Australia has blitzed table tennis to seal one of two gold medals on day three of the Paralympic Games on Sunday (AEST).

Dominant duo Lina Lei and Qian Yang won their women’s doubles WD20 final against Chinese Taipei.

Indigenous track cyclist Amanda Reid took the other gold for Australia, defending her C1-3 500-metre time trial title.

Reid, who has cerebral palsy, told reporters the result was particularly gratifying after she had been plagued by a back injury over the last year.

Wheelchair racer Michael Roeger, scooped silver in the men’s T46 1500-metres.

Australia also won two bronze medals. Wheelchair racer Madison de Rozario came third in the T54 5000-metre final after a restarted race knocked her out of sync.

Jack Ireland swam to a bronze on debut in the men’s 200-metre freestyle S14.

Amanda Reid celebrates her gold medal in the velodrome. Photo: Getty

Clifford disqualified

Visually impaired runner Jaryd Clifford was devastated and felt “numb” after he was disqualified in the 5000-metre final, losing the bronze.

Clifford crossed the line third in the men’s T13 final but his ecstasy quickly turned to agony when he was told he had been disqualified for dropping the tether which linked him to guide Matt Clarke as he crossed the line.

Clifford, the only runner in the race to use a guide, was visibly distraught while speaking to reporters after hearing his bronze had been taken away from him.

The 25-year-old had hoped to appeal but he was told by the International Paralympic Committee he had no grounds to challenge their verdict.

“I went and saw mum and dad and my girlfriend and broke down,” Clifford said.

“I had my little cry on the side of the track.

“If you talk about reacting to results as grief, I had my grieving moment.

“Out on the track, I was a little bit numb, I’m still a bit numb … I am pretty shattered, to be honest, if I’m frank about it, we went in with the aim of winning gold.”

Clifford’s devastation was plain to see and the dramatic and confusing circumstances of his disqualification capped a roller-coaster first hour on the track.

Wheelchair racing

De Rozario said a restarted race knocked her out of sync as she ended up finishing behind American Susannah Scaroni and Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner.

“(My start) really came together perfectly and then I had this a bit of a shock when I heard the guns go again and knew they were calling it back,” de Rozario said.

“It was a bit daunting. I wasn’t sure what that (my second start) was going to look like but I’m happy.”

The bronze was the 30-year-old’s seventh Paralympic medal with her attention now turning to the 1500-metres and the marathon.

Madison de Rozario competes in the 5000-metre T54 final. Photo: Getty

Soon after de Rozario crossed the finish line, Michael Roeger, scooped silver in the men’s T46 1500-metres.

Roeger led his race until the final 200-metres when neutral paralympic athlete Aleksandr Iaremchuk smoked the Australian to snatch gold.

“Thankfully, I did enough early to stand on top of that podium … I’m bloody proud with how I’ve gone the last three years,” Roeger said.

“I left it all out there early and just came up short but it’s not the end of the world if I come second.”

-with AAP