Paralympics 2016: Ellie Simmonds wins 200m IM gold with world record – as it happened

It was another successful night in the pool for ParalympicsGB as Ellie Simmonds and Sascha Kindred both set new world records on route to gold

1.00am BST

More tennis and later tonight: GB’s Andy Lapthorne takes on USA’s David Wagner in the men’s quad singles semis. That’s it from me, everyone. Have a great evening!

12.57am BST

Tennis: Team GB’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are through the semifinals in men’s doubles. Nice going, Team Heid! Great post by Hewett.

Then team Heid made it through to the SF beating the Spanish 6-2 6-0! Support was mental tonight, good noise boys!! pic.twitter.com/NAwRlm0Hj7

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Sailing. Team GB’s Helena Lucas - who won gold in London - leads after the first day in the 2.4MR class. She still has nine more races to go.

12.47am BST

Check out the latest updates from the medal table:

Related: Paralympics 2016: the medal table

12.42am BST

The home crowd going crazy for Daniel Dias, who just won the men’s 50m freestyle. USA’s Roy Perkins takes bronze. GB’s Andy Mullen takes fifth.

12.27am BST

Rodgers just gave the best interview to the BBC: “It proves at the age of 33, you can pull it out the bag when you have to...my job is done! Oh, it’s not. I’ve got more races.”

12.21am BST

Susie Rodgers wins GOLD! Unbelievable stuff by Team GB. Rodgers wins it in the 50m freestyle.

Why so surprised Susie? You're a total CHAMP. GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD GOLD! #Paralympics ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/pV9g7LnZut

12.18am BST

Meanwhile in Athletics: Jonathan Broom-Edwards wins silver in the high jump!

The medals keep on coming for ParalympicsGB!

Jonathan Broom-Edwards takes high jump silverhttps://t.co/pVlAEWWjCA pic.twitter.com/dPU33ylytE

12.10am BST

Sascha Kindred also talked after his race: “I thought about retirement after London but I wasn’t happy with how I performed there and I knew I had more in me and I didn’t want that to be my last competitive swimming memory.”

12.01am BST

Hello everyone, good to be here. The fantastic Ellie Simmonds talked to Channel Four after the race: “I was so nervous going into that race...I was like I’m going to be sick but it’s not sunk in what I’ve done yet. I know my time was under three minutes so I’m really happy with it. It’s a target I’ve set and I’ve wanted to go under for a long time. I’m really chuffed.”

GOLDEN GIRL! @EllieSimmonds1 is unstoppable as she sets a new World Record to defend her SM6 200m IM title pic.twitter.com/P0Mye8Gsi6

11.54pm BST

It’s been a great night in the pool for Britain. You can read all about Sascha Kindred and Ellie Simmonds’ gold medals on popular website Guardian.co.uk in the next hour or two. In the meantime, I’m going to hand over to Luis Miguel Echegaray. Thanks for your company, goodnight.

11.53pm BST

In fact, Mereshko was disqualified, so the silver goes to Song Lingling of China. She was more than three seconds behind Ellie Simmonds, which demonstrates the comprehensive nature of Simmonds’ victory.

11.51pm BST

That was another brilliant swim, in a record time of 2:59.81. The third 50 metres was decisive, and Yelyzaveta Mereshko could not reel her in during the freestyle. It’s her fifth gold medal, at the age of 21, and she’s just sent me this on Snapchat:

I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. So happy to go under three minutes - that was a big target. I’ll enjoy the ceremony tonight and then focus on the 400m tomorrow. I was so nervous, but I had a great warm-up. It hasn’t sunk in.

11.47pm BST

Women’s 200m individual medley Ellie Simmonds is struggling a little at the halfway turn, with Lu Dong leading. But she gobbles up the gap during the breaststroke and leads going into the last 50m. She is well clear, and Mereshko can’t make up enough ground. Ellie Simmonds wins gold in a world-record time!

11.45pm BST

YES! @SashKindred you are incredible! What a swim

11.44pm BST

Now it’s time for the women’s 200m individual medley, with Ellie Simmonds defending her title. This is a very strong field. It has almost come too soon; we need more time to digest what happened in the men’s 200m individual medley.

Sascha Kindred you're ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Rio #gold & WR at 38!
4 years after written off as 'past it' by some pic.twitter.com/W7hLtOou7b

11.41pm BST

Sascha Kindred is talking on Channel 4: “I’m trying not to swear! This morning I was disqualified. Listen to that crowd, amazing. I have loads of people to thank. I can’t wait to come home and see my family.”

11.39pm BST

Sascha Kindred has won gold in a world-record time! That was an outrageous performance! He took a slight after a superb breaststoke, and just held off Jia Hongguang to win in 2:38.47.

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The men’s 200m individual medley Sascha Kindred wins gold sensationally!

