Paralympics 2021 LIVE updates Clifford back on track Rollers take on GB Cole eyes gold
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It’s been a quiet morning so far for Team Australia, and it’s going to be a pretty lean day overall until the Rollers, Australia’s men’s wheelchair basketball team, faces Great Britain at 6.15pm.
But a few events have already taken place - all of them heats.
In the shooting, Natalie Smith missed qualification for the final of the 10m AR standing SH1 event.
At the pool, Timothy Hodge won his heat in the men’s 100m backstroke S9, with Brenden Hall almost three seconds behind in fourth place, while Ellie Cole finished second in her 100m backstroke S9 race.
That brings you fully up to speed.
Australia has eight gold medals, 15 silver and 13 bronze, which puts us eighth in the medal tally at this stage of the Paralympics.
Last night, Madison de Rosario won Australia’s most recent gold - her first at the Paralympics - in the T53 800m final. You can read more about how she was inspired by her coach Louise Sauvage, as well as Isis Holt’s fourth Paralympic silver medal, in Tom Decent’s wrap of the athletics night session here.
Madison de Rozario after winning her 800m race in Tokyo. Credit:Olympic Information Services
Earlier on Sunday, Australian triathlete Lauren Parker came agonisingly close to a gold medal but was beaten in the final metre by American Kendall Gretsch.
The Steelers, Australia’s paralympic rugby team, also lost their bronze medal match against Japan - making this their first Paralympics since 2004 without a podium finish.
Thanks for joining us for another day of action at the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. I’m Vince Rugari and I’m here to take you through every big moment as it happens.
My colleague, Tom Decent, is on the ground in Tokyo and will be chiming in throughout as Australia hunts more gold on day 6
We’ll preview the pick of the day’s events from an Aussie perspective in just a moment - but first, we’ll take you through yesterday, in case you missed what went down.
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