Paralympics LIVE: Great Britain’s Tully Kearney claims swimming gold after Kadeena Cox crashes out

After a spectacular opening ceremony, the first medals of the Paralympics are set to be awarded as the action gets underway at Paris 2024 .

There are 22 medal events on the first day of competition as a busy programme gets going both at the swimming pool and the velodrome. There are plenty of medal chances for ParalympicsGB , with Daphne Schrager securing Great Britain’s first with silver in the C1-3 3000m individual pursuit before Steve Bate and pilot Chris Latham matched her achievement. There was disappointment, though, for Kadeena Cox , who missed out on a third consecutive C4-5 500m time trial triumph after crashing out of the final.

Elsewhere, British swimmer Olivia Newman-Baronius will hope to back up equalling the S14 100m butterfly world record earlier this year by winning her first Paralympic medal, but faces tough opposition in teammate Poppy Maskill. Earlier, the GB wheelchair rugby team got the defence of their title underway with victory over the top-ranked Australians.

Follow all the action, latest results and medals from Paris 2024 in our live blog below.