1940: I'll admit it, it's taken a bit of time getting my head around all the different Paralympic classifications. This great piece by CNN's James Montague should go some way in clearing it up. Read it here

"Such is the myriad of different disabilities, and severity of disabilities, each athlete has to be evaluated and placed into a category to compete alongside others of the same potential.

Athletes are placed in one of six main disability groups: those with spinal injuries, cerebral palsy, amputees, the blind or visually impaired, intellectual disabilities and those whose disabilities fall outside of those categories, like those born with dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.

Each of the Paralympics' 20 sports are divided between the different classifications and given a number that denotes the severity of the disability -- 1 being the most severe, 10 the least."

2218: An interesting point from Jeff. What are your thoughts on Cundygate? Ok, I'll stop calling it that. Promise.

2259: Take a bow. You've earnt it.

1.) Serbia’s Zeljko Dimitrijevic in the Men's Club Throw - F31/32/51
2.) Russia’s Margarita Goncharova in the Women's Long Jump - F37/38
3.) China’s Qing Wu in the Women's Discus Throw - F35/36
4.) Denmark’s Jackie Christiansen in the Men's Shot Put - F42/44
5.) Russia’s Roman Kapranov in the Men's 200m - T37
6.) Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft in the Women's 100m - T34
7.) Russia’s Alexey Ashapatov in the Men's Discus Throw - F57/58
8.) Latvia’s Aigars Apinis in the Men's Shot Put - F52/53
9.) Germany’s Markus Rehm in the Men's Long Jump - F42/44
10.) Morocco's Najat El Garraa in the Women's Discus Throw - F40
11.) China's Ping Liu in the Women's 200m - T35
12.) Australia’s Felicity Johnson in the Women's Ind.B 1km Time Trial
13.) Great Britain’s Mark Lee Colbourne in the Men's Ind.C1 Pursuit
14.) China’s Guihua Liang in the Men's Ind.C2 Pursuit
15.) United States Joseph Berenyi in the Men's Ind.C3 Pursuit
16.) Spain’s Alfonso Cabello in the Men's Ind.C4-5 1km Time Trial
17.) Ukraine’s Dmytro Solovey in the Men's Judo -73 kg
18.) Ukraine’s Olexandr Kosinov in the Men's Judo -81 kg
19.) Azerbaijan’s Afag Sultanova in the Women's Judo -57 kg
20.) Cuba’s Dalidaivis Rodriguez Clark in the Women’s Judo -63 kg

2303: And the gold medalists continued...brilliant stuff.

21.) Nigeria’s Ivory Nwokorie in the Women's powerlifting -44 kg
22.) China’s Qi Feng in the Women’s powerlifting -52 kg
23.) Egypt’s Sherif Othman in the Men’s powerlifting -56 kg
24.) China’s Chao Dong in the Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing-SH1
25.) Macedonia's Olivera Nakovska-Bikova in the Women's P2-10m Air Pistol-SH1
26.) China’s Yinan Wang in the Men's 400m Freestyle - S8
27.) United States Jessica Long in the Women's 400m Freestyle - S8
28.) China’s Shiyun Pan in the Men's 50m Butterfly - S7
29.) Australia’s Jacqueline Freney in the Women's 50m Butterfly - S7
30.) Brazil’s Andre Brasil in the Men's 50m Freestyle - S10
31.) Canada’s Summer Ashley Mortimer in the Women's 50m Freestyle - S10
32.) Australia’s Matthew Cowdrey in the Men's 100m Backstroke - S9
33.) Australia’s Ellie Cole in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S9
34.) United States Bradley Snyder in the Men's 100m Freestyle - S11
35.) Italy’s Cecilia Camellini in the Women's 100m Freestyle - S11
36.) Holland’s Marc Evers in the Men's 100m Backstroke - S14
37.) Ireland’s Bethany Firth in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S14
38.) Belarus’s Ihar Boki in the Men's 100m Butterfly - S13
39.) Ukraine’s Nataliia Prologaieva in the Women's 200m Ind. Medley - SM5
40.) Ukraine’s Eskender Mustafaiev in the Men's 50m Freestyle - S4

1001: Last, but by no means least, is a young lady who is currently adorning the top of this very web page. Cast your mind back one month to the Olympics and to Jessica Ennis, the poster girl of the Games who was obliged to deliver heptathlon gold for a demanding and expectant British public. For Ennis, see Ellie Simmonds. She burst onto the scene in Beijing, winning two gold medals in the pool at the age of 13. Yes, 13. I don’t know about you but I couldn’t tie my shoelaces at 13, let alone win two top-level international titles. Simmonds, now 17, defends her S6 400m freestyle crown in the pool tonight, although she will face stiff competition from American world record holder Victoria Arlen. Debate concerning Arlen’s classification means she could yet be reclassified retrospectively. I must admit, as a fellow West Midlands native, I’m backing Ellie all the way today.

1221: It looks like you could use a lesson in classification. Luckily CNN has its own guide to the system right here.

1327: The waters of Weymouth on Britain’s south coast provide the stage for the sailing events, some of which are ongoing as I type. The one and only Sheena McKenzie spoke to U.S. sailor Paul Callahan, a man who was left paralyzed after slipping on a wet floor and a man with a truly amazing outlook on life.

1422: The action in the Velodrome has been, as ever, breathless. Allison Jones is on track and going for gold in the women’s individual C1-2-3 500m time trial. The C2 athlete is something of a jack of all trades as she also partakes in road cycling and alpine skiing. She should be prepared, she was part of a seven-strong party which travelled to Britain to check on Games venues last year.

On a completely unrelated note, she also collects Coca-Cola bottles from all over the world. I’m not quite sure what to say about that, if I’m honest…

1727: Hmmm...interesting point from Wes. Is the Mexican wave too distracting for players?

1741: It's another big night in the pool with 12 gold medals up for grabs. First to pick one up? Brazil's Andre Brasil in the Men's 100m Butterfly - S10. This is his second gold of the Games and he gives team mate Phelipe Rodrigues a reassuring pat after getting out of the water. Lovely stuff.