Three medals for Javanmardi

Sareh Javanmardi from the Islamic Republic of Iran claimed her third Paralympic title in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 event on Saturday, adding a fourth gold to her collection of five Paralympic medals in Para shooting. "I am extremely happy to have won my fifth Paralympic medal. There's nothing that can match this, really," said Javanmardi. "I want to retire now. I think I will train my child to follow my lead.”

Sareh Javanmardi competes in Paris 2024. GETTY IMAGES

In the Men’s 10m Air Rifle SH1 final, Denmark’s Martin Black Joergensen seemed poised to cause an upset but lost his lead in the final shots, finishing third. Jinho Park from the Republic of Korea took first place, adding a gold to his Tokyo 2020 silver and bronze collection. "This was the only medal I was missing, so now I’ve achieved everything. I feel fulfilled," he said.

China wins inaugural gold in mixed doubles

Para table tennis in Paris introduced a new event on Saturday, with China’s Mao Jingdian and Zhao Shuai becoming the first-ever Paralympic gold medallists in mixed doubles, winning the XD17 event in straight sets. "When we teamed up, we didn’t have much time to train together, so I’m very grateful to my partner," said Mao. "We’ve played together for less than a year. I get anxious or angry sometimes when I play, and he calmed me down.”

Mao and Zhao faced their compatriots Peng Weinan and Xiong Guiyan in the final, marking another strong day for China at the South Paris Arena. Cao Ningning and Feng Panfeng won gold in the Men’s Doubles MD8, while Gu Xiaodan and Pan Jiamin secured gold in the Women’s Doubles WD10.

Drama at the Velodrome

The Men’s C4 4000m Individual Pursuit final ended dramatically, with Britain’s Archie Atkinson as the favourite. Atkinson, making his Paralympic debut, is the current world champion and broke the world record in the qualifying round.

However, a crash in the gold medal final forced Atkinson to settle for silver, as Slovakia’s Jozef Metelka claimed his second Paralympic gold, displaying great sportsmanship. “The first thing I wanted to do was to check on Archie. I was concerned about him and how he was doing. At first, I didn’t know if it was serious or not. Then I didn’t want to celebrate in front of him, of course,” said Metelka. "But once I knew he was okay, I celebrated, and I couldn’t believe I had just won the gold medal."

China’s Li Zhangyu and Liang Weicong replicated their Thursday results in the Men’s C1 3000m Individual Pursuit, with Li taking gold and Liang silver once again, this time in the C1-3 1000m time trial.

Grinham becomes first pregnant Paralympic medallist

Britain’s Jodie Grinham defeated compatriot Phoebe Paterson Pine in the bronze medal match of the Women’s Individual Compound Para Archery, becoming the first pregnant athlete to win a Paralympic medal. "I’m so proud of her because she has defied all odds to be here, especially with Bubba on the way," said Paterson Pine. "She’s due in October, I think. I’m very proud and impressed with how well she’s done."

The battle for gold in the Women’s W1 individual event was a repeat of Tokyo, with China’s Chen Minyi facing the Czech Republic’s Sarka Pultar Musilova. Once again, Chen took gold. "I was hoping not to have this rival in the final, but she was brilliant. She was shooting very well. So I congratulate her, and let’s see what comes next," said Musilova. Musilova was one of two Czech athletes on the podium, with Tereza Brandtlova taking bronze.

Final medals in Para taekwondo

The Paris 2024 Para taekwondo competition concluded on Saturday at the Grand Palais, where the final three gold medallists were decided. Great Britain’s Amy Truesdale won her first-ever Paralympic gold in the Women’s K44 +65kg, facing rising star Guljonoy Naimova of Uzbekistan in the gold medal match.

Great Britain’s second taekwondo gold of the day came from Matt Bush, who missed Tokyo 2020 due to injury. "To be honest, getting here is a miracle," said Bush. "I tore my ACL two weeks before Tokyo, was out for two years, and had two surgeries." Uzbekistan’s Asadbek Toshtemirov won gold in the Men’s K44 -80kg, defeating Mexico’s Luis Mario Najera 38-17.

