ParalympicsGB hopes for medal haul on Thrilling Thursday
ParalympicsGB will hope for a medals surge today with athletes in, or able to qualify for, more than 30 finals, including a number of the team’s top names.
Britain’s swimmers have eleven finals they can qualify for tomorrow. There will be 20 members of ParalympicsGB trying to qualify for these finals in the morning session, nine of whom have already won London 2012 medals.
Amongst the stars of the squad competing tomorrow are gold and silver medallist Heather Frederiksen and gold medallist Jonathan Fox (pictured, left).
Cyclist Sarah Storey will return to the road for her last London 2012 event, and in pursuit of her fourth gold.
The Cheshire based 34-year-old has already made an indelible mark on the London Games, having won gold in every event she has competed in, the time-trial and the pursuit on the track and the road time-trial.
Check out today's Paralympic schedule on the Channel 4 Paralympics website.
Storey will compete in the women’s individual C4-C5 road race alongside team-mate Crystal Lane. In the men’s event Mark Colbourne, who has won two silvers and one gold so far, will compete in the C1-C3 road race with Shaun McKeown, and Jon-Allan Butterworth races in the C4-C5 road race.
Athletics will be largely focused on the T44 100m final, when Jonnie Peacock (pictured, right) will face-off against Oscar Pistorius and a host of other blade-running stars.
However, there are plenty of other events in the Paralympic Stadium to get excited about including a return to the track from double 2012 gold-medalist David “Weir-wolf” Weir in the T54 800m final at 9:16pm.
Just before Weir takes to the track Dan Greaves, ParalympicsGB discus thrower, will begin his final. Greaves, who was born with Talapeze feet, won the gold medal in the F44 at the World Championships last week.
Hannah Cockroft and Melissa Nicholls could be up for medals in the T34 200m wheelchair racing. Cockroft won gold over the 100m and 200m distances at the World Championships last year. Ola Abidogun, who won gold at the World Junior Championships in the T46 100m final last year, will hope to qualify for the London 2012 final at 20:12pm.
In total there are 11 track and field finals that could include ParalympicsGB athletes taking place today.
Elsewhere Great Britain’s hopefuls will also be hoping for medals in shooting and sailing.
