Paralympics day six: Great Britain’s Ellie Challis aims to make a splash again

Challis will return to the pool simply at some point after clinching backstroke gold on Monday – a day that additionally noticed gold for boccia star Stephen Maguire, triathlon duo Dave Ellis and Megan Richter, and archery aces Nathan Macqueen and Jodie Grinham.

Ellie goals increased

Ellie Challis is hoping to enhance on her “most unbelievable day ever” by successful a gold medal within the S3 100m freestyle within the Paris pool.

Challis clinched S3 50m backstroke gold on Monday and can now goal extra success within the 100m freestyle, an occasion through which she is a two-time world silver medallist.

Tully Kearney will goal her third gold of the Video games within the ladies’s S5 50m backstroke, whereas Grace Harvey seems so as to add to her gold within the ladies’s 100m SB5 breaststroke when she competes within the S6 50m butterfly.

Seventh heaven for Baker?

Natasha Baker expects to be pushed to the restrict when she targets her seventh Paralympic gold in her particular person dressage closing in Paris on Tuesday.

Baker is a part of a vastly profitable Nice Britain squad, additionally together with Sophie Wells, Mari Durward-Akhurst and Georgia Wilson, which may even bid for an eighth successive workforce gold later within the Video games.

However Baker warned: “It will be harder than ever to win these medals this time. I believe we’re prepared for it, and I believe it’s going to be an important competitors.”

Sabre star Piers in assured temper

Piers Gilliver is out to make extra fencing historical past when he goes for gold within the males’s sabre A contest on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old clinched a silver medal on his Video games debut in Rio in 2016 and adopted it up by changing into the primary British fencer to win Paralympic gold for 33 years together with his victory within the epee class in Tokyo.

Gilliver, who has gained three World Championship medals in sabre, will contest his quarter-final on Tuesday afternoon and hope to nonetheless be concerned when the competitors concludes with the gold medal match shortly earlier than 10pm within the French capital.

Jonnie falls simply brief

Two-time Paralympic champion Jonnie Peacock fell wanting repeating the feat when he completed fifth within the males’s T64 100m closing in Paris on Monday.

Peacock made a nice begin however finally crossed the road in 10.91 seconds, with Costa Rica’s Sherman Guity taking a shock gold medal in a Paralympic report time of 10.65 seconds.

The 31-year-old Peacock insisted to the BBC afterwards: “It’s irritating however 2017 Jonnie would have wiped the ground with all of them.”

Scot Stephen McGuire gained boccia gold with victory over Colombia’s Edilson Chica, whereas there was double para-triathlon glory with gold medals for Dave Ellis and Megan Richter respectively.

Medal replace after Monday’s motion

4 extra golds on Monday noticed Nice Britain consolidate their place in second place within the Paralympic medals desk with some huge hitters – together with their all-conquering dressage workforce – nonetheless to return.

America proceed to carry off Brazil in third place whereas a badminton gold for hosts France has seen them already match their tally of gold medals from the Tokyo Video games with simply 5 days gone.