Basiloff wins historic gold for Argentina

On Saturday, at the Paris La Defense Arena, the podium was filled with familiar faces and new medallists. Yip Pin Xiu continued her dominance in the pool, winning her third Paralympic gold in the Women’s 50m Backstroke S2. “I don’t take it for granted. We train really hard, day in, day out. I am sure everybody does the same, but it’s about finding that edge and getting a great team to work with us, so we can swim as fast as we can.”

Brazil’s Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo and Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago also added to their medal collections, with dos Santos Araujo in the Men’s 50m Backstroke S2 and Gomes Santiago in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S12. After two fourth-place finishes in Tokyo, Argentina’s Iñaki Basiloff finally made it to the podium, winning gold in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM7, the first Paralympic gold for Argentina in any sport since Rio 2016.

It was a day of many firsts for British swimmers, including a first Paralympic gold for Stephen Clegg, who topped the podium by setting a world record of 59.02 in the Men’s 100m Backstroke S12. "The main priority here is to make sure we prepare in the heats to win gold in the finals and not worry too much about the time," said Clegg. "It’s something very special when you can win gold with the world’s best time."

Track disappointments

In the T54 5000m finals, the reigning Paralympic champions in both the men’s and women’s events were dethroned. Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner defeated the USA’s Susannah Scaroni in the women’s final, setting a new Paralympic record to finish ahead of the defending champion and world record holder.

"It’s incredible. It was really hard to get ahead of Susannah. It was a tough race, but the crowd helped me,” said Debrunner. “Once I knew we were alone, I was really happy because I knew I was second or first. But then she went really fast for the last 600m, so I stayed behind her. Somehow I had some energy left at the end.”

In the Men’s T54 5000m, the USA’s Daniel Romanchuk denied Switzerland’s Marcel Hug the chance to win four golds at these Games, finishing ahead of the Para athletics legend. Fleur Jong defended her women’s T64 long jump title, breaking the Paralympic record not once, not twice, but three times.

Day 3 full podiums:

PARA ATHLETICS

Women's Javelin Throw - F13
Gold: Zhao Yuping (CHN)
Silver: Anna Kulinich-Sorokina (NPA)
Bronze: Natalija Eder (AUT)

Men's Shot Put - F12
Gold: Elbek Sultonov (UZB)
Silver: Volodymyr Ponomarenko (UKR)
Bronze: Roman Danyliuk (UKR)

Women's Discus Throw - F57
Gold: Nassima Saifi (ALG)
Silver: Xu Mian (CHN)
Bronze: Mokhigul Khamdamova (UZB)

Men's 5000m - T13
Gold: Yassine Ouhdadi El Ataby (ESP)
Silver: Aleksandr Kostin (NPA)
Bronze: Anton Kuliatin (NPA)

Women's 5000m - T54
Gold: Catherine Debrunner (SUI)
Silver: Susannah Scaroni (USA)
Bronze: Madison De Rozario (AUS)

Men's 1500m - T46
Gold: Aleksandr Iaremchuk (NPA)
Silver: Michael Roeger (AUS)
Bronze: Antoine Praud (FRA)

Women's Long Jump - T64
Gold: Fleur Jong (NED)
Silver: Marlene Van Gansewinkel (NED)
Bronze: B Hatz (USA)

Women's Shot Put - F37
Gold: Li Yingli (CHN)
Silver: Mi Na (CHN)
Bronze: Irina Vertinskaya (NPA)

Men's Club Throw - F32
Gold: Aleksei Churkin (NPA)
Silver: Athanasios Konstantindis (GRE)
Bronze: Ahmed Mehideb (ALG)

Men's Javelin Throw - F57
Gold: Yorkinbek Odilov (UZB)
Silver: Muhammet Khalvandi (TUR)
Bronze: Cicero Valdiran Lins Nobre (BRA)

