Paralympics: GB secures six medals with David Smith retaining gold boccia title in Tokyo

British boccia ace David Smith grabbed his second straight individual Paralympic gold by battling back to retain his crown with a tense victory in Tokyo adding to the five other medals ParalympicGB won on Wednesday. World champion Smith – title-winner in Rio five years ago – once again topped the podium in the BC1 class, getting the better of Malaysia’s Chew Wei Lun.

The 32-year-old, slipped 2-0 behind following the opening end at Ariake Gymnastics Centre.

But he levelled with consecutive one-point wins, before being left in tears after edging the decider to claim glory.

His 4-2 success brought Great Britain’s first gold of day eight of the Games.

Smith’s previous feats include team gold at Beijing 2008, as well as individual silver and team bronze in London.

Elsewhere Samantha Kinghorn won bronze in the women's 100m wheelchair race.

Megan Shackleton and Sue Bailey won bronze in the women's team table tennis while Rebecca Redfern won silver in the women's 100 metre breaststroke.

Archer Victoria Rumary and the class 8 table tennis team also added to ParalympicGB's medal tally with two bronzes on Wednesday.

It was a debut Paralympic Games for Rumary, who won bronze for GB in the women's W1 archery event, missing out to the Czech Republic in second place and China in first.

There was also bronze for the class 8 table tennis team of Ross Wilson, Aaron McKibbin and Billy Shilton after they lost to China in the semi-finals.

Elsewhere defending champion Gordon Reid reached the men's tennis singles semi-final at the Tokyo Paralympics.

He won a three-set victory over Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez.