Paris 2024 Paralympics day three: GB golds in taekwondo, plus athletics - live

2m ago 17.23 EDT In running back through the play-by-play, it appears the foul that gave Germany the free throw was an unsportsmanlike foul, which means Germany maintained possession after the free throw, and basically, Germany will win. Meanwhile, the USA have seven game points against India. They convert the second. We’ll go to a decisive third game. Share

4m ago 17.21 EDT A free throw has put Germany up 68-64 with 21 seconds left. Meanwhile, India have made a series of errors, and the USA lead 17-12 in Game 2. Share

8m ago 17.16 EDT And while the badminton held my full attention, Germany reeled off a big run to take a seven-point lead in the men’s wheelchair basketball game. But France rallied with the old-fashioned three-point play (basket, foul, free throw) to cut it to 66-62 with 52 seconds left. Share

10m ago 17.14 EDT It’s not a unique take, but it should be said – water covers 70% of the planet, and Miles Krajewski covers the rest. It’s 7-7 in the second set, and this is scintillating stuff here. Share

17m ago 17.08 EDT Back to basketball – Germany inched ahead by four, but France have stuck around to cut it to one. Exactly four minutes left. Share

18m ago 17.06 EDT Game 1 to India, as Solaimalai keeps hitting these brilliant shots that just barely cross the net on a diagonal. Even when Simon and Krajewski can reach them, there’s hardly any way to return them. Share

23m ago 17.02 EDT What a rally. The stats show the longest rally of the game is 48 shots, and that had to have been it. That includes a diving shot from Krajewski to keep things going. It ends with Solaimalai hitting a cross-court shot that lands barely a foot on the other side of the net. And now it’s Solaimalai’s turn to hit the floor, diving onto his own backline to return, but Krajewski simply chips a shot into the open court to cut the lead to 16-15. Share

26m ago 16.59 EDT After nearly three minutes, we have our first basket of the fourth quarter in the men’s wheelchair basketball game. Germany have taken the lead at 52-51. Share

28m ago 16.57 EDT Krajewski showed in his big singles win that he’s not rattled when he falls behind. He and Simon have run off four straight points to get to 10-11. Share

29m ago 16.55 EDT The fourth quarter in the Germany-France wheelchair basketball game has started with seven missed shots and a shot-clock violation. Still 51-50. Share

30m ago 16.55 EDT India have put together a run of dazzling shots, ending with a precise drop shot, to take a 10-5 lead in the first set against the USA’s Krajewski and Simon. Krajewski covers the court with astounding quickness, but the Indian team’s shot-making is too good to be overcome right now. Share

33m ago 16.51 EDT Back to basketball, Germany scored the last six points of the third quarter and now trail France by the Van Halen score: 51-50. All basketball pool-play games are basically just for seeding, but that certainly matters. Share

40m ago 16.45 EDT Unfortunately, I can’t seem to watch the wheelchair basketball game in progress, but I can tell you France have pushed out to a seven-point lead late in the third quarter. Share

42m ago 16.43 EDT This is not an easy matchup for Krajewski and Simon. India’s Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan are the second seeds. Share

49m ago 16.35 EDT We’re down to three events today … one badminton match in progress, Krajewski/Simon’s badminton match starting soon, and a men’s wheelchair basketball game in which France have taken over the lead from Germany in the third quarter. Share

53m ago 16.32 EDT Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon, the US mixed doubles team, have not yet taken the court for their semifinal. Cancel my dinner plans … Earlier today, Simon took a straight-set win in her SH6 (short stature) pool-play finale, but she will not advance to the knockout rounds. GB’s Rachel Choong won her pool. India’s Krishna Nagar, the defending men’s champion who lost to Krajewski yesterday, retired from his final match today. Krajewski has qualified for the knockout rounds in the SH6 classification, as has GB’s Kyrsten Coombs. GB’s Daniel Bethell won his pool in the SL3 (standing, lower-limb impairment) classification. Share

1h ago 16.25 EDT At last, badminton … “I will make the decision as to when the court gets wiped,” says the chair umpire to a player who would prefer not to have so many interruptions to dry things off. That’s in the Indonesia-France mixed doubles match, which has been rather tense throughout. Indonesia lead 1 set to 0, 10-7 in the second. Share

