The scene is set for the men's BC4 final. Great Britain's Stephen McGuire throws the jack to get us under way.

Alan Jewell
BBC Sport in Paris

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Great Britain's swimmers are having a stunning time in the pool, and have already passed their gold medal total from the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021 after four days in Paris.

There are still six more nights of swimming finals to come.

Sunday's four golds mean GB have won 16 medals at La Defense Arena, 11 of them gold.

In Tokyo, the final gold total was eight.

Grace Harvey, who won the SB5 100m breaststroke title last night, said: "We are kings and queens in the pool. The team is amazing. Every single individual brings their own uniqueness to the sport, their character, their personality - and the one thing that unites us is our drive."

Maisie Summers-Newton, who has won two of those golds, added: "Everyone is like 'Wow'. We are doing so well. Even [Saturday] night, three gold medals basically back to back, it's crazy. I'm so pleased for the team and it definitely drives you on even more."

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This is going to be good - in the next hour we'll crown a new Paralympic champion. If you're new to the sport, or just need a reminder, here's how it all works:

Individual boccia matches consist of four ends, Once all ends have been played, the side with the highest score is the winner.

To start an end, one player will throw the jack. They will then throw their first ball trying to get it as close as possible. The other player then attempts to throw their ball closer.

After that, the side whose ball is not closest to the jack throws the next ball. Once all balls have been played, points are awarded.

The side that is closest to the jack receives a point for every ball they have nearer than their opponent's closest ball.

Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at South Paris Arena

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Reaching the Paralympics gold-medal match comes after the "toughest period of my career" for boccia player Stephen McGuire.

In March, before he qualified for the Paris Games, the Scot told my BBC Sport colleague Emma Smith how he suffered a broken leg and knee in a fall at his home in 2022 which led to "lots of pain and perseverance" during his rehabilitation.

"I was probably not the easiest to live with, you'd have to ask my partner. I was bedbound for a few months, so we put the bed in the living room so I could watch TV," he recalled.

McGuire recovered and made it to Paris, where he defeated Davor Comar of Croatia 5-3 in the semi-finals yesterday.

“To say I’m a Paralympic medallist is a dream come true," he said afterwards. "To represent ParalympicsGB is a privilege but to win a medal for them and for myself, after a 20-year process, is the cherry on top of the cake.

“I’ll certainly enjoy the final. I perform well in finals, there’s no pressure as you’ve made it to the end. I’ve enjoyed the whole event and I will enjoy the final.”

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BBC Sport at South Paris Arena

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GB's Stephen McGuire is already guaranteed his first Paralympic medal in boccia and later today he will be aiming to ensure it is gold.

The 40-year-old takes on Colombia's Edilson Chica Chica in the BC4 men's individual category final at South Paris Arena.

Boccia is one of three Paralympic-specific sports which has no Olympic counterpart and is for athletes with conditions such as severe cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy that affects all four limbs.

The sport is played indoors on a court similar in size to badminton with players positioned at one end.

Both players have six balls - one has red balls, the other blue balls and the aim of the game is to get your balls closer to the white target ball, the jack, than your opponent.

Check out BBC Sport's boccia explainer for more detail on how boccia works.

Between Stephen McGuire and gold is Colombian Edilson Chica.

Chica, 46, is the reigning Parapan American champion and won gold in the BC4 mixed pairs with his sister Leidy Chica at the 2022 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Sibling Leidy won bronze in the women's individual event yesterday.

Alan Jewell
BBC Sport at South Paris Arena

It's just under half an hour before Britain's Stephen McGuire plays for gold in the boccia BC4 men's individual category.

He and opponent Edilson Chica of Colombia (left of picture) have been warming up next each in the South Paris Arena.

It is a very friendly and relaxed atmosphere. For now anyway!

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We're going to keep you updated with swimming results as they come when that session gets under way at 16:30 BST, but for now let's build up to the BC4 men's individual boccia final.

Britain's Stephen McGuire will be going for gold at 16:00 BST...

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Over in the men's finals, GB's Harry Stewart won S14 100m breaststroke gold at the European Para-Swimming Championships in Madeira on his full senior international debut this year, but the 20-year-old is up against a strong field for tonight's final in Paris.

Stewart will take his spot in lane two, with Australia's Jake Michael and Brazil's Joao Pedro Brutos de Oliveira - the quickest in this morning's heats - the two favourites for the Paralympic title.

