The 37-year-old from Guildford won arms-shoulders single sculls, claiming Paralympic gold in a second sport eight years after cycling time-trial gold in Beijing.
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Le Van Cong won a gold medal in the 49kg weightlifting category, Vietnam’s first ever at the Paralympics, and bettered his own world record in the process at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Thursday.
Tom Aggar had to settle for bronze in the corresponding men’s event. “My family and the Paralympic association put in so much to me, so it is nice to reward them too”.
Michael McKillop claimed Ireland’s second gold and third medal in all with victory in the T37 1500m.
Kadeena Cox was overcome with emotion after defying the doubters by winning Paralympic cycling gold, 24 hours after taking bronze in athletics and two years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
His gold was ParalympicsGB’s first of the third day of competition.
“I’m really looking forward to it and I hope to make the history I set out to make”, said the 25-year-old from Leeds, who had a stroke in May 2014.
The numbers are mind-boggling: 22 medals, 11 golds, seven Paralympics, four titles in London, two sports. So once I got out the start clean, I just tried to build on that.
“It’s not about medals and it’s not about winning, it’s about loving being on the water every day and enjoying every stroke you take”.
The 16-year-old from Worcester had to be content with a European best of 1:13.81.
Four years ago Micky Yule watched the London 2012 closing ceremony from his hospital bed after having his legs blown off while serving in Afghanistan.
Zhang Liangmin won her third straight Paralympic discuss gold medal, beating compatriot Tang Hongxia in the F11 final.
World record holder Zou Lijuan took gold in the women’s javelin F34, beating Finland’s Marjaana Heikkinen in the final.
China’s Lu Dong took the silver after finishing 22 hundredths of a second behind her compatriot Song while Oksana Khrul of Ukraine claimed the bronze medal with a time of 1:26.82.
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Morocco’s Afri Mahdi took silver in a personal best 49.00 seconds and Portugal’s Luis Goncalves claimed bronze in 49.54.
