With five days gone and just six remaining, Team GB continue to sit second in the table with a grand total of 63 medals, 19 of them being gold. One of today's gold medals came in the Men's 100m T53 class where Mickey Bushell set a Paralympics Record of 14.75 to take victory.
Natasha Baker took her second gold medal today in the Individual Freestyle Test - Grade II. Baker finished over five points ahead of Germany's Britta Napel to claim victory. Lee Pearson claimed his third medal of the games with bronze in the Individual Freestyle Test - Grade Ib. Pearson finished .50 points behind silver medallist Katja Karjalainen of Finland with Austria's Pepo Puch claiming gold.
There was a Mr & Mrs moment today when Sascha Kindred took silver in Men's 200m Individual Medley SM6 class. This equates his wife's performance, Nyree, who has also won silver in these games. Kindred set a European Record of 2:41.50 but it wasn't enough to beat China's Xu Qing who set a World Record of 2:38.62
Susannah Rodgers took bronze in the Women's 100m Freestyle S7 class. Rodgers finished a second behind USA's Cortney Jordan with Australia's Jacqueline Freney claiming gold with a Paralympics Record of 1:09.39
17-year old Eleanor Simmonds won her second gold medal in the games today. She set a World Record of 3:05.39 to claim victory in the Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6. Natalie Jones took bronze, finishing .01 of a second behind Germany's Verena Schott.
Stephanie Millward, Claire Cashmore, Susannah Rodgers and Louise Watkin set a European Record of 4:24.71 in the Women's 4x100m Freestyle - 34 Points event. It was only enough to win bronze though with USA claiming silver and Australia claiming gold with a World Record of 4:20.39.
Paul Davies won bronze in the Men's Singles Table Tennis Class One. Davies beat South Korea's Lee Chang Ho 3-2 in the bronze medal match whilst Germany's Holger Nikelis beat France's Jean-Francois Ducay 3-1 in the gold medal match.
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