Four in a row for Hannah Cockroft - Days 1, 2 & 3 at the Paralympic Games

The para athletics action kicked off in the Stade de France on Friday. Lots of British athletes have taken to the track or field to compete so far with a range of experience from Paralympic debutant Madeline Down to David Weir competing in his seventh Paralympic Games.

Day 1

The first British athlete on the track was Zac Shaw (Leon Baptiste, Cleethorpes) in the heats of the men's T12 100m. After initially being told he had finished second, Shaw secured a spot in the final by just 0.01 seconds.

Eden Rainbow-Cooper (Arno Mul, Red Velvet Racing) was next up on the track in the T54 5000m. In a high quality heat, she finished fifth to secure her place in the final. Also in the T54 5000m, David Weir (Jenny Archer, Weir Archer Academy) swept memories from Tokyo aside to win his heat and qualify third fastest for the final in 11:17.91. Unfortunately, in the other heat, compatriot Daniel Sidbury (Christine Parsloe, Sutton & District) did not finish the race.

Day 2

With three British athletes qualifying across the men's and women's T38 100m, they promised to be exciting finals. Thomas Young (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood), defending Paralympic champion, was up first and in a world record breaking race, he narrowly missed out on a medal by 0.01 seconds behind Colombia's Juan Alejandro Campas Sanchez. After initial disappointment, he praised the progress in the discipline and set his sights on the Podium in LA 2028.

Another defending Paralympic champion, Sophie Hahn was joined in the women's final by Paralympic debutant, Madeline Down, who qualified in a new personal best of 12.94. In another world record breaking race the Brits couldn't keep up with the closing speed and finished sixth and eighth respectively.

Zac Shaw built on his time from the heats to finish the men's T12 100m in 10.94 to claim fourth in his first Paralympic Games.

In a highly competitive men's T54 5000m final, David Weir finished in eight. He is now looking ahead to his best events, the 1500m and marathon, later in the Games. Unfortunately, after an early fall causing the race to be restarted, Eden Rainbow-Cooper did not finish the women's T54 5000m final.

Earlier in the day, Luke Nuttall (Sonia and Chris McGeorge, Charnwood) improved on his Tokyo placing to claim seventh in the men's T46 1500m final.

Day 3

On what was a golden day for Great Britain at the Paralympics, Hannah Cockroft (Paul Moseley, Leeds) claimed Britain's first athletics gold in the T34 100m in a one-two for Paralympics GB. Hannah stormed ahead to claim her fourth consecutive Paralympic gold in this event in a time of 16.80. Kare Adenegan (Job King, Coventry) followed Hannah across the line to claim another Paralympic silver medal. Teammate Fabienne Andre (Richard Chiassaro, Harlow), having qualified in third, had to settle for fifth place in the final.

Having broken the world record earlier this summer at our Senior and Para Championships, Welsh athlete, Sabrina Fortune (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Deeside), broke this again by 29 centimetres in the Paralympic Games to claim gold in the women's F20 shot put.

Following these British medals early in the evening session, lots of the British contingent were inspired and achieved their highest places in a Paralympic Games. Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby AC) finished fourth in the men's T54 400m, which is his best individual Paralympic result. Zak Skinner (Aston Moore, Birchfield Harriers) also improved from Tokyo 2020 to finish sixth in 10:93 in the men's T13 100m final.

In the men's T64 100m heats, Jonnie Peacock (Dan Pfaff, Charnwood) finished in in 10.93 to qualify for his fourth consecutive Paralympic final. His final will take place on Monday 2 September at 18:50 UK time.