Brits storm to table lead

Tanni Grey-Thompson on her way to gold in the 800m

Great Britain enjoyed a impressive second day at the Paralympics in Sydney adding four more golds to Bob Matthew's opening day success.

Team GB are now leading the medal table with five golds and three bronzes, one gold ahead of the French.

Nottingham's Christopher Martin retained his F33 discus class gold after a superb throw of 26.71m and in doing so, broke his own paralympic record.

Tanni Grey-Thompson was another athlete who retained her title from Atlanta when she cruised to victory in the women's 800m wheelchair final.

She won the event in a time of two minutes 1.33 seconds, some three seconds ahead of her nearest rival, Jessica Galli of the United States.

Two more golds were added in the pool as Sascha Kindred and James Crisp both set world records on their way to Olympic glory.

Kindred, from Bath, won the SM6 class of the men's 200m individual medley in a World and Paralympic record time of 2min 57.42sec.

He was followed by Crisp who took the SM9 class of the event in a time of 2min 55.33sec.

Meanwhile, shot putter Hamish MacDonald has been ruled ineligible to compete in the F56 wheelchair event by a special medical panel.

The Australian, who won gold four years ago in Atlanta, was deemed ineligible for the shot because he was entered in the discus event in the F34 cerebral palsy category by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The ruling came hours after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing said MacDonald could compete in the spinal cord injury category, pending the medical examination.

MacDonald was unable to defend his title in Sydney after the event was withdrawn due to the lack of competitors and was looking to the wheelchair event to keep his gold medal hopes alive.

He said: "Naturally I was very disappointed as the shot is my favourite event."