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Britain's Stephen McGuire has won Paralympic boccia gold, defeating Colombia's Edilson Chica to win the BC4 men's individual title.
The 40-year-old triumphed 8-5 at the South Paris Arena.
It was 3-3 at the halfway mark but in the third of four ends, McGuire scored five points to establish a decisive lead.
It is McGuire's first Paralympic medal at his fourth Games.
He was a late addition to the British squad for Paris 2024, having had to recover from a broken leg and knee sustained in a fall at his home in 2022.
Boccia is one of three Paralympic-specific sports which has no Olympic counterpart and is for athletes with conditions such as severe cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy that affects all four limbs.
