DAN REBOUNDS WITH BRONZE

DAN Michel has won a bronze medal for Australia in boccia at the Tokyo Paralympics.

The 25-year-old beat Britain’s Scott McCowan 6-1 in the bronze medal playoff to make up for the frustration of missing a place in the final by a single point.

Michel became just the second Aussie, and the first since Atlanta 1996, to win a Paralympic medal in boccia, a sport that is similar to bowls and usually played by athletes with high levels of impairment, competing in wheelchairs.

Michel, who has spinal muscular atrophy, took up the sport in 2015 and has quickly risen through the ranks.