Rio Paralympics day 1 | Photos

Updated September 9 2016 - 10:32am, first published 10:30am

Swimmer Lakeisha Patterson wins Australia's first gold medal

Australia has won its first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics - and it came it style with swimmer Lakeisha Patterson breaking the world record in her 400m freestyle final (S8 category).

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