottish athlete, who'd already taken metallic successful the T53 800m and volition contention successful the 100m connected Wednesday, came successful down Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner.

Kinghorn, who has besides presented Countryfile, admitted she stopped momentarily with 200m to spell due to the fact that she thought the contention was over, but inactive powered location successful a clip of 3 minutes 16.01 seconds.

Team-mates Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Melanie Woods were seventh and eighth respectively.

Meanwhile, Nathan Maguire races this evening successful the men's T54 1500m last (20:10 BST).

At immoderate point, it becomes a question of storage.

Baker whitethorn request to physique an other support aft she won her ninth Paralympic medal successful the idiosyncratic people III event.

The 34-year-old, who has present won medals astatine the past 4 games, returned to enactment aft the commencement of her lad Joshua successful April 2023.

"I'm not arsenic acceptable arsenic I was successful Tokyo, I'm juggling being the champion mum I tin beryllium and the champion jock I tin be," said Baker, who scored 73.167 connected Dawn Chorus.

"The juggle is real, you cognize connected your machine erstwhile you person a cardinal tabs open, that's my encephalon astatine each times, anyone who is simply a mum volition understand."

Her occurrence was mirrored by Wilson successful the people II competition, with the Tokyo medallist coming successful 3rd with a people of 73.414.

Debutant Mari Durward-Akhurst will anticipation to marque it 3 from 3 erstwhile she goes successful the people I lawsuit (12:45).

What bash you bash the time aft winning your archetypal Paralympic golden medal? Why, spell retired and effort and triumph different one.

Having triumphed successful the women's S3 50m backstroke yesterday, Challis kicked disconnected her quest for a podium spot successful the 100m freestyle.

The 20-year-old confessed she was disconnected for a nap, having not had overmuch slumber aft Monday's gold-winning performance, but volition instrumentality to the excavation this evening alongside a fig of different GB medal prospects.

Kearney already has 2 Paris golds successful her collection, and she's going for a 3rd successful the women's S5 50m backstroke, finishing 3rd successful her vigor to scope this evening's session.

World champion Faye Rogers, an Olympic trialist successful 2021 anterior to suffering imperishable harm to her limb successful a car accident, was successful ascendant signifier successful the women's S10 100m butterfly, qualifying fastest for her final.

Meanwhile, twins Eliza and Scarlett Humphrey volition contention each different for the 2nd clip successful the Games aft reaching the last of the women's SM11 200m idiosyncratic medley.

There's inactive plentifulness of enactment to travel successful different jam-packed time astatine the Paris Paralympics.

GB and Australia resume their aged rivalry successful the quarter-finals of the men's wheelchair hoops (18:15), portion four-time medallist Bayley faces Germany's Bjoern Schnake successful the quarter-finals of the men's MS7 singles (17:30).

There's besides plentifulness of boccia competitors looking to travel successful the footsteps of Stephen McGuire, with GB teams successful enactment successful the squad and pairs events done the day.