Natasha Baker, 26, will be competing on a Paralympic team for the first time, having ridden as the individual in London and scooping double gold at her debut Games aboard the 15-year-old Polish-bred gelding Cabral.
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World champion Lewis, a lower leg amputee after a motorbike accident aged 16, earlier claimed Britain’s 13th gold medal and first of day three.
A third straight gold in the class was assured for Pascoe halfway through the race with a four second advantage at the 100m which extended to six seconds by the end.
Bose Omolayo won the women’s -79 kg by heaving 138kg, setting new Paralympics Games and World Records.
Powerlifter Paul Kehinde has won Nigeria’s second gold medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
“As an athlete with MS I don’t know where I’m going to be in four years’ time”.
“I really think Kadeena Cox’s success could start a seismic shift in Paralympic, as well as Olympic, cycling and encourage more black athletes to try the sport”. I said two years ago in my hospital bed I would go to Rio, and now I have done that.
“But I’ve shown that even with conditions like MS, it’s not the setback that it has to be”.
Australia has won seven medals on day three of the Rio Paralympics, with podium finishes in track cycling, swimming and athletics adding to the total.
Cockroft said: “The 100m is my favourite event – I have never been beaten over it and didn’t expect to be beaten over it”.
Egypt’s Fatma Omar finished in 2nd place with her lift of 140kg.
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Ellie Simmonds began her third Paralympic campaign in the heats of the S6 50m freestyle alongside Ellie Robinson, gold medallist in the S6 50m butterfly on Friday evening.
