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Today’s highlights

- By Ben Bloom

7.10pm, men’s T37 100m heats

A veteran of two Paralympic Games and two World Championsh­ips, Rhys Jones is yet to make a global podium. He finished sixth in Rio last summer and expects to qualify for tomorrow’s final.

7.26pm, men’s T12 200m, heats

Zac Shaw was “devastated” not to win a medal when he underperfo­rmed in the 100m. This offers a second chance as he aims to advance to tomorrow’s semi-final.

8.05pm, women’s T35 100m final

Maria Lyle was pleased to win 200m bronze on Sunday after battling back from injury.

She faces the gold and silver medallists Isis Holt and Xia Zhou again here.

8.13pm, men’s T13 1,500m

Heading for bronze: Maria Lyle in the 200m final on Sunday

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Algeria’s Abdellatif Baka created quite a storm at the Rio Paralympic­s where his winning time would have been good enough for Olympic gold. He is favourite to triumph again.

8.20pm, women’s T54 800m final

Seven-time Paralympic champion Tatyana Mcfadden has been as dominant as ever in London, winning her first three events. This is her last race as she aims to secure a perfect four golds.

9.12pm, women’s T53 400m final

Sammi Kinghorn won the first world title of her career in the 200m on Saturday and should make the podium again here against China’s Paralympic champion Hongzhuan Zhou.

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