WATCHING BRIEF
THE PARALYMPICS are under way and we are set for 11 days of great sporting action from Rio de Janeiro until September 18. CHANNEL 4 will broadcast live coverage every day from 1-6pm and 9pm-1am. From 6-7pm live coverage will switch to More4. CLARE BALDING will present a daily highlights show between 7.30-8pm on Channel 4. From 8pm, Adam Hills and The Last Leg team take over live from the Olympic Park in Rio. THE action can also be streamed via phones and tablets via All4.
BRITS IN ACTION
DAME Sarah Storey bids for a third title in a row in the C5 pursuit (qualifying at 3.19pm, finals at 9.12pm), aiming to add to her 11 Paralympic cycling golds. One more and she will surpass Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson as Britain’s most succesful Paralympian. OLLIE HYND won silver ahead of his brother Sam in 400m freestyle S8 four years ago. The 2016 final is at 9.44pm. JONNIE PEACOCK starts the defence of his T44 100m crown from 9.42pm.
INTERNATIONAL
TATYANA McFADDEN (USA) Women’s T54 100m, 400m, 800m, TS53/54 1500m, 5,000m, 4x400m relay, TS52/53/53 Marathon SHE’S phenomenal and picked up gold in the 400m, 800m and 1500m in London. She will be a force to deal with again. DANIEL DIAS (BRAZIL) MULTI-EVENT swimmer including men’s 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke (all SB5). He’s won all around the world and now there is a different kind of pressure at home. It does things to you: athletes will crumble or absolutely perform on home soil. MARKUS REHM (GERMANY) Men’s TS43/44 long jump, T42-47 4x100m relay AS A below-knee amputee he’s jumping around 8.40m, 10cm further than Greg Rutherford jumped in Rio. TEREZINHA GUILHERMINA (BRAZIL, left) Women’s T11 100m, 200m, 400m, T11-13 4x100m relay A bubbly, colourful character, with or without her trademark facemask. A crowd-pleaser. RAWAT TANA (THAILAND) Men’s T54 800m, T53/54 1500m, 5,000m, 4x400m relay, T52/53/54 Marathon THAILAND are not a traditional force and to have someone come from nowhere — he won’t have had the best training facilities — is incredible. Proof that hard work is a winning formula.