Eight Away

Team GB are just eight medals away from joining China in the 100 club, but have slipped to third in the table, three golds behind Russia. Here's today's round-up:

Athletics: Bethany Woodward claimed silver in the Women's 200m - T37 class. The 19-year old finished behind Namibia's Johanna Benson who set a Regional Record of 29.26.

Road Cycling: Mark Colbourne takes his third medal of the games in the Men's Individual C1 Time Trial. Colbourne took silver, finishing nearly seven seconds behind Germany's Michael Teuber.
Karen Darke also won silver in the Women's Individual H 1-2 Time Trial. She finished just under two second behind USA's Marianna Davis.
Sarah Storey will take the headlines with he third gold medal of the games. She finished almost two seconds ahead of Poland's Anna Harkowska in the Women's Individual C5 Time Trial.
David Stone wins bronze in the Mixed T 1-2 Time Trial. Stone finished behind Germany's Hans-Peter Durst and Australia's Carol Cooke.

Swimming: Robert Welbourn took bronze in the Men's 400m Freestyle - S10 class. He finished over two seconds behind Canada's Benoit Huot and three seconds behind Ian Jaryd Silverman of USA who set a Paralympics Record of 4:04.91.
17-year old Oliver Hynd has finally won gold to add to his silver and bronze already won at these games. It came in the Men's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 class. He set a new European Record 2:24.63 to secure the victory.
Louise Watkin won her second medal of the games in the Women's 50m Freestyle - S9 class. She took silver, finishing behind China's Lin Ping who set a Paralympics Record 29.12.
Two medals were claimed in the Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB6 class. Elizabeth Johnson took bronze with Charlotte Henshaw taking silver. Henshaw finished .03 seconds behind gold medallist Viktoria Savtsova of Ukraine.
Hannah Russell claimed her third medal of the games with her second bronze in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S12 class. She finished behind Azerbaijan's Natali Pronina and Russia's Oxana Savchenko who claimed her fourth gold of the games in a World Record time of 1:07.99.

Tennis: Andy Lapthorne and Peter Norfolk took silver in the Mixed Quad Doubles. The Quadfather and his son as the pair were named, lost out to reigning champions Nicholas Taylor and David Wagner of USA. The Americans took the first 6-2 before the Brits roared back to take the second set 7-5. The first four games in the third set went with serve until the USA team broke it in the fifth. That seemed to break all momentum and the Taylor and Wagner would take the third set 6-2 to claim their third consecutive gold medal.