Paris 2024 Paralympics: what you missed overnight in Australia on day three of the Games

1. Cycling Amanda Reid followed up on her Tokyo success by picking up her second straight gold medal in the C1-3 500m time trial. The back-to-back triumph was particularly significant for Reid, who became the first Indigenous Australian to seal a gold medal when she won the same race at Tokyo three years ago. The 28-year-old raced through her two laps on Saturday for a factored time of 36.676 to ensure she will be Paralympic champion until Los Angeles in four years. Her first place added to the two golds won by Korey Boddington and Emily Petricola at the Paris’s National Velodrome 24 hours earlier.

2. Table tennis Lina Lei and Qian Yang delivered Australia’s second gold medal of the day with victory in the women’s doubles class 20 final. The naturalised Australian duo sealed the match in four games, 11-7, 11-6, 2-11, 12-10. The gold was Qian’s seventh Paralympic medal while Lina claimed a remarkable 10th medal. Coach Maggie Meng said the pair's strong personal connection has meant they are in sync whenever they play with one another. "On the table, they have been playing with each other for years, and off the table they're the best of friends," Meng said. "Qian is mentality is so strong, and Lina is just so experienced. They play like one person, there's no gaps between them." View image in fullscreen Lina Lei and Qian Yang in the fina against Tzu Yu Lin and Shiau Wen Tian of Taiwan. Photograph: Michael Reaves/Getty Images

3. Athletics Michael Roeger scooped silver in the men’s T46 1500m, having led from the off and looking set to win gold until the field came round the final bend and onto the home straight. Aleksandr Iaremchuk had some gas left in the tank and burned past the Australian to take gold. “Thankfully, I did enough early to stand on top of that podium … I’m bloody proud with how I’ve gone the last three years,” Roeger said. “I left it all out there early and just came up short but it’s not the end of the world if I come second.”

4. Athletics Madison de Rozario finished with a bronze in the women's T54 5000m final. Australia’s flag bearer said a restarted race knocked her out of sync as she ended up finishing behind American Susannah Scaroni and Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner. "[My start] really came together perfectly and then I had this a bit of a shock when I heard the guns go again and knew they were calling it back," she said. "It was a bit daunting. I wasn't sure what that [my second start] was going to look like but I'm happy." The bronze was the 30-year-old's seventh Paralympic medal with her attention now turning to the 1500m and the marathon. View image in fullscreen Madison de Rozario after winning bronze at the Stade de France. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

5. Swimming Jack Ireland won bronze – his first Paralympic medal – and set an Oceania record of 1:53.77 in the men's 200m freestyle S14 final. The 25-year-old was just pipped to a silver medal by Canada’s Nicholas Bennett who finished in 1:53.61.

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