Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft won the women's 800 metres T34 title to complete a hat-trick of Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medals on day nine of competition ©Getty Images

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Another stand-out performer in today's athletics was Serbia’s Zeljko Dimitrijevic, who improved his own world record twice as he won the men’s club throw F51 ©Getty Images
Another stand-out performer in today's athletics was Serbia’s Zeljko Dimitrijevic, who improved his own world record twice as he won the men’s club throw F51 ©Getty Images
Home favourite Daniel Dias successfully defended his men’s 50m backstroke S5 title on the penultimate day of swimming action ©Getty Images
Home favourite Daniel Dias successfully defended his men’s 50m backstroke S5 title on the penultimate day of swimming action ©Getty Images
Australia’s Maddison Elliott broke her own world record on the way to winning the women’s 50m freestyle S8 ©Getty Images
Australia’s Maddison Elliott broke her own world record on the way to winning the women’s 50m freestyle S8 ©Getty Images
United States overpowered defending champions Germany to return to the top of the Paralympic women's wheelchair basketball podium ©Getty Images
United States overpowered defending champions Germany to return to the top of the Paralympic women's wheelchair basketball podium ©Getty Images
The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot put their wheelchair tennis singles rivalry aside as they teamed up to clinch women's doubles gold ©Getty Images
The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot put their wheelchair tennis singles rivalry aside as they teamed up to clinch women's doubles gold ©Getty Images
Hosts Brazil won a bronze medal in the men's goalball competition ©Getty Images
Hosts Brazil won a bronze medal in the men's goalball competition ©Getty Images
Zhou Jiamin emerged victorious from a tense all-Chinese affair in the final of the women's individual compound archery event as she edged team-mate Lin Yueshan in a shoot-off ©Getty Images
Zhou Jiamin emerged victorious from a tense all-Chinese affair in the final of the women's individual compound archery event as she edged team-mate Lin Yueshan in a shoot-off ©Getty Images
Artem Krasylnykov struck a dramatic extra-time winner to ensure Ukraine won the Paralympic football seven-a-side gold medal as they beat Iran 2-1 ©Getty Images
Artem Krasylnykov struck a dramatic extra-time winner to ensure Ukraine won the Paralympic football seven-a-side gold medal as they beat Iran 2-1 ©Getty Images
Sailing action continued today with medal events scheduled for tomorrow ©Getty Images
Sailing action continued today with medal events scheduled for tomorrow ©Getty Images