Claire Williams wins bronze in the women's discus

Claire Williams has won bronze for Great Britain in the women's F11/12 discus.

The 24-year-old managed 39.63m with her fourth-round effort.

She was beaten by two Chinese athletes.

Hongxia Tang took silver with a personal best 39.91m and Liangmin Zhang threw a Paralympic record 40.13m to win gold.

The event took China's medal tally to 37, ten ahead of Paralympic GB.

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