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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Day 10: Cockroft wins gold, athletics, basketball and more – as it happened | Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Day 10: Cockroft wins gold, athletics, basketball and more – as it happened | Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

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USA defeated GB 73-69 to win gold medal in men’s wheelchair basketball tournament

It was a close match, but the US takes gold for the third consecutive Paralympics. Serio and Williams are the heroes for the Americans.

Steve Serio celebrates the United States victory. Photo: Thomas Padilla/AP
While Terry Bywater (second from left) and his British teammates look dejected. Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Wheelchair basketball: Bywater scores a great three-pointer for GB. US 72-69 GB – 12 seconds left.

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Wheelchair basketball: US 70-66GB. 43 seconds left.

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Wheelchair basketball: USA 67-64 GB. Pratt completes a fast break to close the gap. 1.5 minutes to go.

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Wheelchair basketball: Williams puts up the two points to keep the USA ahead. Serio’s gets a fifth foul and he’s gone. Warburton gets two free throws and we have a five-point game.

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Wheelchair basketball: US 65-60 GB. Two minutes left.

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Wheelchair basketball: US 63-6o GB. With three minutes to go, things are getting exciting.

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Wheelchair basketball: USA 63-59 GB. Pratt adds two more, but then Fox commits a foul – his fifth of the game and he is out of the game.

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Wheelchair basketball: GB closes the gap to six points in a matter of seconds. 63-57

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Wheelchair basketball: USA 63-55 GB. GB takes a timeout with five minutes and 30 seconds left on the clock.

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Wheelchair basketball: USA has no trouble scoring, but Warburton gets two points for GB and wins a free throw. GB need a lot more of that – and they need to improve their defense.

United States Trevon Jenifer shoots past Great Britain’s Ben Fox. Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Wheelchair basketball: The third quarter ends with the US leading 53-43. An important last 10 minutes for Great Britain.

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Wheelchair basketball: Serio and Williams are the dominant duo for USA and GB can’t stop them. Williams opens a 12 point lead.

United States’ Steve Serio shoots past Britain’s Ben Fox. Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Wheelchair basketball: The US are on the rise again and have extended their lead to nine points. US 46-37 GB

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Wheelchair basketball: GB started the third quarter well against USA, who have a 40-37 lead. GB looks better than in the first 20 minutes, when they made too many mistakes.

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Athletics: There was a dramatic end to the women’s T63 100m final as Italy’s Ambra Sabatini led the race but fell in her final strides, taking compatriot Monica Contrafatto with her. It helped that GB’s Ndidikama Okoh finished third, behind winner Martina Caironi and silver medallist Karisman Evi Tiarani.

Ambra Sabatini from Italy falls… Photo: David Ramos/Getty Images
And knocks out compatriot Monica Graziana Contrafatto. Photo: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters
Silver medalist Karisma Evi Tiarani of Indonesia (left), gold medalist Martina Caironi of Italy (center) and bronze medalist Ndidikama Okoh of Great Britain (right) celebrate the victory with their national flags. Photo: Marco Mantovani/Getty Images
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Wheelchair basketball: GB have a great win at the end of the half, closing the gap to seven points, with the US leading 38-31 at halftime.

Steve Serio of the United States (right) and Lee Manning of Great Britain reach for the ball. Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Wheelchair basketball: The US builds a significant lead early in the second quarter, up to eight points ahead of Great Britain.

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Blind football: France win gold after Argentina see their third penalty saved and Villeroux scores. The fans go wild in Paris. French flags are waved vigorously after a nerve-wracking final.

Joy for France, despair for Argentina. Photo: Christophe Ena/AP
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Wheelchair basketball: The first quarter ends with the US leading 23-18 over Great Britain in what has been a close game so far.

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Blind football: A penalty shootout is needed to decide the men’s final. It is quite exciting when the first four penalties are scored.

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Wheelchair basketball: GB made some simple fouls and that helped the US take an early 8-4 lead.

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Wheelchair basketball: The gold medal match has begun. GB has put the first points on the board. It should be a fierce confrontation.

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Athletics: That failure for Davies means that Sorour from Kuwait wins the gold medal. He is in tears after an incredible night.

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Athletics: It’s another red flag – that’s three in a row. He looks set to win silver in the shot put now.