Women's 1500m - T13
Gold: Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu (ETH)
Silver: Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi (MAR)
Bronze: Liza Corso (USA)

Men's 100m - T38
Gold: Jaydin Blackwell (USA)
Silver: Ryan Medrano (USA)
Bronze: Juan Alexandro Campas Sánchez (COL)

Women's 400m - T11
Gold: Lahja Ishitile (NAM)
Silver: Thalita Vitoria Simplicio Da Silva (BRA)
Bronze: He Shanshan (CHN)

Women's 100m - T38
Gold: Karen Tatiana Palomeque Moreno (COL)
Silver: Lida Maria Manthopoulou (GRE)
Bronze: Darian Faisury Jiménez Sánchez (COL)

Men's Long Jump - T63
Gold: Joel De Jong (NED)
Silver: Daniel Wagner (DEN)
Bronze: Noah Mbuyamba (NED)

Men's 5000m - T54
Gold: Daniel Romanchuk (USA)
Silver: Marcel Hug (SUI)
Bronze: Faisal Alrajehi (KUW)

Men's 100m - T12
Gold: Serkan Yildirim (TUR)
Silver: Noah Malone (USA)
Bronze: Joeferson Marinho De Oliveira (BRA)

Women's 400m - T47
Gold: Fernanda Yara Da Silva (BRA)
Silver: Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade (VEN)
Bronze: Maria Clara Augusto Da Silva (BRA)

PARA SHOOTING

R1 - 10m Air Rifle Men's SH1
Gold: Park Jinho (KOR)
Silver: Yerkin Gabbasov (KAZ)
Bronze: Martin Black Joergensen (DEN)

P2 - 10m Air Pistol Women's SH1
Gold: Sareh Javanmardi (IRI)
Silver: Aysel Ozgan (TUR)
Bronze: Rubina Francis (IND)

PARA TRACK CYCLING

Time Trial - 500m - Women's C1-3
Gold: Amanda Reid (AUS)
Silver: Qian Wangwei (CHN)
Bronze: Maike Hausberger (GER)

Time Trial - 1000m - Men's C1-3
Gold: Li Zhangyu (CHN)
Silver: Liang Weicong (CHN)
Bronze: Alexandre Leaute (FRA)

Individual Pursuit - 4000m - Men's C4
Gold: Josef Metelka (SVK)
Silver: Archie Atkinson (GBR)
Bronze: Gatien Le Rousseau (FRA)

Individual Pursuit - 4000m - Men's C5
Gold: Dorian Foulon (FRA)
Silver: Yehor Dementyev (UKR)
Bronze: Elouan Gardon (USA)

PARA TABLE TENNIS

Mixed Doubles - XD17
Gold: Zhao Shuai/Mao Jingdian (CHN)
Silver: Peng Weinan/Xiong Guiyan (CHN)
Bronze: Viktor Didukh/Iryna Shynkarova (UKR)
Bronze: Piotr Grudzien/Karolina Pek (POL)

Women's Doubles - WD6
Gold: Gu Xiaodan/Pan Jiamin (CHN)
Silver: Nada Matic/Borislava Peric-Rankovic (SRB)
Bronze: Kang Oejeong/Lee Mi Gyu (KOR)
Bronze: Jung Young A/Moon Sunghye (KOR)

Women's Doubles - WD20
Gold: Li Na Lei/Qian YANG (AUS)
Silver: Lin Tzu Yu/Tian Shiau Wen (TPE)
Bronze: Bruna Alexandre/Danielle Rauen (BRA)
Bronze: Natalia Partyka/Karolina PEK (POL)

Men's Doubles - MD8
Gold: Cao Ningning/Feng Panfeng (CHN)
Silver: Valentin Baus/Thomas Schmidberger (GER)
Bronze: Abdullah Ozturk/Nesim Turan (TUR)
Bronze: Wanchai Chaiwut/Yuttajak Glinbancheun (THA)

