China tops medal tally with 3 more golds at Tokyo Paralympics

The Chinese wheelchair fencers added one gold, one silver and two bronze, as Tan Shumei beat Viktoria Boykova of the Russian Paralympic Committee 3-0 in the women's epee individual category B, while Rong Jing and Bian Jing took the silver and bronze in the women's epee individual category A.

"I want to thank my coaches and my teammates," Tan said. "Everyone has contributed to today's victory."

Li Zhangyu and Liang Guihua added two bronze medals in the men's C1 3,000m individual pursuit and the men's C2 3,000m individual pursuit in cycling track respectively.

Both the men's and women's goalball teams lost in their opening matches, as the men's side was smashed by Belgium 10-3 and the women's side was beaten by the Russian Paralympic Committee 4-3.