The 22-year-old who is representing the U.S.in wheelchair track was a favorite going in to the Paralympics.
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Blake’s win took Britain’s Paralympic gold medal total to 50 for the first time since 1988.
The men won two bronze medals, for Ian Marsden in the KL1 men’s event and Nick Beighton in the KL2 men’s final.
Last month PIX11 profiled Martin right before he left for Rio.
Team mate Anne Dunham, competing in her fifth Games was second, and there was a hugely popular bronze for Brazil’s Sergio Oliva, his country’s second Para dressage medallist after team mate Marcos Alves took two bronzes in Beijing 2008.
Natasha Baker provided Britain with their third gold medal of the day when she defended her freestyle title with Cabral, at what is the 15-year-old Bujak gelding’s last championship. Birmingham native and former Lakeshore Foundation (located in Homewood, Ala.) youth athlete Brian Bell and University of Alabama player and alumnus Jared Arambula are on their first Paralympic team in Rio.
The 37-year-old qualified for the 100m and 200m finals earlier in the competition but was disqualified in both, recording a false start and also being illegally pulled by her guide.
So far gold medals have been won in eight sports, one more than the seven sports, which won gold medals at London 2012.
Her total goes towards the team event, with the result of that title to be confirmed later on Thursday.
“We came to these Games with a team of 264 of the best prepared athletes that Great Britain has ever produced, ready to take on the best in the world on the greatest stage we have”.
“I’m just thrilled”, said Christiansen, who has cerebral palsy. I’m just so proud.
“It’s not the ideal lane running from lane eight but I just got on with it”.
“He’s my best friend, he’s my soul mate and I couldn’t love him more”.
“It’s been a insane Games for me and I can now try and take it all in and appreciate what I have achieved”, Cox said.
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Dan Greaves continued his streak of an F44 discus medal at every Paralympics since Sydney 2000 with bronze.
