Ollie Hynd and Ellie Simmonds also won medals, Hynd taking silver in the Men’s 100m Backstroke and Simmonds taking bronze in the S6 400m Freestyle.
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“I was trying to help a friend wounded in an attack and I was injured by another explosion”, he says, adding that he prefers “to forget the past”.
Jhajharia, who is the first Indian to win to win two Paralympic Gold medals, competed in the event along with fellow Indians Rinku Hooda and Sundar Singh Gurjar.
“It is incredible how something so small can reach this height”, Mr Nugent said, before thanking supporters “for believing in the spirit of the Paralympic Games and giving 15,000 kids the chance to be inspired”.
“It’s a dream come true”. “Currently we have around 10 countries who, even if the grants are paid, may struggle to cover the cost of their travel to the games”, said Craven.
Adelaide Gardiner, from Burnham, was told that she could not carry the Heritage Flame as part of the flame-lighting ceremony in the lead up to the games in Rio as it would not attach to her wheelchair. He broke his own record that he set at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
It hasn’t always been straightforward for Cockroft though, as she suffered a mishap with her racing chair ahead of an event.
“He bent my forks and my wheel, the wrong way, so I would’ve gone the wrong way round the track”. “To be Paralympic champion is awesome”.
‘For the first time ever, the Paralympic Games have placed a device inside the medals that use tiny steel balls to make a sound when they are shaken, allowing visually impaired athletes to identify which type they are’. But Brazil overtakes Australia if the ranking is based on the gold medal tally.
Lynch was first of the Irish cyclists out today, with Eoghan Clifford going in the cycling C3 road time trial at 5.30pm. Ollie Hynd finished with silver in the corresponding men’s event.
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Swimmer Ellen Keane also won bronze in the SB8 100m breaststroke.
