Tokyo Paralympics: Wheelchair racer Andrew Small and archer Phoebe Paterson Pine win golds

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Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan on BBC Dates: 24 Aug-5 Sep Time in Tokyo: BST+8 Coverage: Follow Radio 5 Live or on the BBC Sport Website

Andrew Small won the T33 100m Paralympic title. Phoebe Paterson Pine won archery gold in her Games debut at Tokyo 2020.

Paterson Pine (23), beat Mariana Zuniga Varela of Chile 134-133 at the women's individual compounds final.

Harri Jenkins, a British teammate, took bronze ahead of Small who improved his third place in Rio.

Louise Sugden, a powerlifter, also won bronze in women's-86kg with a best lift at 131kg.

Small, a wheelchair racer, won the first medal of the day in 17.73 seconds. He was able to hold off an attack by Almutairi, the defending champion from Kuwait.

Paralympic debutant Jenkins placed fourth in 18.55secs. James Freeman was fourth.

"I was born in 1993 and weighed one pound six ounces. I had a 5% chance to live. Small, 28, said that it was crazy to get there.

"It was quite strange to be able to watch London 2012, be inspired and be in Rio four year later.

"It's the exact same with this, especially when you consider that the Games were never supposed to happen." Sometimes I have to remind myself of how small my world is.

Andrew Small (right), won gold against Kuwait's defending champion Ahmad Almutairi.

Paterson Pine defeated Jessica Stretton, British Rio gold medallist and world records holder Jessica Stretton, by just one point in the 16th. She was then defeated by Paterson Pine. Her place in the final was secured with wins over Italian and French opponents.

Paterson Pine said, "I worked hard for it and there was always the chance because of how hard I have worked."

"But, as an athlete, you are never too sure so I have more confidence in myself."

Sugden's bronze, her first Paralympic gold medal at her third Games, was GB's third in this sport after previously third-place finishes by Micky Yule & Olivia Broome.

Sugden was a wheelchair basketball player at the 2008 Paralympics and 2012 Paralympics, before he started powerlifting in 2017.

Phoebe Paterson Pine makes her Paralympic debut at Tokyo

In athletics, Daniel Sidbury and David Weir, six-time Paralympic champions, qualified for the men’s T54 1500m final. World bronze medallist Shaun Burrows is in the final of T38 400m.

Kyron Duke placed fourth in the F41 shot throw, with a best throw at 12.29m.

Ellie Robinson, celebrating her 20th birthday, led the British charge in the pool as four ParalympicsGB competitors qualified for their finals.

After finishing second in her heat, Robinson will defend her women’s S6 50m butterfly title in Rio. She finished in 37.24secs.

Ellie Challis won silver in Sunday's 50m backstroke event. She qualified fourth overall.

Stephanie Millward, a ten-time Paralympic medallist, will compete in Tokyo's women's S9 100m breaststroke. Andrew Mullen qualified to race in Tokyo's men's S5 50m rearstroke final.

Tim Jeffrey, a shooter, finished eighth in final of SH2 mixed 10m air rifle standing.