So that's a wrap on day four of competition at the Paris Paralympics.

It's been a day of ups and downs, and disqualifications — some overturned, some that gave Australia medals —and some incredibly close finishes, such as the Steelers' overtime loss to Japan in their wheelchair rugby semifinal.

Mostly, however, it was a day of medals for the Australian team, ten of them, in fact. One gold, three silver and six bronze.

It started with the rowing.

It is one of the most physically exhausting events on any sporting program, and the picture of Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager's reaction after crossing the finish line for an historic mixed double sculls gold medal is perhaps the Paralympics in microcosm.

Not everyone can win a gold medal, but the mix of exhaustion and elation after representing your country must be something else.

Bravo to all Paralympic athletes in Paris.

We will be back later this afternoon for day five — we will wait and see what the determination is for the para triathlon events after the issues with water quality on the River Seine.

In the meantime, on behalf of everyone who has helped produce today's blog, I'm Andrew McGarry thanking you for joining us and wishing you a very good morning!          

Here are some of the best images from day four in competition at the Paralympics.

Thanks for your kind words, Naomi, and for joining us on the blog.

We all totally agree with your thoughts on the athletes.

There's been some ups and downs, and plenty of emotions, but everyone has done themeselves proud in Paris! 

We have a story updating the medal tally after day four of competition in Paris.

You can see all the medals Australian athletes have won in today's action, and find where it puts the Australian team on the tally. The article is below: 

At the Esplanade Des Invalides in Paris, the para archery competition continued, with a remarkable win for American Matt Stutzman in the men's individual compound open class.

Stutzman is in his fourth Paralympics, having won silver in his first Games in London in 2012, before consecutive ninth placings in Rio and Tokyo.

Stutzman, who was born without arms, has developed ways of firing using one foot to place the arrow, the other to hold the bow, using a contraption attached to his shoulder to pull the arrow back and releasing using his jaw to trigger it.

In the 1/8 elimination round, he finished level with Finland's Jere Forsberg on a score of 141 out of 150. This means a shootout round, where the winner hits closest to the centre.

Forsberg scored a 10 — but then Stutzman hit the X in dead centre of the target, scoring a 10-plus which kept his Paralympic competition alive.

The American went on to make the gold medal final, where he met China's Ai Xinliang.

The standard of shooting was brilliant, with Ai scoring 147, but Stutzman was only a point off perfection, shooting 149 to win the gold medal.

Stutzman has said that a deteriorating hip means he doesn't know if he will compete in Los Angeles. If not, what a way to go out! 

During the athletics' day session in Paris, another amazing Paralympic win streak continued.

In the women's long jump T12 final, for athletes with vision impairment, Ukraine's Oksana Zubkovska produced the longest jump of the competition, measuring 5.78m.

She was 0.38m ahead of silver medallist Sara Martinez (5.40), with Algeria's Lynda Hamri third with 5.30m.

This was not Zubkovska's first go round in the competition - oh no, the Ukrainian star made her debut in Beijing in 2008, winning gold as a 27-year-old.

She has competed and won every Paralympic title since, so now at 43, this is her fifth gold medal, to go with five world titles.

Zubkovska said the victory was not just for herself, but for her country amid the conflict with Russia.

"Every medal I have won is very important, but this one is special because of what is happening back home," she said.

In the shadows of the Eiffel Tower, the blind football men's five-a-side tournament got underway in Paris on day four with a familiar country taking centre stage.

Brazil are the defending champions in Paris. In fact, Brazil have not only never lost a Paralympic tournament since blind football was introduced in Athens in 2004 — they have never lost a game at the Paralympics!

Teams have eight players, with five on the pitch at any time.

The sport is for players with vision impairment, so all players except for goalkeepers are blindfolded. Similar to goalball, the ball makes a jingling sound so players can orient themselves to where it is.  

In their opening game, Brazil took on Turkiye.

Raimundo Nonato Alves Mendes was the star, scoring twice from penalties in the sixth and 21st minutes.

Jeferson da Conceicao Goncalves, otherwise known as Jefinho, or "Paralympic Pele", was the other scorer in the 20th minute, as Brazil ran out 3-0 winners.

In the other game in Group A, France beat China 1-0.

In Group B, Colombia beat Japan 1-0, while Argentina — who are seen as one of the best chances of ending Brazil's golden run at the Games — were held to a 0-0 draw with Morocco. 

At the Stade de France, there were plenty of big races that didn't involve Australian athletes, and one of the leading results of the finals session was the 100m final for the T34 classification.

British Paralympic great Hannah Cockroft was going for a fourth straight gold medal in the event, and she did not disappoint, coming clear to win (16.80) by almost 1.2 seconds over teammate Kare Adenegan (17.99), with China's Lan Hanyu taking the bronze in 18.45. 

Cockroft is one of Britain's best-known and most-honoured sports stars, not just in Paralympic terms. She received an MBE in the British Honours List in 2013, and an OBE in 2022, she has received numerous athletics awards over the years as well as Sportswoman of the Year by the British Sports Journalists' Association in 2017.

This win is her eighth Paralympic gold medal in total, to go along with 16 para athletics world titles. Like many athletes in Paris, she was delighted to get back to competing in front of big crowds after the COVID-affected Games in Tokyo.

"That noise is what we do it for, the support is amazing. I can’t wipe the smile from my face. For 12 years, that’s what we’ve worked for," she told BBC.

"I’m making my life well hard doing this. You know you are the one people are watching but that’s what keeps you going - you don’t want to let people down and I know I have more in me.

"My time wasn’t amazing but it doesn’t matter."      

Thanks to Mick Doyle for another brilliant overnight run, taking us through a string of big events and a number of Aussie medals.

I'm Andrew McGarry, and I will be taking you through the final stages of day four of competition and bringing you up to speed with some other stories from overnight.   

Dayna has done it.

With an Australian record throw of 17.65 metres, Dayna Crees has won a bronze medal in the women's javelin F34.

That is Australia's 10th medal on day four.