The son of a Star Wars actor has grabbed the headlines in Rio after securing Great Britain’s 50th gold at the Paralympics.
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Britain has claimed the second spot with 95 medals (43 gold, 24 silvers, 28 bronzes), and Ukraine is on the third with a total of 81 medals (31 gold, 23 silvers and 27 bronzes).
The Russians would have had difficulty stopping Britain in the equestrian arena.
“Eight gold medals is not bad”. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind.
Christiansen now has eight Paralympic titles. They’ve locked me out, so I can’t (check them).
“I always want to do my best at everything I put my hand to – whether that’s academic work or sport”, said the 29-year-old, who goes in Friday’s freestyle competitions.
Next Baker, on Cabral, added the grade II freestyle title to championship and team golds.
Fresh from winning three silver medals at the Paralympic Games in Rio, Abdullah Sultan Al Aryani has a new project to keep him busy: Constructing a trophy cabinet to display his achievements. “I’ve had a change of coach and just injury after injury and up until last week, I didn’t even know which horse I would be bringing”.
“He (Cabral) deserves to go out with a bang”.
Abdul Latif Romly delivered the third gold for the nation by breaking the world record three times in the men’s F20 (intellectual disability) long jump final. According to event organizers, at least 2,347 gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded throughout the sporting competition. Having set two personal bests in three of the finals she has contested, it’s going to take a champion to stop her.
Guilhermina started the race strongly and built a commanding lead but, coming into the final straight, her legs began to tire and she was overtaken by China’s Cuiqing Liu and Venezuelan runner Sol Rojas. The 31-year-old who lives in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, crossed the line approximately one minute behind the gold medalist, Eoghan Clifford from Ireland.
“It’s so hard to stay ahead of everyone”.
‘Coming out of London the pressure was on Shvetsov to defend his title, ‘ said Blake, ‘It’s a shame they’re not here but I think it’s the right decision and I took advantage of him not being here and managed to beat the other people on the day. Dan Greaves took a bronze in the F44 discus.
The 33-year-old from Leicester won gold in Athens in 2004, plus silvers in his first Games, Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Greaves’ best was his penultimate throw of 59.57m.
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Jeanette Chippington, a 12-time swimming medalist before taking up canoeing, won the women’s KL1 event at the age of 46 to herald a golden afternoon for Britain at the Lagoa Stadium. The Olympians inspired us by getting the job done here in Rio.
