As of yesterday (Sep 10th), China topped the medal list with 24 golds, followed by Great Britain and the United States. But at one point in the day, Britain moved ahead of the leader China, before the host nation returned to the top mostly because of the superb performances of their table tennis players. Liu Jing, Li Qian, Zhou Ying and Ren Guixiang all victorious in their classes, giving China four out of five table tennis gold medals on Wednesday.

Two other Athens champions - Mateja Pintar of Slovenia and Zhang Xiaoling of China - suffered bitter defeats. Zhang, a 51-year-old veteran who was seeking her sixth straight Paralympic singles title, lost 3-2 to Sweden's Josefin Abrahamsson in the semifinal, and Pintar was beaten 3-1 by eventual winner Li Qian in the battle for a final berth.  

There was more Chinese success in track and field, with Zhang Lixin (men's 400m T54), Zhu Pengkai (men's javelin throw F11-12) and Wu Qing (women's javelin throw F35-38) all striking gold medals and breaking world records. Wu Guojing added a powerlifting gold for China when he won the men's 52kg division.

Lin Furong, a 16-year old athlete from Guangdong won the silver for the men's 100 meter breaststroke SB9.

Today golds will be available in table tennis, track and field and archery.