But the day’s British highlight was Cox, who claimed T38 100m bronze on the athletics track on Friday night and emulated Isabel Barr’s success from 1988 in Seoul.
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Double Rio gold-medallist Jody Cundy said the team got it all right in Rio: “After four years ago, that was probably the lowest I’ve ever been; this is probably the highest I’ve ever been”.
Four years later in London, Malaysia won a silver through Hasihin Sanawi in the men’s recurve W1/W2 (wheelchair) event, and bronze through Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli in the shot putt F20 (intellectual disability) event.
On a night in which Hannah Cockroft retained her T34 100m title by a country mile on the athletics track, Cox was no less dominant.
New Zealand has now won seven medals at the Rio Paralympics.
Cox had a stroke aged 23, which led to her being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
“I worked so hard for it and my legs were knackered from yesterday”. I was mentally worn out.
“A lot of people thought I wouldn’t be able to and there were moments when I doubted myself”. Hannelore Brenner was forced to withdraw the 11-year-old Kawango after the Siztus gelding sustained an injury just two days before he was due to fly to Rio.
“Doing the two sports, taking up cycling and being on top of the world, it’s wonderful”.
Storey said:”I’m a pursuiter, I shouldn’t be winning the 500m, it should be won by a sprinter”.
Souhad Ghazouani of France, who had earlier set the new Paralympic Games record, won the silver medal, while Egypt’s Amany Ali won the bronze.
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World record holder Metelka overlapped Australia’s Kyle Bridgwood, while Dementyev posted a time of 4:37.708 to beat Alistair Donohoe, also of Australia, by 6.812 seconds.
