Team-mates Emma Wiggs (KL2) and Anne Dickins (KL3) also took gold at Lagoa.
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“I’ll always be able to say that I won a gold medal in the same stadium as he did”, men’s wheelchair tennis champion Gordon Reid hails Andy Murray after emulating his fellow Scot’s triumph in Rio.
It got better for Nigeria as Roland Ezuruike struck the nation’s first gold in the -54kg of the men’s Powerlifting event in Brazil, setting three Paralympic Records (PR) enroute his victory.
And Hug won in one minute 33.76 seconds as Weir had to settle for sixth.
The reigning world champion looked to be heading for a silver medal, but in the final round, she managed a terrific leap of 4.98m to surpass the 4.89m mark that Ivory Coast’s Fatimata Diasso set in the fourth round.
After Pearson, on Zion, won the grade Ib freestyle title, Christiansen, on Athene Lindebjerg, added the grade Ia freestyle crown to the championship and team golds she had already won.
The finals came in quick succession on the 200 metres course. She has five in all after winning two at London 2012.
The men won two bronze medals, for Ian Marsden in the KL1 men’s event and Nick Beighton in the KL2 men’s final.
Natasha Baker and Sophie Christiansen took individual freestyle gold medals to secure a hat-trick of titles, capping off a sublime Games for the imperious equestrian team.
Her total goes towards the team event, with the result of that title to be confirmed later on Thursday.
“It feels absolutely fantastic, we’ve worked for this for eight years me and my family and it’s awesome to be here in Rio”, said Dunham after confirmation that she had won a silver on her striking horse LJT Lucas Normark. If I’m honest I didn’t believe I could do it myself. We’ve shown that it isn’t a fluke, that we are the best prepared, best-trained squad in the world and we’ve shown it again. He’s just got something special about him; he’s got a heart made of gold. I’m in love with the lottery.
Dan Greaves continued his streak of an F44 discus medal at every Paralympics since Sydney 2000 with bronze.
“I feel it’s positive pressure and a great honour to represent this country with everybody watching on TV”, – Dias is revelling in being one of Brazil’s star athletes at the Paralympics. On his third attempt, Blair added more than a meter to break his former world record and earn his first trip to the top of the podium with a throw of 64.11-meters.
On the road, a Melbourne cyclist who has lived with multiple sclerosis since 1998 became the first Australian to win two individual gold medals.
Zanardi, who had both legs amputated following a motor-racing crash in 2001, added the road race title to the time-trial win he claimed on Wednesday.
“I think my mother might have got a heart attack”, said Costa de Oliveira.
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“I’ve definitely got more to offer in the final”. I don’t normally do it because it’s a short, sharp race and my arms generally don’t move that fast.