11.25pm BST

First, we have the men’s 200m individual medley. Britain’s Sascha Kindred, who was disqualified and then reinstated, is aiming to end his immense Paralympic career, which started in 1996, with a 13th medal.

11.21pm BST

It’s almost time for Ellie Simmonds to defend her 200m individual medley title. This is her third Olympics, at the age of 21, and she’s aiming for her fifth gold medal. She’s more mature at 21 than most of us will be at 81, if we live that long.

11.15pm BST

In case you missed this earlier

Will Bayley soaks up acclaim after winning feisty table tennis final https://t.co/yFVpn6J6hx

11.14pm BST

“Evening Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “In answer to your question(s), no, I’ve not seen Everybody Wants Some!!, but impulse purchases, especially at 1am, are never normally a good idea. That’s coming from the man who has twice bought a Right Said Fred CD, and owns every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants on DVD.”

Another disadvantage of the 1am impulse purchase - or anything you buy online - is that you don’t get that wonderful hit of self-loathing when you return home from a shopping trip and start to sift through the bags.

11.04pm BST

Another gold for Brazil Alessandro Rodrigo Silva has won the discus F11 final with a best throw of 43.06. He was well ahead of Italy’s Oney Tapia, who took silver with 40.89.

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David Weir has qualified comfortably for the 1500m final, finishing just behind the world champion Rawat Tana in his heat.

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Four Paralympians recorded times in the 1500m that would've been fast enough to win #Gold at #Rio2016 Olympic Games https://t.co/0qKUOMiMNp

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The magnificent Walid Ktila of Tunisia has won gold in the men’s 100m T34 final, just as he did four years ago. His time of 15.14 is, my personal stats assistant tells me, a paralympic record.

10.49pm BST

These people will all be wearing gold in a few hours’ time Sophie Pascoe (women’s 100m butterfly) and Denys Dubrov (men’s 100m butterfly). The Welshman Andre Brasil only managed bronze.

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Brazilian swimmer Andre Brasil - honest - just got a huge ovation as he emerged for his 100m butterfly final.

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In the Aquatics Centre. It’s hot. No air con. Lots of bugs. Waiting for Ellie Simmonds. The American national anthem is blaring around the place now. It’s pretty full in here now and there’s a pleasant atmosphere - deafening whenever a Brazilian is competing.

10.36pm BST

Women’s 400m final T43/T44 The brilliant Marie-Amelie Le Fur has followed up her long jump gold with another in the 400m, setting a new world record of 59.27.

10.30pm BST

Men’s shot put F35 final No medal for Britain’s Sam Ruddock, who has finished sixth in the shot put with a best of 12.70. China’s Xinhan Fu took the gold with 15.19.

10.26pm BST

There are two bronze medalists in the women’s 50m freestyle S11 final: Ukraine’s Maryna Piddubna and the Netherlands’ Liesette Bruinsma both finished in a time of 31.23. Guizhi Li of China took the gold in a world-record time of 30.73, with Sweden’s Maja Reichard (30.76) just behind in seocnd.

10.19pm BST

Gold! Gold! Gold! It’s quite hard to keep up with everything, especially as Channel 4 are currently showing an advert for Nicorette, but other gold-medal winners in the last few minutes include China’s Bian Zhang (women’s table tennis), China’s Jiao Cheng (swimming - women’s 150m IM) and Bradley Snyder (swimming - men’s 50m freestyle)

10.14pm BST

Another world record! New Zealand’s Cameron Leslie has breezed to victory in the men’s 150m individual medley SM4 final, in a spectacular time of 2:23.12. Zhipeng Jin took silver and Jonas Larsen the bronze.

9.59pm BST

While we wait for more action in the pool, here are some of the best images from yesterday in Rio.

Related: Paralympic Games 2016: day four – in pictures

9.49pm BST

Swimming: women’s 400m freestyle S13 final Rebecca Meyers has smashed the world record, taking gold for the USA in a time of 4:19.59. Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko won silver, with Spain’s Ariadna Edo Beltran just about claiming the bronze. Abby Kane was back in sixth, but she recorded a personal best of 4:49.27 and did not do terribly, given that she’s 13 years old.

9.45pm BST

Athletics: Men’s 4x100m relay T42-47 final Germany cruised to gold in a time of 40.82 seconds, with Brazil taking silver (42.04) and Japan bronze (44.16)

9.41pm BST

Next up in the pool is the women’s 400m freestyle S13 final, including the 13-year-old Scot Abby Kane.

9.40pm BST

Swimming: Men’s 400m freestyle - S13 Ihar Boki of Belarus has won the gold, finishing comfortably ahead of Iaroslav Denysenko and Dmitriy Horlin.

9.26pm BST

Unrelated question Has anybody seen Everybody Wants Some!! If so, is it a worthy impulse purchase at 1am as part of a post-work wind-down?

