Cardiff's Phil Pratt made an emotional return to the Paralympic scene by captaining Britain to a 76-55 wheelchair basketball victory against Germany.

The 30-year-old returned to the greatest competition on earth for the first time since Rio for the opening game of the men's wheelchair basketball competition.

Pratt chose to miss out on Tokyo 2020 and prioritise his mental health and spend time with his family but revealed that an emotional comeback to the Games has re-sparked his hunger for gold in Paris.

"It is very emotional," he said. "It didn't really hit me until we came out of the tunnel today onto the court.

"Being the last one to come out was unbelievable and I genuinely got goosebumps. 

"I'm super proud of our guys, we have a lot of offensive fire power in our team and shooters everywhere whilst our bench was on fire.

"These guys believe in me to lead them and hopefully I can do enough to get us there and fingers crossed when it comes to the medal games we will be ready."

Gregg Warburton was on fire in the French capital, banking total of 24 points in what started out as a dominant opening performance from the British side.

Germany roared back into contention early in the third quarter and closed the gap to just four, but Britain quickly shut the door and pushed ahead once more through a defensive masterclass by Lee Manning and Warburton's aim.

ParalympicsGB are chasing their first gold medal in wheelchair basketball after four bronze medals out of the last five apperances and after missing out on reaching the final in his previous two Games, top points scorer Warburton won't be settling for the same outcome in Paris.

"My performance was far from perfect still," he said. "I missed some easy shots and I'm relatively self-critical, but we spoke about intent and how we want to play.

"That's what feeds into the rest of our game and what my mindset was.

"I'm going to come out and no one was going to stop me on my way to helping the team as much as possible.

"I'd be lying if I didn't say that our main aim was to be on that top spot."

Elsewhere, Cardiff’s Joshua Stacey is taking inspiration from his 14-year-old mixed doubles partner Bly Twomey after she won ParalympicsGB’s first table tennis medal of the Games. 

Alongside Fliss Pickard in the women’s doubles, Twomey guaranteed herself a Paralympic medal in her debut match, later confirming the colour as bronze. 

In the mixed doubles, the pair won their round-of-16 match against Patryk Chojnowski and Katarzyna Marszal of Poland, who were seeded nine places above them. 

The 24-year-old said: “It is quite unique for Bly and Fliss to have the opportunity to get a medal on their Paralympic debut and as a whole team we are extremely proud and hopefully it is a sign of more things to come at the Games. 

“I think we will take it game by game and approach every game as it is, which is a knockout, so it could be your last.  

“As long as we go out there and enjoy ourselves, anything is possible. Why not come away with another medal?” 

Over at the velodrome, Ponthir cyclist James Ball got his first taste of the Games in the 4000m individual pursuit.

Sprinter Ball and sighted pilot Steffan Lloyd finished 15th in their opening event with all eyes on Sunday's kilo, where they hope to challenge team-mates Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham, who hold the world record and Paralympic title.

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