When and where to watch our Paralympic judoka
With the judo at the 2016 Paralympic Games starting on Thursday 8 September here is a quick rundown of when and where you can watch our five Paralympic judoka in action over the next few days.
Competition starts at 10AM local time, 2PM UK time with the final block (medal contests) starting at 3.30PM local time, 7.30PM UK time.
Jonathan Drane steps on the mat on Friday 9 September in the -81kg and will take on Sharif Khalilov (UZB) in his opening contest.
Natalie Greenhough (-70kg), Sam Ingram (-90kg), Chris Skelley (-100kg) and Jack Hodgson (+100kg) will compete on Saturday 10 September. Greenhough faces Alana Martins Maldonado (BRA) in her first contest while the other will have a bye into the second round
The full draw can be found here: http://www.ijf.org/news/show/paralympic-games-rio-2016-the-draw/ and there will be live results updates from the competition on ippon.org and via http://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/schedule-results/info-live-results/rio-2016/eng/zz/engzz_general-general-schedule.htm
TV Coverage
If you’re in the UK Channel 4 will be providing live TV and online coverage each day during the Paralympic Games: http://paralympics.channel4.com/news/how-watch-the-2016-paralympic-games-with-channel/
Live coverage kicks off from 1PM each day on Channel 4 and will go on till 7PM returning at 9PM with a finish at 1AM.
There will be a digital breakfast and catch-up show each morning from 6am on More4 while The Last Leg will be on every night from 8-9PM.
Online/Digital
There will be up to nine daily live streams (including judo) on the C4 Paralympics website and a live blog to keep you up to date on all of the ParalympicsGB action.
As it stands the live stream of the judo will only cover one mat and that will be likely be subject to the host broadcasters.
For non-UK viewers, the International Paralympic Committee will also be providing a live stream during the Games for judo, which can be found here:
https://www.dailymotion.com/Paralympics.
However the live streams will not be available in the UK.
Keep an eye out on the British Judo social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for behind the scenes coverage and on our live blog for build-up and live updates: https://bja.platform81.com/rio-2016-olympic-and-paralympic-games-live-blog/