Paralympic medals wrap

Team SA continue to rake in the medals at the Paralympics in Beijing.

Capetonian Fanie Lombard has shown his dominance at the games when he won his 11th career medal in the Shot Put event. Lombard has had quite a prolific career so far. He has won seven gold, two silver and one bronze medal.

Earlier in the day Kevin Paul picked up South Africa's sixth gold medal in the 100m breaststroke. The 17 year old swam in a time of 1 minute 08:58 seconds. He also beat his personal best when he shaved more than 4 seconds of his time during the heats.

Meanwhile Cyclists Gavin Kilpatrick and Michael Thomson beat Japan's Japan's Tatsuyuki Oshiro and Hitoshi Takahashi to claim the bronze. The South African pair came third in the mens sprints for blind and vision-impaired cyclists. Thomson is Kilpatrick's "guide".

David Roos picked up SA's silver in the men's long jump. Phillipa Johnson has won her second gold medal, she came f! irst in the Individual freestyle event in the Equestrian section. Team SA now have 11 medals overall.