1h ago 16.22 EDT Before moving over to badminton, here’s a quick look at a few things you might have missed today, no matter how closely you were trying to follow every event at once: Medals for Australia: Gold for Lei Li Na/Yang Qian (table tennis WD20 mixed doubles) and Amanda Reid (cycling C1-3 500m time trial); silver for Michael Roeger (men’s T46 1,500m); bronze for Madison de Rozario (women’s T54 5,000m) and Jack Ireland (men’s S14 200m freestyle) Medals for USA: Their best day so far, by far … Gold: Olivia Chambers and Mallory Weggemann in swimming; Jaydin Blackwell and Daniel Romanchuk in track and field

Silver: Noah Malone, Ryan Medrano and Susannah Scaroni in track and field

Bronze: Believe it or not, the USA had no bronze medals after two days. Today, they got five. Liza Corzo and B Hatz in track and field, Elouan Gardon in cycling, Julia Gaffney in swimming, Evan Medell in taekwondo. Medals for GB: Too many to count. Let’s try: Gold: Stephen Clegg , William Ellard and Alice Tai in swimming; Matt Bush and Amy Truesdale in taekwondo

Silver: Archie Atkinson (cycling), Poppy Maskill (swimming)

Bronze: Jodie Grinham (archery), Louise Fiddes (swimming), Paul Karabardak/Billy Shilton (table tennis) Medals for China: Nine gold, 17 total Other big winners on the day: Brazil had three gold medals and a staggering 11 total. One gold and five total were in track and field; two more gold medals were in swimming.

Uzbekistan took gold in men’s F12 shot put, men’s F57 javelin, and men’s 80kg taekwondo. Medal count by golds: China 20, GB 11, Brazil 8, Netherlands 6, USA/Australia/Uzbekistan 5 each Medal count by total: China 42, GB 25, Brazil 23, USA/Ukraine 19 each Share

1h ago 15.55 EDT Thanks to Niall McVeigh across the Atlantic for passing along comments from Amy Truesdale, speaking with Channel 4:

“I don’t think it’s sunk in, it’s the last medal I needed to complete my career. I’m a Paralympic champion ... I’m just so grateful for the support. I had three really tough fights, but the hardest fight for me is always the one in my mind. That last minute, I was a bit on edge, because I’d accidentally kicked her incorrectly. I can’t believe it, it’s unreal!” Share

2h ago 15.53 EDT GB's Matt Bush wins taekwondo gold Two straight dominant performances for GB taekwondo athletes, with Bush taking a 5-0 win, completely shutting down Neutral Paralympic Athlete Aliaskhab Ramazanov. That’s 11 gold medals for Team GB, and Bush celebrates by picking up his infant child, who beams while wearing sturdy ear protection. View image in fullscreen Matt Bush celebrates with his family after winning gold in taekwondo. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters Share Updated at 16.09 EDT

2h ago 15.45 EDT In boccia, Australia’s Jamieson Leeson has advanced to the BC3 class semifinals with a 4-3 win over Argentina’s Stefania Ferrando. After taekwondo, there is one more event to watch – badminton, where the USA’s Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon are in the mixed doubles SH6 semifinals. Share

2h ago 15.42 EDT Now up, for the last medal event of the day, GB’s Matt Bush vs. Neutral Paralympic Athletes’ Aliaskhab Ramazanov in men’s heavyweight taekwondo. Bush looks a bit like Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, doesn’t he? But with an impressive beard? The GB athlete is only the fourth seed, but he’s also the 2023 world champion. Ramazanov edged the USA’s Evan Medell in the semifinals. Medell took bronze. Share

2h ago 15.38 EDT Taekwondo athlete Amy Truesdale wins GB's 10th gold medal Truesdale has been given a yellow card. Everyone stands around a moment, not quite realizing what that means. It apparently means one point to Naimova. That means Truesdale still has an 8-2 lead. Naimova has left the mat, and the referee emphatically gestures to Truesdale to declare her the winner. View image in fullscreen Amy Truesdale celebrates winning gold after her bout against Guljonoy Naimova. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters Share Updated at 15.58 EDT

