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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Five golds among 10 GB medals on Saturday

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There are 64 gold medals to be won in Paris on Sunday and you can follow live text coverage of the action from 12:30 BST on the BBC Sport website and app.

In the final day of track cycling at the velodrome, husband and wife Neil and Lora Fachie will aim to retain their Tokyo golds.

World champions Neil and pilot Matt Rotherham contest the B 1,000m time trial (final 12:51), while Lora and Corrine Hall will chase gold in the B 3,000m individual pursuit (final 13:31) against team-mates Lizzi Jordan and Danni Khan – the reigning world champions – and 2023 world champions Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl.

The GB team sprint team, expected to include Jaco van Gass, Jody Cundy and Kadeena Cox, will contest the final event of the programme (14:30).

Team-mates Lauren Steadman and Claire Cashmore, winners of gold and bronze in Tokyo, race in the PTS5 triathlon event (11:35). Dave Ellis and guide Luke Pollard are in the men’s PTVI event (11:00) and the women’s PTVI features Alison Peasgood (11:05).

Rower Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson are favourites in the mixed double sculls (10:50) while the PR3 mixed coxed four also compete for gold (11:30).

At the pool, Maisie Summers-Newton will hope to defend her SB6 breaststroke title (16:37) while Grace Harvey will be in action in the SB5 event (18:51).

Brock Whiston should feature in the SM8 200m medley final (17:07) while the mixed S14 4x100m freestyle team will seek to retain their title (19:13).

Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft goes for her fourth consecutive T34 100m title (19:33), while world champion Sabrina Fortune goes in the F20 shot put (18:00).

Boccia player Claire Taggart will be aiming to win the first women’s BC2 Paralympic title (18:35).

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