Summary

  • Iranian Para-cyclist Golbarnezhad dies after crash

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:25 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    #bbcrio2016

    L Higgins: Moments of reflection are needed. Bahman Golbarnezhad's legacy will be that he, like others, inspired by achievement.

  2. Coming up in the poolpublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Tonight's programme in the pool feels insignificant following the breaking, sad news.

    • 21:36: Ellie Simmonds and Ellie Robinson go head to head for the last time in Rio in the S6 100m freestyle 
    • 21:43: Ollie Hynd looks to defend his SM8 200m individual medley title from London 2012
    • 21:51: Steph Millward going for her third gold in the SM8 200m individual medley 
    • 22:06: S12 gold medallist Hannah Russell  
    • 23:05: 13 year-old Abby Kane in S13 100m backstroke 
    • 23:28: Brazil's Daniel Dias and Britain's Andrew Mullen in S5 50m freestyle 
    • 00:00: Tom Hamer in SM14 200m individual medley 
    • 00:08: Double gold medallist Bethany Firth battles close rival Jessica Jane Applegate in SM14 200m individual medley. 
  3. Iranian cyclist dies following crashpublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 17 September 2016
    Breaking

    Bahman GolbarnezhadImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    Bahman Golbarnezhad, in action at London 2012

    Some terribly sad news to bring you...

    According to the Iranian Paralympic Committee, Paralympic cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, aged 48, has died following injuries sustained in a crash in today's C4 road race at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

    We'll bring you more as we get it.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:13 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    #bbcrio2016

    Markus RehmImage source, AFP

    One man to watch out for tonight is German long jumper Markus Rehm.

    He applied to compete at the Rio Olympics but failed to prove his prosthetic leg does not give an unfair advantage.

    Rehm, 27, won Paralympic gold in 2012 and was hoping to become the second athlete with a prosthesis after Oscar Pistorius to compete at the Olympics.

    He's going for gold in the sand pit tonight. But should he have been allowed to compete in the Olympics too?

    Let us know your thoughts, using #bbcrio2016, external

  5. Here's how things stand nowpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Medal table on Day 10

    Medal table on day 10
  6. Is this GB's best Paralympics ever?published at 21:03 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    So, I think it's fair to say this has been ParalympicsGB's best performance of the last 20 years. 

    But we're going to have to produce a really big and talented team to beat the efforts of 1984. 

    However, it's worth noting that those 1984 Games were held in two places with two different teams at the same time (New York and Stoke Mandeville). 

    Paralympics table
  7. wheelchair basketball

    Sacrifice is worth it for a medal - Sagarpublished at 20:52 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Wheelchair basketball

    Elizabeth Hudson
    BBC Sport's Paralympics reporter in Rio

    In case you missed it earlier, the GB men's wheelchair basketball team clinched a dramatic bronze after an overtime win over Turkey and Ian Sagar, who scored 20 points in the game, was thrilled with the victory.

    "That's four years of grit, determination and training into 45 minutes of basketball," he told me afterwards.

    "There were a few dicey moments during the game but Terry Bywater just shot the lights out in the last couple of minutes.

    "I played in this game before in London and lost so I know how hard it is and I couldn't feel like that again.

    "It justifies everything we've done, the early mornings, the late sessions, the time away from our families. It has been really hard but the sacrifices we have all made have finally paid off."

    Team GB celebrate bronze in the men's basketballImage source, Reuters
  8. bronze medal

    Bronze medal - Steve Bate & Adam Dugglebypublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Men's B road race (for the visually impaired)

    And it's another medal for the British tandem pairing of Steve Bate and Adam Duggleby in the men's B road race as they finished third to collect a bronze medal. 

    Bate and his pilot Duggleby already won gold in the velodrome earlier this week and they weren't far off making it a golden double. 

    They were in the front pack for the majority of the race but finished in third on the final sprint behind the Netherlands Timo Fransen & Vincent Ter Schure who won gold in two hours, 26 minutes and 33 seconds. 

