PARALYMPICS LONDON 2012: Great Britain schedule – Saturday September 8th

Posted: Saturday 8th September 2012 | 9:42

ELLIE Simmonds goes for a golden treble in the pool when she defends her S6 100m freestyle. Having won the 200m and 400m titles earlier this week, the teenager hopes to complete the hat-trick and surpass her double gold from Beijing.

GOLDEN GIRL: Ellie Simmonds is looking for her third gold medal when she defends her 100m freestyle title at the London 2012 Paralympics

Javelin thrower Nathan Stephens seeks Paralympic gold on the final day of athletics action in the Olympic Stadium.

David Smith is certain of either silver or bronze in boccia’s BC1 final, while Stephen McGuire plays for bronze in the BC4 event.

Britain’s men aim to finish with a wheelchair basketball medal as they take on USA in the bronze match at North Greenwich Arena.

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Medal prospects

Athletics: Four athletes are looking to add to Britain’s 27 athletics medals on the final day of London 2012 action in the Olympic Stadium.

In the field, Stephens seeks Paralympic gold in the F57/58 javelin after taking the 2011 world title in New Zealand.

On the track, with heats in the morning, Athens silver and Beijing bronze medallist Hazel Robson aims to regain the T36 100m gold she won in Sydney. Robson was fourth in the 200m.

Two 18 year old Paralympic debutants, Rhys Jones and Jamie Carter, compete in the men’s T37 100m and T34 100m respectively.

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Boccia: David Smith is guaranteed his second Boccia medal of the Games and is looking for revenge over Pattaya Tadtong – part of the Thailand line-up that beat Smith’s quartet in the team event – in the BC1 final at 13:25.

Scotsman Stephen McGuire – who won silver at the 2010 World Championships in Lisbon – plays for BC4 bronze, against world no. 1 Eliseu Dos Santos of Brazil at 10:35.

Cycling Road: David Stone dominated the road races in Beijing, winning golds in his T1-2 class of time trial and road race. After taking bronze in the time trial on Thursday he goes for a second medal in the road race, in a 24km race starting at 10:32 at Brands Hatch.

Lora Turnham and her pilot Fiona Duncan race in the tandem road race event for visually impaired riders after they finished seventh in the time trial. They start their 80km race at 10:30.

Swimming: Simmonds defends her S6 100m freestyle title with Natalie Jones also chasing a medal in that event. Louise Watkins hopes to improve from Beijing bronze in the SB9 100m breaststroke, as does Matt Whorwood in the men’s S6 100m freestyle.

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Britain also has hopes in the men’s 4x100m medley relay (34pts), while Jack Bridge and Harriet Lee go in the men’s and women’s S10 100m breaststroke, and Anthony Stephens competes in the men’s S5 100m free.

Wheelchair Basketball: Britain’s men play USA, attempting to retain the bronze medal they won in Athens and Beijing. After losing to Canada in the semi-finals, the GB side will have to pick themselves up for one last effort in front of 6,000 fans at the North Greenwich Arena.

USA beat Britain in the last seconds of overtime in the bronze match at Sydney 2000.

Wheelchair Fencing. David Heaton returns to Paralympic competition alongside newcomers Craig McCann and Simon Wilson in the men’s team foil. Heaton has competed in four previous Games in the epee and sabre events, but retired for six years after Athens where he was a Sabre quarter-finalist.

The men will take on Hong Kong in their quarter-final at ExCeL, starting at 11:00, with possible semi-finals and final to come.

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Other British teams and athletes in action

Football five-a-side: Britain play Turkey for seventh place at 09:00 at the Riverbank Arena, following their penalty shoot-out defeat to China two days ago.

Wheelchair Rugby: Having missed out on the semi-finals, Great Britain face Belgium at 09:30, with the winner playing either Sweden or France at 21:15 for fifth place overall. The losers play at 19:00 for the right to be ranked seventh.

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