Brazil's Julio Agripino dos Santos wins gold and sets a new world record in the first race of the Para-athletics events on day two of the Paris Paralympic Games.
Brazil's Julio Agripino dos Santos got the Para-athletics off to a flying start by winning gold and setting a new world record in the first race on day two of the Paris Paralympic Games.
Meanwhile, in the velodrome Jody Cundy got his eighth Paralympics off to a strong start by booking a place in the men's C4-5 1,000m time trial. He will be joined by team-mates Archie Atkinson and Blaine Hunt at 14:52.Agripino dos Santos made a golden start in the first race of the Para-athletics, the men's T11 5,000m, in the Stade de France.
The 24-year-old, who was making his Paralympics debut, landed just 0.01secs ahead of Brazil's Kesley Teodoro. "It's 11 years of hard work and it's all so worth it," she said. "I've never raced in such a packed stadium and I've never heard so many people scream my name or just even the noise. It was incredible and it really helped when the pain kicked in on lap eight and nine."Para-swimmers Kearney and Summers-Newton both won gold at Tokyo 2020 and look on course to retain their titles after brilliant swims at La Defense Arena.
Meanwhile, US Para-swimmer Christie Raleigh-Crossley, who won silver in the women's S9 50m freestyle on Thursday evening, has claimed she is being targeted and bullied over her classification as a disabled athlete. The 32-year-old set a Paralympic Games best time in the PR1 men's single sculls heats in 8:51.26 to progress to the final.GB athletes were due to go in the PR2 and PR3 heats this morning but they have been postponed to a later date.GB's Beth Munro goes in the quarter final of the Taekwondo K44-65kg, while boccia stars Stephen McGuire and Kayleigh Haggo will hope to do well in their respective BC4 and BC2 preliminary rounds.
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