What is laser run? Our David Hogg chats to para laser run European champion Dr Harriett Dunn to find out…

More from the swimming at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey chats with a a very joyful Rebecca Redfern just after she had been presented with her SB13 100 Metres Breaststroke Gold medal.

Rebecca previously had won Silver at both the Rio and Tokyo Paralympic Games and to finally come away with a Gold is such an amazing result for Rebecca. 

Reflecting on winning her Gold medal, Rebecca tells Toby how that final race was for her coming in to the race being the fastest in the heats and how good it was to have her family and friends there in Paris to see her win the Gold medal.


(Image shows Rebecca holding her gold medal and Phryge mascot at the la Défense Arena) Credit: ParalympicsGB

VI Sports-lover Geoff Smith was at the Paralympics to watch GB play Wheelchair Rugby.

He was offered a Touch2See tablet for the games and told Amelia about his experience using the tech and the atmosphere around the games.

Image shows Geoff smiling at the camera. He is a white man with cropped brown hair, blue eyes and glasses and there is a clay-coloured wall behind him.

As comedian Chris McCausland competes on Strictly this coming season, we spoke with ballroom dancer Janet about how she got into dancing and also what advice she has for Chris.

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After trying different sports, Anna Nicholson settled on throwing the shot put.

She told Allan Russell about her win in Paris.

Image shows Anna sitting on the left as she's interviewed by Allan. Her blonde hair is braided and she's wearing Team Britain's white and navy hoodie and track bottom set. Her medal is around her neck and she wears glasses.

Zoe Newson didn’t want to try power lifting but after some encouragement, she’s a Paralympic medal winner.

She spoke to Allan Russell in Paris.

Image shows Zoe sitting down with Allan for an interview. Zoe is on the left, has long brown hair and is wearing a white Great Britain long sleeve and navy track bottoms. The silver medal is around her neck. 

Let’s cross over to the terrace at Paralympics GB House, where Paulina spoke with Britain's Dan Pembroke following his gold-medal win in Paris.

Image shows Dan smiling as he poses on the terrace. His face is lit with the morning sunlight and he's wearing a white Great Britain hoodie. His head is shaved and he has a short-trimmed ginger beard. 

More from the swimming at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey catches up with Scarlett Humphrey just after competing in her final race of her first games with a 6th in the SB11 Women’s 100 Metre Breaststroke final in a time of 1:30.61.

Scarlet reflects on her first Paralympic Games for her and twin sister Eliza, competing in the 4 x 100 metres relay the night before with fellow visually impaired Paralympics GB swimmers Rebecca Redfern, Matthew Redfern and Stephen Clegg and a great showcase from the swimming in Paris which Scarlet hopes will encourage other visually impaired people to take up the sport too.


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Football-loving members of RNIB ‘Community Connections’ telephone groups get together each week to talk about the latest going on in leagues across Scotland and England. This week they reflect on an exciting week of domestic fixtures then look ahead to some tough international games.

As we arrive at the midway point of the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, Allan Russell spoke with British Paralympic Association’s CEO David Clarke to get his thoughts on the story so far.

Image shows a close up of David Clarke with a microphone held up for Allan just off from the left side.