Paralympics 2012 entered the penultimate day with medal hopes still alive in a good number of events.
Athletically, Hazel Robson finished 7th in the T36 100m and Nathan Stephens missed out on the javelin final so no GB success there today. On a side note, Oscar Pistorius secured the T43/44 400m by 3.5 seconds (a new Paralympic record) ahead of a USA 2-3 with bronze medallist David Prince who set a new WR in the T44 classification with the front two both T43's.
Stephen McGuire misses out on bronze in Boccia while David Smith takes silver after a 7-0 defeat in the final to Pattaya Tadtong.
Cycling success came from David Stone who captured gold in the T1-2 road race to add to his time trial bronze.
Ellie Simmonds scored a silver in the pool beaten to gold by American rival Victoria Arlen but 2 golds, a silver and a bronze means she has had a spectacular games. Harriet Lee takes bronze in the SB9 100m breaststroke, very brave too after being in intensive care only four months ago.
Jack Bridge set a new British record to seal a final place in the male equivalent of the SB9 but finished fourth in the final.
With one day left, GB sit third to Russia and China with their target of medals complete their other target was to claim second overall so something big needed tomorrow.
Athletically, Hazel Robson finished 7th in the T36 100m and Nathan Stephens missed out on the javelin final so no GB success there today. On a side note, Oscar Pistorius secured the T43/44 400m by 3.5 seconds (a new Paralympic record) ahead of a USA 2-3 with bronze medallist David Prince who set a new WR in the T44 classification with the front two both T43's.
Stephen McGuire misses out on bronze in Boccia while David Smith takes silver after a 7-0 defeat in the final to Pattaya Tadtong.
Cycling success came from David Stone who captured gold in the T1-2 road race to add to his time trial bronze.
Ellie Simmonds scored a silver in the pool beaten to gold by American rival Victoria Arlen but 2 golds, a silver and a bronze means she has had a spectacular games. Harriet Lee takes bronze in the SB9 100m breaststroke, very brave too after being in intensive care only four months ago.
Jack Bridge set a new British record to seal a final place in the male equivalent of the SB9 but finished fourth in the final.
With one day left, GB sit third to Russia and China with their target of medals complete their other target was to claim second overall so something big needed tomorrow.
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