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By Elizabeth Hudson
BBC Sport in Athens
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Wednesday is a big day for British shooter Claire Priest.
The New Zealand-based 31-year-old is taking part in her third Games and will
take her place in the qualifying rounds of the mixed SH1 air rifle prone event.
Normally all Paralympians receive complete support from their families but Claire's partner Colin Willis will have his mind on other things as he is also competing in the event, representing New Zealand.
There could be some interesting chats in their house after their event,
depending on the results.
Britain's double Paralympic gold medallist Sascha Kindred certainly had one of the noisiest groups of fans supporting him in Tuesday's SB7 100m breaststroke final.
Sascha Kindred was given huge support by his travelling fans
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Kindred's twin brother Timo was also in attendance along with friends Mike,
Fiona, Simon and Gail and they were instantly recognisable by their t-shirts
which spelt out Sascha's name.
As well as cheering on Sascha and his partner Nyree Lewis, who won the
women's S6 100m backstroke, they lent their vocal support to the rest of the
British swimming team in what was a noisy venue.
"Although we are here to see the swimming, we have seen some of the other
events, including the Great Britain women's basketball team beating the
Netherlands," said Timo.
"It has been fantastic to be here and especially with Sascha and
Nyree's wins."
There was confusion all round for British swimmer James Crisp after the
final of the SB8 100m breaststroke.
Crisp finished third but was later promoted to second after the Polish
swimmer who was second was disqualified while a Chinese athlete was promoted
from fourth.
But unfortunately, nobody seemed to tell the athletes themselves and the
original top-three finishers went to receive their medals, including the
disqualified Pole.
"When I got to the rostrum and they called the Chinese swimmer in third
place instead of me, I knew something was up," admitted Crisp.
"It's not a nice way to win a silver but rules are rules. But it is
something that has never happened to me before."
After the ceremony, the athletes were escorted off to a room where the
medals were taken from them and a new ceremony, with the correct medallists
will be held on Wednesday.
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