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

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

What to look out for on Saturdaypublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 30 August

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There are 49 gold medals to be won on Saturday, with ParalympicsGB in contention in a number of events.

Alice Tai goes in the S8 100m backstroke (17:06) as the fastest in the world and a strong favourite to win her first individual Paralympic gold.

Meanwhile 13-year-old Iona Winnifrith, the youngest member of the GB team at the Games, will aim to make the final of the women’s SM7 200m individual medley (19:10).

Rising cycling star Archie Atkinson will be hoping to add the Paralympic title to his world gold in the C4 4,000m individual pursuit (qualifying 10:14, final 13:55) while Jaco van Gass will be hoping to add a second gold in the men’s C1-3 1,000m time trial (qualifying 09:19, final 13:07).

At the Stade de France, both Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn will be aiming to hold on to their T38 100m crowns (18:35 and 19:06). And after failing to win a medal in Rio and Tokyo, can a resurgent David Weir finish on the podium in the T54 5,000m (19:25)?

In Para-archery, defending champion Phoebe Paterson Pine and Jodie Grinham, who is seven months pregnant, will hope to challenge for medals in the women’s compound (19:00).

Read our full day-by-day guide here.