Saturday 8 September 2012

Paralympics day 9

After Thriller Thursday saw a wave of success, Day 9 became known as Frustrating Friday with mixed results.
In Athletics,  Josie Pearson breaks the WR by winning the F51/52/53 discus but no further medals as Richard Whitehead finished 7th in the T42 100m, Kyron Duke finishes 8th in the F40 javelin, Mickey Bushell finished 4th in the T53 200m, Shelly Woods finished 6th in the T54 1500m.

Boccia saw David Smith guarantee silver by winning the BC1 semi 5-2 against Norway's Roger Aandalen.

Rachel Morris sealed bronze in cycling in the individual H 1-3 road race but as she and team mate Karen Darke crossed hand in hand over the line together but rules don't stretch to giving both a medal but thankfully both have a medal with Karen Darke earning one earlier in the games.

A mere 0.03 seconds stopped the GB relay team from taking gold in the 4x100m medley relay and meant they had to settle for silver but the team of Heather Frederiksen, Claire Cashmore, Steph Millward and Louise Watkin were very proud to take second.

Elsewhere in the pool, Louise Watkin reaches the S9 100m freestyle final with Lauren Steadman joining her as a fastest loser. Later on Watkin finishes 5th with Steadman in last.

Will Bayley, Ross Wilson and Aaron McKibbin took bronze after winning their team table tennis play-off against Germany 3-0 and the women’s pair of Sara Head and Jane Campbell battled back from two matches down to beat Italy 3-2 and secure Class 1-3 bronze.

Success in the wheelchair tennis as the doubles pair of Jordanne Whiley and Lucy Shuker take bronze who sealed the medal with an ace for a 6-7 7-6 6-3 win over their Thai opponents

 GB stay second and hopefully will improve in the final two days.

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