Paralympics Day 3: Live updates from Rio
10.09.2016Welcome to our live updates from the pick of the action across the venues. Keep checking back for the latest developments.
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Paralympics Day three: Live updates from Rio
10.09.2016
03:16
Most of the action is done for the day - we're running reviews of all the main stories across our news pages. But there's still a battle between Brazil and Great Britain going on in the wheelchair basketball, with the hosts currently trailing 27-33...
01:53
Lovely quotes from teenage swimmer Carlos Serranowho claimed Colombia's first gold medal in 36 years earlier. “This is the happiest day of my life. I feel strong. I love Rio,” he said.
01:25
Hannah Cockroft, who earlier defended her 100m T34 title is naturally delighted. "It was amazing to come here and compete in front of this massive crowd, it’s a magnificent stadium and I absolutely loved it out there," said the British athlete.
00:13
Roy Perkins has been speaking about beating Brazil's Daniel Dias in the men's 50m butterfly S5. "I have worked for four years to be able to beat him. I knew during those years that to do it in front of his home audience would be a big deal."
00:12
Hannah Cockroft has defended her title, the British athlete setting a new Paralympic record of 17.42 in the 100m T34.
23:52
China's Qing Xu has been speaking after securing gold in the men's 50m freestyle. He said: "Because it's my tenth Paralympic gold this actually means a lot to me. That might be the reason I couldn't sleep very well last night."
23:44
There have been two track and field golds for Malaysia tonight their first ever! The honours went to Mohammad Puzi in the 100m T36 and Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli in the shot put.
23:04
No gold medal this time for Daniel Dias as American Roy Perkins clinches gold and He Shwei finishes with silver. Dias has to settle for bronze.
23:00
It was victory for Yelyzaveta Mershko in the women's 50m freestyle S6 - up next it's that man Daniel Dias in the men's 50m butterfuly S5. Brazil prepares to get excited...
22:53
The evening session is well underway at the swimming. So far there have been golds for Carlos Zarate (COL), Elizabeth Marks (USA) and Qing Xu (CHN). Now it's the women's 50m freestyle S6 final - result to follow!
22:38
The atmosphere has been brilliant out on the Olympic Park today! And there's plenty more for the fans to get excited about.
22:26
So far in the football 5-a-side today we've seen wins for Ukraine and Netherlands. Iran lead the USA 1-0 into the second half of their group game
22:23
Update from the judo where there have also been gold medals for Georgia's Zviad Gogotchuri and Yanping Yuan of China with two more finals to come
21:15
There's a gold medal for Mexico in the women's -70kg judo final as Lenia Ruvalcaba Alvarez clinches victory against Alana Martins Maldonado of Brazil. The medals are now being decided in the men's -90kg category.
20:41
Not long to wait until action resumes in the velodrome at 4.30pm with the Men's C1-2-3 1000m Time Trial. There's also individual pursuit finals for the men and women this evening.
20:19
Brazil's Yohansson Nascimento has thanked fellow Brazilian sprinter Veronica Hipolito after qualifying first for Sunday's men's 100m - T47 final. "Veronica was here today watching me and I'm sure that she was very happy and very proud of me," he said.
18:31
Tunisia's Somaya Bousaid hopes her 1,500m T13 gold medal will inspire her country. "I hope that with this gold medal it will raise more awareness of conditions of disabled people and inspire them," she said.
18:10
Ferreira dos Santos says he's got more in the tank. "I think tomorrow I can break the record again," he said. "But the most important thing for me is to win the gold medal."
18:04
Now sprinters Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos (10.67 - men's 100m T47) and Leilia Adzhametova (11.86 - women's 100m T13) have clocked world records too!
16:49
Things are hotting up at the Olympic Stadium. Ewa Durska (13.94m) has set a new world record in the women's shot put F20. And Charl du Toit has done the same in the men's 100m T37, scorching home in 11.42s.
16:21
Martin Schulz is the Paralympic Games' first triathlon gold medal winner. He finished in 1:02:37, beating Canada's Stefan Daniel (1:03:05) and Spain's Jairo Ruiz Lopez (1:03:14) in the PT4.
16:16
Here's Alyda Norbruis coming off the track after claiming gold!
16:10
Two more swimming world records have fallen! Qiuping Peng recorded 49.91 in the women's 50m backstroke S3 and Fotimakhon Amilova completed the women's 200m individual medley SM13 in 2:24.43.
15:42
In the velodrome, the Netherlands' Alyda Norbruis has clinched gold in the women's C1-2-3 500m time trial. Australia's Amanda Reid and China's Zhenling Song took silver and bronze respectively.
15:32
Carlos Serrano Zarate says he's got more to give in the 100m breaststroke SB7. "We have been training really hard to try to improve the time," he said. "I can go faster in the final."
14:58
Serrano Zarate clocked 33.74 in the men's 50m breaststroke SB7, then registered 1:14.01 in the men's 100m breaststroke SB7.
14:56
Wow! Colombia's Carlos Serrano Zarate is making a splash in the pool - he's already set two world records this morning!
14:30
We're underway with Day Three of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. How many world records will fall today?