More from Gavin Walker, who was in the Great Britain side beaten in the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match by Australia earlier today:

"For fans out there and people who are watching this, we're all playing this sport after starting life with a disability or going through some sort of traumatic injury.

"The fact that any athlete in the Paralympics is competing shows they've overcome adversity and everyone should be proud of any performance.

"I guess that's the main message for anyone out there that is struggling - this is something that can get you out of those dark times."

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Great Britain, wheelchair rugby champions in Tokyo, missed out on a medal in Paris - they narrowly lost their bronze medal match to Australia earlier today.

GB's Gavin Walker said: "If you'd have asked me two years ago, I'd have probably snatched your hand off for the experience of playing for a bronze medal.

"In the end there were too many errors really in the game. We finished it with a timeout and that could have stopped the turnover in our favour, so the better team beat us on the day.

"The team and what we've managed to develop over the years has been outstanding and I'm really proud of getting to this stage and the performances we've put in. We go into another rebuilding process, another four years ahead of us and looking towards LA now."

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Coming up soon, in the sunshine on Court Suzanne Lenglen, top seed Alfie Hewett will be bidding to join his doubles partner Gordon Reid in the men's singles quarter-finals.

Hewett won the silver medal in Rio 2016, behind Reid's gold, and was beaten by Reid in Tokyo 2020 in the bronze medal match.

The pair are already in the the quarter-finals of the men's doubles, and are the top seeds, having won silver in both Rio and Tokyo.

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Two more members of ParalympicsGB made it safely through to the finals on Monday, this time in the women's 100m breaststroke SB14.

Olivia Newman-Baronius, 17, will line up in lane eight for the final after finishing fourth in the first heat, while team-mate Louise Fiddes, the silver medallist in Tokyo, takes off from lane six after securing second place in the other heat.

The pair to beat, however, both hail from Brazil - and they're siblings.

Debora Carneiro and twin sister Beatriz will take centre stage when the race gets under way at 17:19 BST.

At the Para-Swimming World Championships in Manchester last year, Beatriz won silver and Debora sealed the gold medal in this event. Will it be the same outcome in Paris?

Good news for the three Brits taking part in the women's 1500m T54 heats this morning.

There was some controversy in heat one as GB's Eden Rainbow-Cooper finished seventh but was advanced to the next round by the referee after being impeded early in the race.

Melanie Woods qualified automatically by securing a fifth-placed finish.

In heat two, Samantha Kinghorn progressed after crossing the line in second.

Six medals and counting for ParalympicGB so far on Monday.

How many more will follow?

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It's been a golden morning for Great Britain in the triathlon races with Dave Ellis and Megan Richter both claiming top spot in the men's PTVI and the women's PTS4 events.

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This morning, Ellie Challis breezed to victory in her 50m backstroke S3 heat, finishing four-and-a-half seconds clear of nearest challenger Marta Fernandez Infante of Spain in second place.

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ParalympicsGB put on a stellar performance at La Defense Arena yesterday and will be looking to bank more medals on day five.

Ellie Challis became ParalympicsGB's youngest medallist at Tokyo 2020 when she took a silver medal in women's S3 50m backstroke on her Games debut, and the 20-year-old returns in Paris to try and claim another piece of silverware to add to her collection.

Challis, who holds world titles in the SB2 50m breaststroke and S3 200m freestyle, will be lining up in S3 50m backstroke final at 17:05 BST.

The next session of Para-swimming starts from 16:30 BST at La Defense Arena, with gold medals galore on offer for the chosen few.

Men’s finals

S7 400m freestyle, S9 50m freestyle, S3 50m freestyle, SB14 100m breaststroke, S13 50m freestyle, SB4 100m breaststroke, S2 200m freestyle

Women’s finals

S7 400m freestyle, S3 50m freestyle, SB14 100m breaststroke, S13 50m freestyle, SB4 100m breaststroke

Mixed final

34 point 4x100m medley

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Brock Whiston stormed to her first Paralympic title as Great Britain enjoyed another superb night in the pool with four golds in Paris on Sunday.

Whiston, 27, came from more than 10 seconds behind at the halfway point to overhaul Alice Tai and secure a much-coveted gold in the SM8 200m individual medley.

Maisie Summers-Newton won her second title of the 2024 Games in the SB6 100m breaststroke, while Grace Harvey upgraded her silver from Tokyo 2020 in the SB5 event.

Read the report from the latest haul of swimming medals in full here.