Australia's paralympic team has made a bang in Paris with four medals to its tally after only one day of competition.
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00:00Good morning sports fans, isn't it wonderful to be back in Paris?
00:07It only seems like yesterday we were celebrating one of Australia's greatest Olympic Games
00:12and now our Paralympians have picked up right where they left off.
00:16Day one in the pool and we've already won four medals.
00:19Gold to Thomas Gallagher in the men's S10 50m freestyle where Rowan Crothers also won
00:24bronze.
00:25Gallagher almost died after the Tokyo Paralympics.
00:28What a comeback story.
00:30Brendan Hall and Lakeisha Patterson won silver in their S9 400m freestyles too, helping Australia
00:36to stick place in the medal tally already.
00:39Not so much joy for the team wheelchair sports.
00:42The basketball rollers got off to a great start against the Netherlands but went down
00:4666-55 and the rugby stealers lost to Great Britain 58-55.
00:52Both teams face some tough opposition in remaining qualifiers but it's early days.
00:57There's plenty to look forward to tonight, more swimming, the athletic kicks off and
01:01keep an eye out for Aussies in the shooting, rowing, cycling, wheelchair tennis and more.
01:06Let the games begin again.
01:08Au revoir.