With the 2012 Paralympic Games underway, Arsenal.com will be tracking the progress of several Gooners competing in London.

Over the course of last season, we ran a series of features in the Official Matchday Programme with some Arsenal-supporting Paralympic hopefuls.

Today sees three featured Gooners in action.

David Weir features in the men's 5,000m T54 heats, while Rob Richardson and Abdi Jama are back in action once more in sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball respectively. You can see how they fared yesterday in our round-up below.

Arsenal's Olympians - Will Bayley

Will Bayley
Table tennis

Thursday, August 30
Table tennis star Will Bayley overcame an awkward match to claim a 3-0 straight-sets victory over Thailand's Yuttana Namsaga at the ExCel Arena on Thursday evening.

Meanwhile, there was narrow 77-72 overtime defeat against Germany for Great Britain men's wheelchair basketball team, featuring Abdi Jama.

Sitting volleyball's Rob Richardson also suffered defeat with Team GB, losing 3-0 in straight sets to Russia.

 
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