2h ago 15.35 EDT We’re having a tense moment at taekwondo now, as the referee has asked for a review to see if Truesdale should be penalized for a kick that has left Naimova down for medical treatment. It appears Naimova will not continue. Will Truesdale be disqualified? Commentators seem to think it’s unlikely that Truesdale kicked to the head intentionally. Apparently, the staff doctor said Naimova could continue, but she said no. Listening to the opening of Van Halen’s Right Now on a loop isn’t reducing the tension. Share

2h ago 15.28 EDT Amy Truesdale is finally up on the mat to compete for a taekwondo gold medal, and she’s up 8-1 already on Uzbekistan’s Guljonoy Naimova. Naimova is the top seed; Truesdale is second. Share Updated at 15.29 EDT

2h ago 15.26 EDT Another US athlete has just had a few millimeters affect his chances – long jumped Ezra Frech landed with what appeared to be a pretty good effort, but as he took off, the blade on his prosthetic leg just rolled over the board and barely touched beyond it. The foul nullified his jump, and he remains in fifth place. Share

2h ago 15.18 EDT It’s hard to call a silver medal “heartbreaking,” but Noah Malone seems to be in a bit of shock. He led the men’s T12 100m most of the way through, but Türkiye’s Serkan Yildirim somehow flung his torso across the line 0.01 seconds ahead of the US runner. Share

2h ago 15.14 EDT Coming up next … GB taekwondo athletes Amy Truesdell and Matt Bush will take their shots at gold shortly. But on the track right now, it’s the men’s T12 (visually impaired) 100m, with the USA’s Noah Malone hoping to improve from silver in Tokyo. He’s a key runner on Indiana State’s track and field team and was one of the 10 US athletes in our preview. Share

2h ago 15.09 EDT Team GB have finished wheelchair rugby pool play unbeaten, hanging on to beat France 50-49. The host country cut the lead to one after forcing a turnover with 2:41 left, but each team scored on every possession the rest of the way. France scored its last try with 1 second left for the final margin. Tomorrow’s semifinals are set: Japan v Australia, GB v USA. Share

2h ago 15.03 EDT USA's Daniel Romanchuk wins men's T54 5,000m Where did he come from?! With all eyes on Marcel Hug as the six-time Paralympic gold medalist went out wide to try to pass the pack, the Tokyo 400m champion suddenly sprang into daylight and wound up winning by two wheelchair lengths. Romanchuk won in 10:55.28, 0.5 seconds ahead of Hug. Only 1.1 seconds separated second place from eighth. An accident in the last few meters could affect the final podium. Kuwait’s Faisal Alrajehi is the bronze medalist for now, but he was involved in some contact that sent Thailand’s Putharet Khongrak into the inside rail. Khongrak topped over and took out the USA’s Brian Siemann, sending both racers tumbling to the track. After getting some assistance, Siemann crossed the finish line nearly two minutes behind Romanchuk. GB’s David Weir, who won this event and three others in London 12 years ago, slid to eighth. Share

2h ago 14.55 EDT Over to the track, GB veteran David Weir is very much in the thick of things in the men’s T54 (wheelchair) 5,000m. World and Paralympic champion Marcel Hug is also near the front. But so is everyone. One lap to go … Share

3h ago 14.53 EDT Ma Jia sets world record for China's 20th gold medal The defending champion in the women’s S11 (visual impairment) 50m freestyle knocked nearly a quarter of a second off her previous record, finishing in 28.96 and easily outdistancing the field. That’s 20 gold medals for China, more than twice that of second-place GB (nine). Share

3h ago 14.49 EDT Australia win women's doubles table tennis gold Lei Li Na and Yang Qian faced some nervous moments at the end, dropping the third game 11-3 and falling behind by two in the fourth game, but the Australian duo converted the second of two chances to close out the match, ending with an effective cross-court smash by Yang to win the WD20 class. Share

3h ago 14.45 EDT Australian gold medal alert … tune into the WD20 women’s doubles table tennis final, where Lei Li Na and Yang Qian are two points away from closing out top seed Lin Tzu Yu and Tian Shiau Wen of Chinese Taipei. Share

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