ParalympicsGB two gold medals short of equalling Seoul haul

Paralympic athletes winning medals at the Rio Paralympic Games can hear their medals with the help of steel balls fitted inside the medals.

The 37-medal haul included 14 gold, 14 silver and nine bronze medals with a gold and silver crafted on the final day. One of those medals was a memorable gold as China hit 100 medals on day 10 of competition.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has praised the "heroic efforts" of Scottish Paralympians at the Rio Games.

The team have now won a total of 132 medals at Rio - 60 gold, 34 silver and 38 bronze - and sit a comfortable second in the medal table behind all-conquering China on 222.

Magset said: |On behalf of my Minister, I want congratulate you for making the country.

Along the sun-kissed seafront at Pontal she finished a massive three minutes and 29 seconds ahead of the field in a 75km road race which for long stretches was ridden at a slower pace than her own pre-competition warm-up.

After winning her second medal of the Games, Lane said she was thrilled.

The first 4 runners in the race, with Baka's twin brother coming fourth, actually ran faster than the gold medal victor Matthew Centrowitz in the Olympics a month before.

Weir finished fourth in the 1,500m and fifth in the 400m.

And Noelle Lenihan claimed a bronze medal in the F38 discus. Part of that success, however, was due to many tickets being sold for as little as three dollars - or given to school children in an worldwide fill the seats campaign.

Riding Valerius, the 26-year-old Wells put in an impressive performance to land a third medal in Rio after golds in the individual championship test grade IV and team championship event. We were always targeting the pursuit and the time trial, those were the ones we really wanted to do well in.

Will Bayley looks ecstatic about winning the class 7 men's singles table tennis gold medal. An all British final was set up when Jo Firth managed a big win over Korean Ok Geum Kim 131-123.

Following Walker's win on Friday, 16-year-old Jessica Stretton beat team-mate Frith in the women's wheelchair final 137-124, after Vicky Jenkins had claimed bronze.

8. Jeanette Chippington kisses her canoeing gold medal in the women's KL1 medal ceremony. Great Britain managed another Paralympic record of 144 in the Mixed Team W1 semifinal as they eliminated Czech Republic. We at the National Assembly will invite them, engage them to see what we can do for them. Britain completed their sweep of the day's archery as they again won easily, beating Korea 139-129.