David Weir's earned Paralympics GB's 17th gold medal at London 2012, winning the T54 five thousand metres.

In the pool, Ellie Simmonds has beaten her own world record to reach this evening's final of the S-M-6 200-metre individual medley swimming.

Meanwhile ... The International Paralympic Committee's defending its rules on prosthetic limbs.

It's agreed to meet Oscar Pistorius following his outburst last night - when he complained about the length of the blades used by Brazil's Alan Oliveira ... who beat him to gold in the T44 200 metres.