How Manchester’s Paralympians have done so far
With the Paralympics now well under way, here is an update on all of the Manchester-based Paralympians to have competed so far.
Keep an eye out, because there is still lots more to come.
Keep an eye out, because there is still lots more to come.
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00:00The Paralympics are well underway now and we've got a pretty substantial group of talented
00:03Manchester-based athletes that are flying the flag for our city. Poppy Maskell has
00:06had a ridiculous start, she won a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, a gold in the mixed 4x100
00:11and a gold in the 100m butterfly, breaking the world record in the process. Ellie Chalice,
00:14as we're filming, Chalice is set to compete in the women's 50m backstroke final and is the firm
00:18favourite, having finished way quicker than anyone else in the heats. Grace Harvey is another swimmer
00:22who started brilliantly, winning gold in the 100m breaststroke and picking up fourth in the 200m
00:26individual medley. And Cameron Verncombe did a great job to reach the final of the men's 100m
00:30butterfly and still has the 200m medley to go. Greg Warburton, a member of the men's wheelchair
00:34basketball team, they've managed to win two from two. Laurie Williams is on the women's wheelchair
00:39basketball team and they've had a mixed start, winning one and losing two, but they've made
00:43it to the quarterfinals anyway. Matt Bush is the first of our three taekwondo competitors,
00:46he won gold in the K44 80kg category. Amy Truesdale also won gold in the K44 65kg category
00:54and Beth Monroe did herself proud to finish in seventh in the same category as Truesdale.
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