Article 5NX23 Tokyo Paralympics day five: GB gold in wheelchair rugby – as it happened

Tokyo Paralympics day five: GB gold in wheelchair rugby – as it happened

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Simon Burnton, Emma Kemp and Geoff Lemon
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Great Britain claimed wheelchair rugby gold for the first time and team dressage gold for the seventh in a row on another hectic day in Tokyo

2.56pm BST

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2.34pm BST

Right then, with only one medal still undecided today (China currently lead Italy 23-21 in the wheelchair fencing women's team foil gold medal match) I'm going to sling my proverbial hook. We'll be back for more a little later, ahead of day six. Here are some of tomorrow's highlights:

Swimming: Ellie Robinson and Grace Harvey are in the women's S6 50m butterfly final, with Robinson probably Britain's best chance of gold. Other Brits in the pool include Stephanie Millward in the women's S9 100m backstroke, today's silver-medallist Ellie Challis in the women's S3 100m freestyle, and Lyndon Longhorne in the men's S4 200m freestyle. All of the finals in the pool come in three hours, starting at 5pm local/9am BST.

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