“I wasn’t nervous, I was very confident that she was going to say ‘yes’ to me. We have been together for six years, she’s with me 24 hours a day and a part of my journey to qualify for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. It just felt like the right time to propose. Nobody knew but my coach knows I bought the ring two months ago.” – Rogerio Junior Xavier de Oliveria (SL4)

“I was so surprised after I had won the match I saw Rogerio bring out a sign and a ring box to propose. It’s the first proposal in Para badminton I have ever seen. It’s wonderful, congratulations to him and it’s proof of love in badminton.” – Lucas Mazur (SL4)

“I think I played with everything I had. I left it all out there on court. It was great to have my family and friends here. It was special and memorable for me to play in front of them. ” – Maud Lefort (SU5)

“I’m disappointed I couldn’t win my second group match. I had 30 of my friends come to support me. The crowd support gave me a lot of motivation in the first game to win that but I couldn’t carry the momentum into the second game. I think I was just out of energy. My other coach had printed off my face onto a ‘bighead.’ That was pretty funny but I tried not to look at my ‘ugly face’ and focus on the match. The experience in Paris has been sensational and winning the first game was probably the best moment of my life.” – Thomas Jakobs (WH2)

“It’s my second Paralympics and although I’m the defending champion, I was nervous. Playing against a home player made things tougher. I felt Faustine Noel was playing stronger than usual with the support of the crowd. I just needed to focus on myself and play it smart.” – Cheng He Fang (SL4)

“I did my best out there. I’m not really surprised by anything he did. This is a match at the Paralympics and there can only be one winner. All credit to him. He (Muhamad Fareez Anuar) played a good game and has developed his speed. The crowd support was brilliant. We were both exhausted at the end at the whole stadium were on their feet cheering for us.” – Dheva Anrimusthi (SU5)

“I knew it would be a tough match because she’s the reigning Paralympic champion, my main goal is mixed doubles. I’m really happy with the match and showed that I can win some good points.” – Noel Faustine (SL4)

“I’m so happy with my first win at the Paralympics. I was upset after my loss to Daisuke Fujihara yesterday and I needed to get myself ready for the next group match and do my best.” – Oleksandr Chyrkov (Sl3)

“It’s frustrating to lose. I really thought I had a chance against Chyrkov. I’m playing the best players in the world here and it just wasn’t my day. It was great to have Jurgen (Klopp) here to support me again. He’s amazed by my whole story and the Paralympics. We both want to simply to open doors for people with a disability, come out, search for, get help and make a start in sport. Let others know you can make a life out of it.” – Wojtek Czyz (SL3)

“I had great preparation going in and I knew I needed to win to keep my hopes of a Paralympic medal alive. I just believed in myself and made sure I did the right things.” – Krysten Coombs (SH6)

“My service wasn’t great today. In the second game, I knew I had to do better and try to put the pressure on Setiawan. I tried to correct my mistakes from the first game and learn from that. I tried my best, that’s all I could do.” – Chigozie Jeremiah Nnanna (SL4)

“I’ve come so far as a player from Tokyo 2020. I’ve worked on myself physically and most importantly, mentally. There were so many Danish supporters in the arena. I could see my parents and that was really nice to have them here but to the Danish fans supporting me that I don’t know, I want to say a huge thank you.” – Cathrine Rosengren (SU5)