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Paralympics 2024 LIVE: Day seven results, medals & latest updates from Paris 2024

Paralympics 2024 LIVE: Day seven results, medals & latest updates from Paris 2024

What’s happening on Thursday?published at 19:55 British Summer Time

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There are 63 golds up for grabs on Thursday – with plenty of British interest across Paris.

Discus thrower Dan Greaves will aim for his seventh medal at his seventh Games in the F64 event (18:04), with team-mate Harrison Walsh also challenging for a medal.

Dan Pembroke defends his F13 javelin title (19:45) having won two world titles since his gold in Tokyo in 2021 while Funmi Oduwaiye will hope to challenge in the F64 women’s shot put (10:43) and Anna Nicholson will be hoping for a first major medal in the F35 shot put (09:00).

Olivia Breen is in T38 long jump action (09:04), while Sammi Kinghorn will aim for another gold in the T53 400m (18:25).

In the pool, 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, the youngest member of the GB team, has a strong chance of a medal in the SB7 100m breaststroke (16:30) at her first Games.

Becky Redfern will be cheered on by four-year-old son Patrick as she hopes to make it third time lucky in the SB13 100m breaststroke (18:22) after silvers in Rio and Tokyo.

British 14-year-old Para-table tennis player Bly Twomey will compete for a place in the women’s WS7 singles final (10:00)

Shooter Matt Skelhon won Paralympic gold on his debut in Beijing in 2008 and goes into the R6 mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 event as reigning world and European champion (qualifying 08:30, final 10:45).

Powerlifters Olivia Broome and Mark Swan will be hoping for medals in the women’s -50kg (11:00) and men’s -65kg (17:35) events while the boccia team finals take place with GB hoping to figure in the BC1/2 team (16:00) and the BC3 mixed pairs (20:00).