Paralympic Breakfast Day Eight

Vanessa Low reckons motherhood is her superpower and with her young son Matteo watching from the stands of Stade de France she took flight.

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00:00It was a golden day for Australia on day nine of the Paralympics where we won

00:08three gold medals and a sneaky bronze. Long jumper Vanessa Lowe reckons

00:12motherhood is her superpower and with her little son Matteo watching from the

00:16stands she jumped a world record on her way to gold. She flew 5.45 meters on her

00:22first jump and when it was all over she rushed to the fence to hug her son and

00:26her husband and coach Scott Reardon. She wasn't sure after her gold medal in

00:30Tokyo that she'd be able to combine family life and athletics but she proved

00:34overnight that anything is possible. Lauren Parker continued her amazing

00:39games too. She won the women's h14 cycling road race finishing four minutes

00:44ahead of her nearest competitor. Another gold medal in her luggage after winning

00:48the triathlon as well as a silver in the time trial. She'll have to watch out for

00:52those excess baggage fees. In the pool Tim Hodge led from start to finish in

00:57the men's sm9 200 meter individual medley. He was never going to let this

01:02one slip and Samuel von Eymann lost his table tennis final but still took home

01:06a bronze. We're on the homestretch in Paris but there's still plenty of Aussies

01:10in medal contention so stay tuned.