HK shuttlers dominate as China bags eight more golds
Hong Kong, China’s shuttlers were in ominous form, while its boccia players had mixed fortunes on day three of the Paris Paralympics.

Hong Kong unbeatable in pool play SAR players were dominant in badminton, with Tokyo bronze medallist Daniel Chan comfortably topping his group by beating rivals from Chile and Malaysia in the men's WH2 event. He next takes on South Korea's Yu Sooyoung in the semi-final.  "My performance today was okay. But the wind conditions had shifted 180 degrees from yesterday, the tailwind became headwinds and vice versa," Chan said.  "So at first, I wasn't very focused initially, and my opponent took the initiative. But I adjusted, and got guidance from my coach to regain control of the match. " 
 Top-seeded shuttler Chu Man-kai won all three pool games, earning himself a bye through the quarter-finals and a place in the semi-final in the men's SH6 competition. He beat opponents from Britain, India and Indonesia to dominate Group A. 

Hong Kong remains in medal contention in boccia There were mixed results for Hong Kong's boccia players on day three of the Games. In the women’s competition, Paralympics debutant Annie Cheung advanced to the semi-finals in the BC4 category, while third-time Paralympian Ho Yuen-kei also made the last four in BC3.
 Ho eked out a 3-2 win in her quarter-final match against her Thai opponent Ladamanee Kla-Han: "She's an old rival of mine. We used to be neck and neck with each other. So my tactic was just to roll every ball well, give full play to my skills, and don't think too much," she said.
 Elsewhere in boccia, six-time Paralympian Leung Yuk-wing fell 6-1 to Britain’s Stephen McGuire in the quarter-final stage. Yeung Hiu-lam lost a heartbreaker 3-2 to another Briton, Claire Taggart, in the women's BC2 quarter-final. 

Swimmers off the pace in Paris Swimmers Tang Wai-lok and Andy Cheung finished seventh and eighth respectively in the final of the men's S14 200m freestyle, as Britain's William Ellard smashed the world record to take gold. In the equivalent event for women, Chan Yui-lam and Cheung Ho-ying were unable to make it out of the heats.
 In athletics, sprinter Yam Kwok-fan bowed out in the heats of the women's T36 200 metres. She will compete again in the 100 metres event.

China's gold rush continues It was another good day for the national team as China won another eight gold medals to increase their table-leading tally to 20.  Zhao Yuping won the women's javelin throw F13 category, while Li Yingli and Mi Na won gold and silver in the women's F37 shotput final.  In table tennis, there were three gold medals for the men's doubles MD8, mixed doubles - XD17, and women's doubles WD10 events.  Swimmer Ma Jia broke her own world and Paralympic records and claimed the 20th gold for Team China in the women's S11 50m freestyle.