In the morning session, Anna Nicholson was “over the moon” to win bronze in the women’s F35 shot put amid heavy rain.

She made light of the conditions to throw 9.44 metres – just 3cm short of her personal best – and claim third place.

However, team-mate Olivia Breen missed out on a Paralympic medal by the tightest of margins in the women’s T38 long jump.

Breen’s best jump was 4.99 metres, level with bronze medal winner Karen Palomeque Moreno of Colombia.

But because Palomeque Moreno’s second best jump of 4.89m was longer than Breen’s 4.79m, the South American made it on to the podium.

Maddie Down came sixth behind Breen in the T38 long jump, while Funmi Oduwaiye finished fifth in the women’s F64 shot put.

In the evening, GB’s Nathan Maguire narrowly missed out on a medal in the men’s T54 800m, as he finished fourth just 0.11secs behind bronze medallist Marcel Hug of Switzerland.

Melanie Woods was sixth in the women’s 400m T54 final, while Dan Greaves and Harrison Walsh finished sixth and seventh respectively in the men’s F64 shot put.

GB’s Marcus Perrineau Daley progressed to the final of the men’s T52 100m by finishing second in his heat with a new personal best of 16.87 seconds.