Day 3 Round Up
There was medal success in the pool on day 3 as a fantastic effort from Stephen Clegg won him gold in the S12 100m Backstroke with a World Record time of 59.02.
ParalympicsGB’s Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team, including Scottish players Jodie Waite and Robyn Love, missed out on success in their preliminary round when Canada beat the team 63-54.
Stephen McGuire was beaten 4-2 by Canada’s Iulian Ciobanu in the next preliminary round of the Men’s Individual BC4 Boccia. McGuire went on to redeem himself later in the day in the quarterfinals when his impressive performance secured him a 6-1 win against Hong Kong’s Yuk Wing Leung. In the next preliminary round of the Men’s Individual BC3 Boccia, Patrick Wilson stormed past his South African opponent to secured a 9-0 win. Kayleigh Haggo also competed in her quarterfinal in the Women’s Individual BC2 Boccia, but missed out on the win against Indonesia’s Gischa Zayana who beat her 8-2.
Day 4 Preview
Scottish Swimmer Faye Rogers will take to the pool in the Women’s 100m Freestyle heats with hopes of qualifying for the finals later in the day.
In Para Athletics, Melanie Woods will compete in the Women’s 800m T54 Round 1 race with a chance to progress to the finals. Sammi Kinghorn will compete in the Women’s 800m T53 Round 1 race, also with hopes of a place in the finals.
Quarter and semi finals are in the cards for the Scottish athletes competing in Boccia, with Patrick Wilson competing against Poland’s Damian Iskrzycki in the BC3 Quarterfinal and Stephen McGuire against Croatia’s Davor Komar in the BC4 Semifinal.
Neil Fachie is back in action in the National Velodrome, this time competing in the Men’s B 1000m Time Trials Qualifying race for a chance to race in the finals. Jenny Holl is also back in the velodrome, piloting for Sophie Unwin in the Women’s B 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying race.
Gordon Reid faces the second round of the Men’s Singles Wheelchair Tennis where he will face Sri Lanka’s Suresh Dharmasena.
Nathan Macqueen faces the 1/8 Elimination Round of the Para Archery – Men’s Individual Compound Open where he will face Hadi Nori from Islamic Republic of Iran.
ParalympicsGB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team are also back in action, with Scottish players Robyn Love and Jodie Waite included in the team where they will face China.