Look Ahead to Day 8

Today further history could be made as British athletes prepare to race in the first ever Paralympic Games canoe finals, with 12-time swimming medallist Jeanette Chippington leading the charge.

Swimmer Ellie Simmonds will be looking to land her third medal in Rio in the 100m breaststroke SB6 alongside Charlotte Henshaw, with Claire Cashmore the only other British athlete in action in the pool in the 100m butterfly S9.

Reigning one-person keelboat champion Helena Lucas will enter day eight of the Games in the lead out on the water, while five-time world champions Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell continue in second in the two-person boat with the three-person crew in fifth.

Cyclist Karen Darke will go for her second Paralympic title in as many days in the women’s road race H1-2-3-4, while Natasha Baker, Sophie Christiansen and Anne Dunham will go for gold at the Equestrian Centre.

It looks set to be a busy night on the track too as six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir goes in pursuit of his first medal of the Games in the T54 800m final. Joining him at the Olympic Stadium will be Laura Sugar and Richard Whitehead, going for his second gold in Rio, as they race in the 200m T44 and 100m T42 finals respectively.

And just a day after discovering they will go head to head in the wheelchair tennis singles final on Friday in an all-British clash, Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are in doubles final action against France as they await to learn the colours of the first of their two guaranteed medals.

Over at the Sambodromo, archer Tania Nadarajah looks to progress from the women’s individual recurve open 1/16 elimination round where she plays Mongolia’s Oyun-Erdene Buyanjargal.

Gold medallist Will Bayley continues his search for another medal as he joins forces with Aaron McKibbin and Ross Wilson, as they take on Ukraine in the semi-finals of the men’s 6-8 table tennis team event.

The mixed wheelchair rugby team play their second Group A game against Canada, while Patrick Wilson, David Smith and Stephen McGuire all play their boccia quarter-final matches.

And finally, it’s a busy day of wheelchair basketball action as both men’s and women’s team play their semi-finals matches with a place in the gold medal match up for grabs for both. The women play the USA while the men take on Spain.

More highlights for the day ahead are below (times denoted are BST) and for results and medal table, visit our interactive micro-site #EVERYROADtoRIO Live. Catch up with events from yesterday, here.

You can also keep up with key moments from the Paralympics by following @UK_Sport on Twitter.

Thursday 15 September

Canoe
KL1 200m; Jeanette Chippington (13:00)
KL1 200m; Ian Marsden (13:08)
KL2 200m; Emma Wiggs (13:16)
KL2 200m; Nick Beighton (13:34)
KL3 200m; Rob Oliver (14:10)

Wheelchair Tennis
Doubles medal matches; Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett (16:00-02:00)

Equestrian
Individual Grade II; Natasha Baker (14:00)
Individual Grade Ia; Sophie Christiansen, Anne Dunham (18:00)

Athletics
T36 400m heats; Paul Blake (14:21)
T54 800m; David Weir, Richard Chiassaro (16:02)
T34 800m heats; Hannah Cockroft, Kare Adenegan, Melissa Nicholls (16:08)
T54 5000m; Jade Jones (21:30)
F41 discus; Holly Neill (21:40)
T44 200m; Laura Sugar (21:45)
T42 100m; Richard Whitehead, Dave Henson (22:17)
T53 800m; Mo Jomni (23:00)
T35-38 4x100m; GB women's sprint (23:33)
T51 400m heats; Stephen Osborne (23:42)

Cycling

H1-4 road race; Karen Darke (16:20)