Five golds among 10 GB medals on sensational Saturday

Great Britain's Para-swimmers won three golds, one silver and a bronze as well as smashing three records in just 40 minutes on day three of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

In back-to-back races, Stephen Clegg, William Ellard and Alice Tai all topped the podium at La Defense Arena.

Clegg and Ellard also claimed world records, Tai a Paralympic record and Poppy Maskill secured silver and Louise Fiddes bronze.

Union flags flew around La Defense Arena as British fans cheered the stunning victories.

And there may be even more medals to come later on Saturday when the youngest member of ParalympicsGB, 13-year-old European champion Iona Winnifrith, goes for gold in the women's SM7 200m individual medley (19:10).

Team-mate Scarlett Humphrey will also be hoping to place in the women's 50m freestyle final (19:41).

A bronze was also secured by Para-table tennis players Paul Karabardak and Billy Shilton at the South Paris Arena in the men's doubles MD14. They beat Thailand's Rungroj Thainiyom and Phisit Wangphonphathanasiri 3-0.

But while there was jubilation for GB, there was also heartache in the velodrome for Archie Atkinson, who fell just two laps from winning a guaranteed gold medal in the men's C4 4,000m individual pursuit. The 20-year-old, who picked up silver, had smashed the world record in the heat.

Clegg, Ellard and Tai topped the podium in back-to-back races where world and Paralympic records fell at the pool. Maskill also secured silver and Fiddes bronze.

The gold rush began when Clegg powered ahead of the field in the men's S12 100m backstroke and broke a 12-year world record in 59.02.

The 28-year-old had the race of his life after he finished a body length ahead of Azerbaijain's Raman Salei and Ukraine Yaroslav Denysenko. The win was his first Paralympic title and an upgrade on the bronze he won at Tokyo 2020. He also won a world gold in 2023.

It was then Ellard's turn to celebrate his second medal of the Games in the S14 200m freestyle. He also smashed the world record in 1:51.30.

The 18-year-old, who won silver in the men's S14 100m butterfly, punched the air with delight after he landed ahead of Canada's Nicholas Bennett and Australia's Jack Ireland. The 200m freestyle was Ellard's strongest event, having previously recorded a world silver and European gold.

It was then seven-time world champion Tai's turn to shine when she won her first individual Paralympic gold medal in the women's S8 100m backstroke. The 25-year-old was firm favourite going into the final having finished three seconds ahead of the field in the heats.

She extended that to six seconds to set a Paralympic record of 1:09.06. Neutral Paralympic athlete Viktoriia Ishchiulova took the silver and China's Tingting Zheng bronze.

Tai's win was remarkable given she missed the Tokyo 2020 Games because of injury and later had her leg amputated.

Maskill and Fiddes claimed silver and bronze in the women's S14 200m freestyle. It was a second medal of the Games for Maskill, 19, who won the S14 100m butterfly.

They had lined up in the centre lanes along with team-mate Olivia Newman-Baronius having qualified fastest in the heats. It was the second fourth place for 17-year-old Newman-Baronius – she finished just outside the medals in the 100m butterfly. Neutral Paralympic athlete Valeriia Shabalina, the defending champion, retained her title.

Winnifrith showed age is no barrier to success when she reached the final of the women’s SM7 200m individual medley. The European gold medallist qualified in seventh place in the heats.

And Humphrey will compete in her second final in Paris after qualifying sixth in the women's S11 50m freestyle. She also came sixth in the women's S11 400m freestyle.

There were gasps from the crowd at the velodrome when Atkinson suffered his fall in the C4 4,000m individual pursuit final.

Atkinson was about to catch Metelka when he spun off the track at the velodrome.

Coaching staff raced to Atkinson's side as Metelka went on to win the race. The Slovakian had not been expected to win after Atkinson overturned the world record by five seconds in the heats to win in 4:17.70.

Atkinson's silver was his first medal in his debut Paralympics. He came fifth in the C4-5 1,000m time trial.

Jaco van Gass also had a Para-cycling gold in his sights for GB after he set a C3 world and Paralympic record in the men's qualifying heats of the C1-3 1,000m time trial. It would have been his second gold after winning the men's C3 3,000m individual pursuit.

But the only C3 rider finished fourth as China's Li Zhangyu (C1) and Liang Weicong (C1) took the gold and silver, with bronze going to France's Alexandre Leaute (C2).

Blaine Hunt also missed out on a medal in the men's C5 4,000m individual pursuit as he finished seventh. He claimed a silver on Friday in the men’s 4-5 1,000m time trial.

Team-mate and world silver medallist Frances Brown finished eighth in qualifying for the women's C1-3 500m time trial and did not progress.

GB's two-time defending champion Sophie Hahn will target a third Para-athletics gold of her career in the women's T38 100m final after finishing second in her heat. Her 16-year-old team-mate Maddie Down had an outstanding Paralympics debut to finish second in the first heat and also advance.

Great Britain's Eden Rainbow-Cooper suffered a collision at the start of the women's T54 5,000m final to end her hopes of a medal.

The race was restarted but Rainbow-Cooper was unable to finish. She will have a second chance at a medal on Monday, when she competes in the women’s T54 1500m.

Switzerland's Paralympic and world champion Catherine DeBrunner showed off her explosive speed to win gold in the 5,000m and set a Games record in 10:43.62.

American Susannah Scaroni finished in second place, following up her gold at Tokyo 2020, while Australia's Paralympic and world champion Madison de Rozario won the battle for bronze.

GB's Luke Nuttall had a season's best performance in the men’s T46 1500m final to finish in seventh place in 3:57.62.