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Athletics: We are entering the final round of the F63 shot put. Can Davies throw a gold medal?

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Wheelchair basketball: Ade Adepitan calls it “the biggest game in Paralympic basketball history for Great Britain”. GB will take on the USA. It will be tough.

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Blind football: It’s 1-1 in the final between France and Argentina. The fans are currently performing a silent Mexican wave, which is a beautiful sight.

It is a breathtaking view of the blind football venue. Photo: Christophe Ena/AP
Argentina’s Maximiliano Espinillo celebrates his first goal with teammates. Photo: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
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Athletics: Davies is red-flagged on lap four, making no improvement on his previous attempt.

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Thanks Tom. We are heading towards the final match of the evening, which includes Great Britain versus the United States in wheelchair basketball.

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Right, that’s my blogging period about the Paralympics for today. Will Unwin is back…

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Athletics: Davies looks much more like it: his throw of 15.10m in the third round puts him in the lead.

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Hannah Cockroft has indicated that these could be her last Games, to Channel 4: “Nine gold medals, nine rings (on the stadium bell). That might be the last chance. Now the hard work begins (her wedding in three weeks and five days).

“I hope I go home, have a great wedding and a great life.”

In the studio, Tanni Grey-Thompson dismisses that idea and says Cockroft could still compete in two more Paralympics.

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Athletics: In the F63 shot put, Aled Davies has achieved two throws of 14.32 metres, which currently places him in fourth place.

Britain’s Aled Davies prepares to shoot. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Athletics: While we wait for Cockroft’s response, the final of the women’s 400 metres T38 was quite exciting, with British athlete Ali Smith finishing sixth in a personal best of 1 minute 0.88 seconds.

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Athletics: Cockroft’s time to win her ninth Paralympic gold is about eight seconds faster than Adenegan. We’ll hear from the winner soon.

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Gold for Cockroft!

There is no Paralympic record, but Cockroft had a lead of more than 200 kilometres on fellow Briton Kare Adenegan in second place. The other Briton, Fabienne Andre, finished fourth.

Hannah Cockroft celebrates as she crosses the finish line and wins another gold medal. Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Athletics: Cockroft is already racing, the battle is currently one-two with Great Britain and there is less than a lap to go.

Hannah Cockroft races around the Stade de France circuit. Photo: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters
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Athletics: The T34 800m is on its way, can Cockroft handle it?

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It’s the last night of athletics in Paris, and GB still have a couple of chances for a gold medal with Aled Davies in the F63 shot put and Hannah Cockroft in the T34 800m.

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Good evening everyone, Thanks Will, I think we have a bit of athletics going on. I’ll try to keep you updated on everything.

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I’m going away for a while. Tom Bassam takes you through the fun to come.

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Stephen Clegg reacts to winning gold: “Unbelievable. I would have liked to go a bit faster. After that (100m) backstroke, it was unbelievable. I broke a world record and I was coming here to get it, but once I had the medal around my neck, I didn’t care about the record anymore. Same goes for this one. The time wasn’t great, but I came to get the gold and I got the gold, so I can’t be too disappointed.”

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And here is Paul MacInnes’ report from Roland Garros.

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Tennis: Alfie Hewett’s reaction after winning silver earlier in the day.

“I have mixed feelings right now,” Hewett said. “After the start and the problem I had with my groin, it didn’t look so good. To grow into the match and fight and find a way and then get to a match-point scenario and be inches away from winning a gold medal is something I can be proud of. And the spirit of how it was played and the atmosphere and all of that is so, so positive, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“But of course it will stay with me to be one point away and miss that opportunity, you don’t just move on from one day to the next. But it’s all about perspective, looking at the good things that have come today. Sometimes it’s bigger than the individual and the person and hopefully that day can just really move things forward with our sport even more and get more attention. I’m very proud of that.”

Alfie Hewett looks dejected after the match. Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Observer
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Clegg’s mother Moira is in C4: “It was really amazing, out of this world, I wanted to cry.”

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Swimming: Interestingly, Dzmitry Salei, who is in Paris as a neutral athlete, finishes second, ahead of his brother Raman Salei from Azerbaijan.

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Stephen Clegg wins gold in men’s butterfly S12

It is the second gold medal for the Briton.

Stephen Clegg makes his way through the water on his way to the gold. Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA
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