China athletes dominate at Paris Paralympics, and can anyone stop Erling Haaland?
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In theory, the weekend means those of you with light-blue blood running through your veins may well have stayed up to watch Erling Haaland give another set of defenders nightmares.
Or, you could have taken in some tennis, Formula One, rugby, the Paralympics, and Joe Root’s record-setting 34th Test match hundred at Lord’s.
But for those of you that do value your shut-eye, here’s what happened while you were sleeping.
The edited highlights
China’s Paralympians are winning so many gold medals that it’s just hard to keep up at the moment. Still, there have been some special performances in Paris, with world records tumbling in the process.
The nation’s 14th gold overall at the Games came came thanks to javelin thrower Zhao Yuping, who set a world record of 47.06 metres in the F12 category for athletes with a moderate visual impairment.
And in the women’s S11 50m freestyle, swimmer Ma Jia finished in a world record 28.96 seconds, lowering her own previous best of 29.20, which she set at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Track cyclist Li Zhangyu, meanwhile, claimed his sixth Paralympic gold medal, and second in Paris, in the men’s C1-3 1,000m time trial. In a repeat of Thursday’s 3,000m race, teammate Liang Weicong took silver.
There was archery gold too in the women’s individual W1 competition for Chen Minyi, while Li Yingli took the women’s shot put F37 title with a throw of 13.45 metres. Teammate Mi Na had a season best 13.19 to win silver.
Better than all the rest
