On the road, a Melbourne cyclist who has lived with multiple sclerosis since 1998 became the first Australian to win two individual gold medals.
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Smith, who won team gold in Beijing eight years ago, claimed individual gold in BC1 boccia – a sport similar to boules for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar functional impairments. I have worked for more than 12 years to get this bronze medal so for me it means gold.
Lee Pearson went one better than his individual silver on Wednesday to claim gold with Zion, the 11th gold medal of his career.
The team result rounded off a good day for Great Britain, starting with Baker’s win in the Grade II individual test. Riding Cabral she scored 73.400% to finish just short of two points clear of The Netherlands’ silver and bronze medalists Demi Vermeulen, and Rixt Van der Horst, respectively. But only the top four teams on time advanced to Saturday’s final.
DORCHESTER’S Paul Blake annihilated the field as he raced to gold in the T36 400 metres final in Rio this afternoon, and in doing so claimed Britain’s 50th gold medal of the 2016 Paralympics Games.
“Ask my carer – I’m so meticulous, I time my days down to last second”.
Leading from gun to tape in the T34 800m, Hannah Cockroft took her third gold of the Rio Paralympics.
And, in the end, Great Britain missed out on final progress to Canada.
Sunday marks the final day of the sporting event.
Wiggs, 36, won Britain’s second gold from three finals with a commanding win in the KL2 race.
One caveat in the medal count is that the Russian team is absent, banned by the International Paralympic Committee for state-sponsored doping.
Millward had set a new Games record as she powered home fastest in this morning’s heat in 30.82. I think even more successful than London for our team. I want to congratulate every one of our athletes, as well as all the support teams behind them.
“This will be his last Championship and I just wanted to show the world what he can do and he allowed me to do that today”.
“We knew it would be tough, we knew this would be the most competitive Games in Paralympic history, but we were ready for the battle”.
Great Britain remains second in the overall medal table behind China’s haul of 90 gold medals.
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‘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’.
