Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome

Not only has Daphne Schrager won a Paralympic medal, she has received it from cinematic royalty.

Jackie Chan hands out the medals in the women's pursuit final, with Schrager getting a hug after her silver.

Jackie Chan - the Snoop Dogg of the Paralympics.

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There has been a famous face watching the para-badminton in Paris today.

Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is in the French capital to support the Games and his friend Wojtek Czyz.

Klopp told BBC Radio 5 Live that New Zealand's Czyz was destined for professional football before injuring his anterior cruciate ligament.

"It is one story on life, and it’s not the whole story - that’s what I love about him," said Klopp.

"If life hits you with a destiny like that, people can get sour. Not a lot say ‘it happens to me, let’s help them’ - that’s what he did."

Czyz represented Germany in athletics at three editions of the Paralympic Games between 2004 and 2012, but is representing New Zealand in Paris.

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, Czyz praised Klopp for his support: "I am thankful for Jurgen. With his presence we have a better reach."

Great Britain's Jack Shephard suffered a defeat in his opening group stage match in the para-badminton.

Shephard was beaten 2-0 by China's Lin Naili in Group C of the men's singles SH6, losing out 21-17 21-14.

ParalympicsGB team-mate Krysten Coombs faces Chu Man Kai, of Hong Kong, later in Group A.

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Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo wins gold for Brazil in the men's S2 100m backstroke final.

His time of 1:53:67 is also a continental record, a victory by almost eight seconds.

Vladimir Danilenko, representing the Neutral Paralympic Athletes, takes silver with a second-place finish.

Finishing closely behind Danilenko to take bronze is Alberto Caroly Abarza Diaz.

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ParalympicsGB's Kadeena Cox, speaking to Channel 4 after crashing out in the women's C4-5 500m time trial final: "[I'm feeling] not great if I am honest. But, that's sport.

"I went down on my knee which is sore. My MS [multiple sclerosis] - my tone was bad and that doesn't help when you try to ride a bicycle.

"It was a weird one. I didn't feel comfortable in the gate, my right side is my weak side - I just over compensated and couldn't balance on my weaker side, I was all over the shop.

"I thought I might have got a restart."

On coming back from injury: "I got back on the bike two weeks ago. It has been a rubbish year, this time last year I couldn't walk as I had a relapse which affected my right side - I guess that's MS.

"The fact I got here is amazing.

"I wasn't able to qualify for the athletics due to the injuries I suffered.

"The boys will count on me [in the mixed team sprint on Sunday] getting out there and delivering a quick lap.

"It has been a rough week and I have been struggling with my mental health. I'll speak to my psych [psychologist] - I don't want to let the boys down."

We brought you the news a moment ago that ParalympicsGB's Kadeena Cox has been pictured smiling after crashing out of the women's C1-3 3000m individual pursuit final.

We can now hear from her after that crash.

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In the men's S1 100 metre backstroke final, Kamil Otowski wins gold for Poland, with a victory by more than 15 seconds.

Ukraine's Anton Kol finished in second to take the silver medal, with Francesco Bettella closely behind in third to win bronze.

Next up is the men's S2 final in the 100m backstroke.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome

A good sight to see - Kadeena Cox smiling as she gives her TV interview.

We will let you know what she has to say shortly.

The Boccia action doesn't stop there with Great Britain's Claire Taggart taking on Ecuador's Joselyn Leon in their preliminary Pool A match.

Taggart will be hoping to follow team-mate Stephen McGuire after he secured his victory this evening.

GB's Kayleigh Haggo will also be in action as she takes on South Korea's Soyeong Jeong in Pool C.

Both GB women will be under way in around 10 minutes.

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Great Britain's Will Bayley and Martin Perry are through to the MD14 quarter-finals tomorrow after winning 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 over German pair Bjorn Schnake and Thomas Rau.

Bayley said after the victory today: “The atmosphere reminds me of London 2012. I was sitting in the stands this morning watching the girls play and it was special. I was just thinking to myself 'I can’t wait to get out there' and it felt special to be out there.

"Tomorrow will feel even more special, playing the best doubles team the French have put out in this competition [the number two seeds]. That’s going to be really exciting and I can’t wait for that.

"I'm so happy with the way we played. We said beforehand we just needed to do what we do and do the basics we'd be hard to beat. We didn’t overcomplicate it and that's what we do, we try to get the win without any drama. We did well to stay on task and we played really well."

Elizabeth Hudson
BBC Sport in Paris

Zsofia Konkoly finished second to Lakeisha Patterson at the Tokyo Games as the Australian claimed back-to-back titles.

But she was not going to let Patterson make it three in a row.

Toni Shaw gave it everything, but a bronze was just out of her reach.

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In Para-Archery, Nathan MacQueen is about to get his Paralympic campaign under way in the men's individual compound event.

Today, it is an open ranking, with a place in tomorrow's round of 16 on offer.

MacQueen, 33, won gold in this event at the 2023 European Para Championships and goes into the event fourth in the official world rankings.

Zsofia Konkoly made up the deficit on Lakeisha Patterson to win gold for Hungary.

An excellent race between the two, who led the pack throughout. Little over four tenths of a second is all that separates them in the end, with Patterson taking silver for Australia.

Vittoria Bianco is the bronze medal winner for Italy.

Toni Shaw finished in fifth, less than a second behind Bianco and five hundredths of a second behind Spain's Nuria Marques Soto in fourth place.

Another brilliant race.

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At 300 metres, Australia's Lakeisha Patterson still leads, but it has been cut to a bit over a second by Hungary's Zsofia Konkoly.

Great Britain's Toni Shaw is still sixth, but remains within a second of bronze.

Great Britain's Thomas Matthews and Megan Shackleton made light work of that round of 32 match as they produced a brilliant performance to defeat Australian pair Jessy Chen and Daniela Di Toro 3-1.

On they go!

Australia's Lakeisha Patterson has flown out of the traps in this race.

As she reaches the halfway mark, Patterson has a lead of more than two seconds, but the men's event showed that there is still plenty of time for that to change.

GB's Toni Shaw is in sixth at the halfway mark, but less than a second behind the medals.

Next up in the pool is the women's S9 400m freestyle final and our first British finalist in Toni Shaw.

In qualifying, she posted a time of 4:53:38 and is likely to need to shave some seconds off that in this race to have hopes of a medal.

Away we go!

Elizabeth Hudson
BBC Sport in Paris

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What a race to start this evening's programme.

There has been a great rivalry between Ugo Didier and Simone Barlaam for a number of years in this category.

Usually Barlaam has gotten the better of the Frenchman - but this was Didier's time to shine - and how he enjoyed it!

Barlaam will have other opportunities later in the programme.

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Ugo Didier wins gold in the men's S9 400m freestyle final for France!

From the minute he made his way to the pool, there was a feeling of hope and confidence of his home nation on his back and Didier matched that with an excellent swim.

Italy's Simone Barlaam led for most of that, but in the final 50 metres, Didier turned the pace on to win by more than one and a half seconds.

Barlaam takes the silver for Italy and winning bronze is Brenden Hall of Australia.

Stephen McGuire is a man on a mission in this Boccia preliminary round match as he defeats Malaysia's Abdul Razzaq Abdul Rahman 8-0.

What a brilliant performance from the former world champion. Could he be in for a potential medal?