While the bronze medal consists of 16 tiny steel balls, making the lowest sound, the silver medals have 20 balls and the golds have 28, producing the loudest noise.
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Emma Wiggs, who represented GB in sitting volleyball at the last Games, won the KL2 final, while 49-year-old Anne Dickins completed a canoe team treble by winning the KL3 event.
Baker had watched as team-mate and friend Sophie Wells won grade-four dressage gold for Britain on Wednesday, and ensured that she would be on the top step of the grade-two podium with a commanding performance.
The half century of victories is guaranteed thanks to an all-British wheelchair tennis final between Wimbledon champion Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett and confirmation of the mixed dressage team’s success.
“I feel like I had the responsibility on myself to bring home a gold medal for both of us today”. “I want to congratulate every one of our athletes, as well as all the support teams behind them”, said chef de mission Penny Briscoe.
Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi won his third Paralympic gold medal on Wednesday, a day before the 15th anniversary of the Champ Car crash that cost the Italian both legs and almost his life.
Orla is a real medal hope for Team Ireland at what is her third Paralympics.
The cyclist, who has also won five of her golds in the swimming pool, is just two short of the leading British paralympic gold medal victor Mike Kenny.
The first athlete of Iran’s delegation to Rio winning a medal was Saman Pakbaz who bagged the silver medal of the men’s shot put F12 category competitions on Thursday (September 08). She scooped gold in her Grade II event having secured the best score on all five of the judge’s cards, defending the title she won in 2012.
“It’s not the ideal lane running from lane eight but I just got on with it”.
Blake showed his own dedication to the film franchise with an excited Twitter post proudly displaying an autograph from the original movie’s leading actor Mark Hamill at the London Star Wars celebration in August. If I’m honest I didn’t believe I could do it myself.
The 25-year-old from Cork, who claimed bronze four years ago, said: “I’m delighted”.
Maddison Elliott added to her gold medal haul, beating her teammate Lakeisha Patterson in a world record time of 0.74.
‘I’m aiming to sit on Sarah’s wheel for a bit and see if I can get pulled along, ‘ said Cox, ‘She might not appreciate it but if I can stick with her then I can stick with anyone’.
Orla Barry won Ireland’s eighth medal of the Paralympics with silver in the F57 discus.
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The 37-year-old has a final chance in Sunday’s marathon and also plans to bow out of competition at that distance in London next April.
