Haaland draws blank, Hong Kong’s Kho makes cut, what happened overnight in world of sport
China’s Jiang Yuyan wins sixth gold of Paris Paralympics, while Erling Haaland can’t find a way past Kazakhstan and Ollie Pope scores ton
The Paris Paralympics wrap up this weekend, bringing the curtain down on a fine summer of sport in the French capital.
China will leave as the dominant team, with a medal haul that hit 83 golds overnight, 41 more than second-placed Great Britain. And there are more up for grabs before Sunday’s closing ceremony.
Ollie Pope, meanwhile, showed he could be England captain and score runs, while Erling Haaland didn’t score, which was a surprise. Here then, is what happened while you were sleeping.
Swims like a fish
Jiang Yuyan was already an Olympic gold medallist twice over before she got to Paris, now the Chinese swimmer has eight to her name.
The 19-year-old, whose nickname is ‘Flying Fish’, took her sixth gold of the Games in the women’s S6 400m freestyle, winning in a time of 5 minutes, 12.07 seconds. Switzerland’s took Nora Meister took silver in 5:16.53, and Team GB’s Maisie Summers-Newton claimed bronze in 5:21.36.
“In an interview I said that fish just have one tail and I just have one leg so I felt very honoured to swim like a fish,” Jiang said. “And after this interview, the fans called me ‘Flying Fish’.”
Winning is stressful