    Bate and Duggleby couldn't catch the Spanish pairing of Rodriguez and Bertoli for silver but held off another Spanish Pair by two seconds to settle for bronze. 

  9. bronze medal

    Bronze medal - Helena Lucaspublished at 20:40 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Sailing - one-person keelboat 2.4mR

    And we've already got a few medals to tell you about. 

    It's a bronze for Helena Lucas in the sailing after 11 races over the last six days in Rio. 

    The 37 year-old from Redhill had a lead of one point going into today's final race but she was unable to defend the title she won in London 2012 with 40 points. 

    But it's good enough for the bronze step on the podium. 

    Helena Lucas in the one person keelboatImage source, Reuters
  10. One last gold rush?published at 20:28 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Welcome back. 

    If you've missed anything this afternoon, we can tell you that ParalympicsGB have now won 60 gold medals thanks to cyclist Sarah Storey and archer Jess Stretton. 

    Dame Sarah StoreyImage source, Reuters

    ParalympicsGB also earned their first podium sweep in the archery with Jo Frith and Vicky Jenkins collecting silver and bronze. 

    Tonight's action promises another shower of medals with plenty of British athletes in the pool, on the track and on the road in cycling. 

    Stay tuned to see if GB can strike gold again. 

    Jess Stretton
  11. Postpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    What a session that was!

    GB have picked up two golds, a silver, and four bronze medals already on day 10.

    And there's plenty more to come in the evening session, including swimming, sailing and athletics.

    Join us back here at around 20:30 BST for more action from Rio. 

    Sarah Storey celebrates winning goldImage source, PA
  12. wheelchair basketball

    Britain claim bronzepublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Wheelchair basketball

    Great Britain matchwinner Terry Bywater: "To pick ourselves up after that Spain defeat (in the semi-final) shows what we're all about. The future is amazing for British wheelchair basketball. I can't wait to see my family with that medal round my neck, I don't care what colour it is, it's a Paralympic medal."

    Players of Britain celebrate victoryImage source, Reuters
  13. From one medallist to another...published at 17:55 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    GB win wheelchair basketball bronze

  14. Nice work, GBpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

  15. wheelchair basketball

    Britain claim wheelchair basketball bronzepublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    It is Britain's third bronze medal, following their third-place finishes at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

  16. bronze medal

    Bronze medal - Great Britainpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Wheelchair basketball

    Triumph for Britain's ballers and they have the bronze. Turkey were six points clear in overtime but Terry Bywater's long-range three-pointer with a minute left gave Britain the lead they were not to relinquish. They win a thrilling match 82-76 and he finishes with a match haul of 25 points.

    Gregg Warburton and Phil Pratt of Britain celebrate victoryImage source, Reuters
  17. Delays in cyclingpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Men's B tandem road race

    Paralympics Ireland, who have two teams in this event, confirm the men's B tandem road race has been restarted. 

  18. Sailing to the finishpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Paralympics sailing

    We're in the final race of the two-person keelboat event, involving GB pair Alexandra Rickham and Nikki Berrell.

    The duo are fourth in the race and third in the fleet overall. 

    Sailboats of Brasil, Britain, France and Australia competeImage source, Reuters
  19. Postpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

  20. GB gold medallist happy not to 'freak out'published at 17:34 British Summer Time 17 September 2016

    Nick Hope
    BBC Sport's Paralympics reporter in Rio

    New W1 women's archery Paralympic champion Jessica Stretton is just 16 and coped with the pressure of competing in a tense atmosphere at the Sambódromo today.

    "I had to try to tell myself to keep calm because I did feel under pressure so and sometimes I can freak out because of that," she tells me on BBC Radio 5 Live.

    "I had to trick myself into thinking it was just another shooting session which was quite difficult, but I managed it.

    "Moving on from a world bronze last year means everything to me, it shows I'm progressing as an archer and I want to continue getting better."

    Jessica Stretton