Paralympics day one photos

Simon Richardson opens Britain's Paralympic gold run with a glorious victory in the men's LC3/4 one-kilometre time-trial

Britain's Darren Kenny flies past his opponent to smash his own world record by six seconds in the individual pursuit CP3

Mexico's Juan Reyes in the 100m Freestyle - S4. He has no arms so uses his incredible abdominal muscles to push himself across the pool

Aileen McGlynn, registered blind, celebrates gold in the 1km time-trial (B&VI 1-3) with her Welsh pilot Ellen Hunter

Brazil's Irio Nunes takes a fall as Australia's Brendan Dowler tries to block during their Group B basketball game

Poland's Filip Rodzik, Russia's Sergei Malyshev and Sweden's Kenneth Pettersson battle for qualification in the men's shooting 10m air pistol

Britain's Keryn Sea (left) and Ajmal Maqsood Ahmed (right) try to deny China a shooting opportunity in the football

US swimmer Jessica Long relaxes after competing in a heat of the women's 100m Butterfly S8 at the Water Cube

Sascha Kindred, in his fourth Games, celebrates his ninth medal and fifth Paralympic gold after winning the SM6 200m individual medley

France's David Smetanine puts in a fabulous performance as he swims to win the men's 100m freestyle S4 final on Sunday

China's Guo Huaping (in white) tussles with Brazil's Karla Cardoso as she clinches gold in the women's 48Kg judo category

More drama in the judo, as Algeria's Sidali Lamri is overwhelmed after beating Japan's Satoshi Fujimoto to win the men's -66Kg competition

In the day's final swimming race, South Africa's Natalie du Toit breaks her own world record in the heats and final to win gold in the S9 100m butterfly

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