Day 8 Round Up

Both Faye Rogers and Toni Shaw made it past their respective heats to the final races at Paris La Defense Arena. Rogers, who was swimming in the Women’s 400m Freestyle S10 medal race, finished in fifth place. Shaw swam the Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM9 final race and just missed out on third place after a neck in neck final leg saw her finish just 0.24 seconds behind Spain’s Anastasiya Dmytriv Dmytriv.

In para athletics, Melanie Woods qualified for the Women’s 400m T54 medal race and finished in sixth place with a time 55.39. Sammi Kinghorn added yet another medal to her Paralympics 2024 haul after another incredible race saw her finish in second place in the Women’s 400m T53.

ParalympicsGB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team, including Scottish players Robyn Love and Jodie Waite, won their Qualifying Classification match against Japan 67-55, meaning they would move onto 5th/6th play off match.

Day 9 Preview

Scottish swimmer Louis Lawlor will take to the pool for his next event, the Men’s 100m Backstroke S14 heats with hopes of qualifying for the final later in the day.

Para athlete Ben Sandilands will face his first event where he will race in the Men’s 1500m T20.

Canoeist Hope Gordon will also face her first event when she competes in the Women’s Va’a Single 200m – VL3 Heats. Shortly after, she will also compete in the Women’s Kayak Single 200m – KL3 Heats.

A huge day lies ahead for Gordon Reid as he and his Doubles partner Alfie Hewett as they will take on Japan in the Men’s Doubles Wheelchair Tennis Gold Medal match.