9.25pm BST

A bumper night of swimming and athletics begins in a few minutes with the men’s 400m freestyle S13 final. Those of a British hue may wish to know that Ellie Simmonds will be on just after 2330 BST. In the interest of balance, I should inform you that Walker, Texas Ranger, starring Chuck Norris, is on CBS Action at the same time.

9.19pm BST

The final score in the wheelchair basketball USA 65-48 GB. It was 42-37 at the end of the third period but the US pulled away after that.

9.17pm BST

Table tennis The women’s singles class 3 have been decided. It’s gold and silver for China, with Juan Xhe beating Qian Li 3-0, and bronze for Sweden’s Anna-Carin Ahlquist. She beat Jiyu Yoon of Korea 3-0.

9.05pm BST

In the 7-a-side football, Great Britain are thrashing Ireland 4-0. And the wheelchair basketball is all but over: the USA lead Great Britain 58-41.

8.55pm BST

Archery China have picked up the gold in the Mixed Team Compound Open, beating Great Britain 151-143. So John Stubbs and Jodie Grinham take silver after their superb semi-final victory over Korea earlier today. Korea beat Turkey to the bronze.

8.53pm BST

Table tennis The gold and bronze medal matches in the men’s class 11 have finished, and the medals will be distributed thus:

Gold: Florian Van Acker (Belgium)

8.36pm BST

Wheelchair fencing Another gold for Ukraine: Andrii Demchuk has beaten Hungary’s Richard Osvath in the men’s individual sabre category A.

8.30pm BST

First doping bust of #rio2016 IPC report Saudi Arabian powerlifter Mashal Alkhazai suspended for 8 years for 2nd Anti-Doping Rule violation

8.27pm BST

Wheelchair Basketball The USA have edged further ahead; they lead Great Britain 31-22 towards the end of the second period.

8.15pm BST

Archery Korea have taken bronze in the Mixed Team Compound Open, comfortably beating Turkey 138-128. And in the wheelchair fencing, Anton Datsko added another gold to Ukraine’s haul with a 15-7 victory over Panagiotis Triantafyllou of Wales.

8.08pm BST

If you have access to Channel 4, the brilliant Korean Aled Davies, who won gold for Britain in the shot put earlier today, is on The Last Leg right now.

8.07pm BST

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8.00pm BST

Basketball The USA lead Great Britain 11-6 in their group match, though there’s a long way to go and all that.

7.58pm BST

Do. Not. Do. Banter. Ever. Again.

'Aled Davies (he's Scottish, believe it or not)' from Ebbw Vale, just west of Glasgow, presumably. Was that dumbed down journalism or simply a dumb, unfunny attempt at humour?

7.54pm BST

Starting RIGHT NOW: Men's #WheelchairBasketball GBR x USA

Who are you cheering for? pic.twitter.com/mZU6OX2K3H

7.44pm BST

Here’s how the medal table looks

Related: Paralympics 2016: the medal table

7.41pm BST

And in category A, Jianquan Tian claimed the bronze by beating Greece’s Vasileios Ntounis 15-5.

7.40pm BST

Fencing Adrian Castro has beaten his fellow Pole Grzegorz Pluta 15-8 to take bronze in the men’s individual sabre category B.

7.38pm BST

Has Sascha Kindred been reinstated in the 200 IM? I saw earlier he had been disqualified from the heat for a technical infringement, which it is still recorded as on the official Rio Para results site. Was his appeal successful then?

Yep, it was.

7.35pm BST

Some news from earlier Deepa Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics, taking silver in the shot put. I suspect she’ll have more than 2000 Twitter followers by this time tomorrow.

7.26pm BST

This is a great goal, but look at the absolute state of the tweet. There are almost as many symbols and hashtags as there are actual words. Imagine if you were able to go back in time and shove that under Dr Johnson’s nose.

⚽️ Impressive goal on the #Football5 field at the #Rio2016 #Paralympics pic.twitter.com/oW7dadTlR0

7.26pm BST

Archery Jodie Grinham and John Stubbs have won their Mixed Team Compound Open semi-final against Korea. They will meet Turkey or China in the gold medal match at 2020BST.

7.20pm BST

You know that bit on the TV where they do a montage of things to look out for today? This is that bit, minus visual stimulation and contemporary sounds from the hit parade

7.05pm BST

This is how to celebrate a gold medal!! Congrats, Will Bayley! #tabletennis #paralympics #rio2016 https://t.co/GkiW4DVGNY

5.20pm BST

Hello, good evening and welcome to live coverage of (most of) the main action from day five of the Paralympics in Rio. It’s been another of those golden days for Great Britain, with two so far and the promise of more this evening.

The first was won by Aled Davies (he’s Scottish, believe it or not). He was a class apart in the F42 shot put and set a new Paralympic record of 15.97m, while Will Bayley – who took silver four years ago – beat Brazil’s Israel Pereira 3-1 in the men’s class 7 table tennis final.

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