'There is always pressure as defending champion'published at 19:48 British Summer Time 6 September
Men’s epee category A gold medal bout (19:50 BST)
Great Britain wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver said there is "always pressure" as defending champion as he aims to retain the Paralympic gold he won in Tokyo in the men’s epee A category.
Gilliver, who trains in Bath, will take on China’s Sun Gang in the final at the Grand Palais.
The 29-year-old has already won two silvers in Paris - in the men's individual sabre A category and the men's foil team.
"There's always that pressure going in as defending champion; there's only one place to go, which is down so it's hard not for that to play on your mind," Gilliver told BBC Radio Somerset before the Games.
"I've always kept my focus on making myself better each day and the result - whatever it is - will happen on the day. Having that focus really changes it from a pure outcome base to making myself the best I can."