Men's Doubles - MD4
Gold: Peter Lovas/Jan Riapos (SVK)
Silver: Jang Yeongjin/Park Sung Joo (KOR)
Bronze: Cha Soo Yong/Park Jin Cheol (KOR)
Bronze: Fabien Lamirault/Julien Michaud (FRA)

PARA ARCHERY

Individual Event - Women's W1
Gold: Chen Minyi (CHN)
Silver: Sarka Pultar Musilova (CZE)
Bronze: Tereza Brandtlova (CZE)

Individual Event - Women's Compound Open
Gold: Oznur Cure Girdi (TUR)
Silver: Fatemeh Hemmati (IRI)
Bronze: Jodie Grinham (GBR)

PARA SWIMMING

Men's 100m Backstroke - S12
Gold: Stephen Clegg (GBR)
Silver: Raman Salei (AZE)
Bronze: Yaroslav Denysenko (UKR)

Women's 100m Backstroke - S12
Gold: Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago (BRA)
Silver: Anna Stetsenko (UKR)
Bronze: María Delgado Nadal (ESP)

Men's 200m Freestyle - S14
Gold: William Ellard (GBR)
Silver: Nicholas Bennett (CAN)
Bronze: Jack Ireland (AUS)

Women's 200m Freestyle - S14
Gold: Valeriia Shabalina (NPA)
Silver: Poppy Maskill (GBR)
Bronze: Louise Fiddes (GBR)

Men's 100m Backstroke - S8
Gold: Iñigo Llopis Sanz (ESP)
Silver: Kubota Kota (JPN)
Bronze: Mark Malyar (ISR)

Women's 100m Backstroke - S8
Gold: Alice Tai (GBR)
Silver: Viktoriia Ishchiulova (NPA)
Bronze: Mira Jeanne Maack (GER)

Men's 400m Freestyle - S13
Gold: Ihar Boki (NPA)
Silver: Alex Portal (FRA)
Bronze: Kylian Portal (FRA)

Women's 400m Freestyle - S13
Gold: Olivia Chambers (USA)
Silver: Carlotta Gilli (ITA)
Bronze: Anna Stetsenko (UKR)

Men's 50m Backstroke - S1
Gold: Kamil Otowski (POL)
Silver: Francesco Bettella (ITA)
Bronze: Anton Kol (UKR)

Men's 50m Backstroke - S2
Gold: Gabriel Geraldo Dos Santos Araujo (BRA)
Silver: Vladimir Danilenko (NPA)
Bronze: Alberto Caroly Abarza Díaz (CHI)

Women's 50m Backstroke - S2
Gold: Pin Xiu Yip (SGP)
Silver: Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez (MEX)
Bronze: Tereza Perales (ESP)

Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM7
Gold: Iñaki Basiloff (ARG)
Silver: Andrii Trusov (UKR)
Bronze: Yevhenii Bohodaiko (UKR)

Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM7
Gold: Mallory Weggemann (USA)
Silver: Tess Routliffe (CAN)
Bronze: Julia Gaffney (USA)

Men's 50m Freestyle - S11
Gold: Kimura Keiichi (JPN)
Silver: Hua Dongdong (CHN)
Bronze: Wendell Belarmino Pereira (BRA)

Women's 50m Freestyle - S11
Gold: Ma Jia (CHN)
Silver: Karolina Pelendritou (CYP)
Bronze: Maryna Piddubna (UKR)

PARA TAEKWONDO

-80kg - Men's K44
Gold: Asadbek Toshtemirov (UZB)
Silver: Luis Mario Najera (MEX)
Bronze: Alireza Bakht (IRI)
Bronze: Joo Jeonghun (KOR)

+65kg - Women's K44
Gold: Amy Truesdale (GBR)
Silver: Guljonoy Naimova (UZB)
Bronze: Eleni Papastamatopoulou (GRE)
Bronze: Rajae Akermach (MAR)

+80kg - Men's K44
Gold: Matt Bush (GBR)
Silver: Aliaskhab Ramazanov (NPA)
Bronze: Ewen Medell (USA)
Bronze: Hamed Haghshenas (IRI)