Day seven of the Tokyo Paralympics is set to get underway and Dame Sarah Storey won her 16th career Paralympics gold medal with victory in the C5 road time trial race at the Tokyo Games.
The 43-year-old star Team GBcyclist topped the podium in the women’s C5 time trial to secure her 27th medal overall.
Britain’s Crystal Lane-Wright finished with the silver medal, and Germany’s Kerstin Brachtendorf took bronze in the Tuesday race at the Fuji International Speedway in Japan.
Storey crossed the line in 36:08.90, comfortably ahead of Lane-Wright who completed the course in 37:40.89.
The win was her second gold medal of the Tokyo Games after she took the women’s C5 3,000m individual pursuit at the Izu Velodrome.
With the win she tied the 33-year-old British gold medal record of swimmer Mike Kenny, who won his golds between 1976 to 1988, and
Elsewhere there is also the quarterfinals in the women’s wheelchair basketball and men’s goalball competitions.
And in the pool American Mallory Weggemann will be aiming for her third gold medal of the games as she competes in the women’s 100m freestyle S7, along with Julia Gaffney and McKenzie Coen.
American star Jessica Long will also be looking to add to her career total of 25 medals as she competes in the women’s 400m frestyle S8 final.
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British star cyclist Dame Sarah Storey won her 16th career Paralympics gold medal with victory in the women's C5 Time Trial at Fuji International Speedway in Japan.
Team USA takes most equestrian medals since Atlanta 1996
The American Para dressage has won three medals, two gold and a bronze, the same total it won during the Atlanta Games.
USA's Roxanne Trunnell rides Dolton in the dressage individual Test Grade I Equestrian competition during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Equestrian Park in Tokyo on August 27, 2021.
There are 61 medal events on day seven of the Tokyo Paralympics to look forward to on Tuesday, including archery, athletics, road cycling, shooting and swimming.
Sarah Story, who won her 15th Paralympic title in the C5 3,000m individual pursuit, now has her all-conquering sights set on the time trial, having dominated the event at the World Championships in June.
In athletics, Columba Blango has a great chance of winning a medal in the T20 400m after winning European gold and setting a new European record, while shot putter Vanessa Wallace and long jumper Olivia Breen should both be in contention.
All eyes will be on Sophie Pascoe in the pool. The New Zealander won three medals as a 15-year-old in 2008 and is the current world champion and world record holder in the S9 100m freestyle.
Meanwhile, wheelchair racing phenomenon Tatyana McFadden will attempt to add to her astonishing medal haul. The American has won 17 Paralympic medals and is seeking her first gold in Tokyo.
Paralympics: Ellie Robinson’s ‘story of triumph not defeat’
Missing out on a medal can sometimes be a story of triumph, not defeat, and there is no greater example than Ellie Robinson.
The 20-year-old swimmer lifted the lid on a torrid 12 months in an emotional TV interview that had many at home reaching for the tissues, describing the hip disease that is wrecking her career and the iron-clad resolve it took just to reach Tokyo.
Five years ago, a 15-year-old Robinson was one of the faces of the Rio Paralympics, her gangster entrance and gold-medal performance earning her the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.
But in the background lay a ticking clock, with Perthes’ disease in her right hip slowly eating away at her career.
It regressed during the Covid lockdown, leaving her unable to train between December and May. Doctors said her career was over, while in Tokyo she revealed she requires a hip replacement at some stage in the future.
Retirement seemed the only option but Robinson was too determined to go out in her terms and somehow made the plane for Japan. Though she missed out on a podium in the 50m butterfly S6 final, she says just making it to the start line was a victory.
Tokyo Paralympic: Reid and Hewitt through in wheelchair tennis doubles
Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewitt advanced to the semi-finals of the wheelchair tennis men’s doubles following a 6-2 6-2 victory over Belgium's Joachim Gerard and Jef Vandrope.
The number one seeds and Rio silver medallist in the doubles competition will face the Japanese duo of Shingo Kunieda and Takashi Sanada tomorrow, with a victory guaranteeing a medal for ParalympicsGB.
Both Reid and Hewitt also advanced in the men’s singles competition, where they are now into the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
Paralympics: Jonnie Peacock shares bronze in spectacular T64 100m
Ever the showman Jonnie Peacock promised the race of the century - and he wasn’t wrong.
Peacock has used every opportunity before these Paralympic Games to vow the blade runners would steal the show in Tokyo, which seemed rather appropriate considering that film’s atmospheric look was inspired by Shinjuku’s Golden Gai district, just a couple of javelin lugs from the stadium.
The two-time Paralympic champion is a sprinter who likes to make bold predictions and with an additional two world and European titles - an unbeaten major championship run lasting a decade - he is normally good for his word.
He vowed it would be exciting but probably didn’t think it would be this exciting, as he lost his winning record in the closest Paralympic race in history.
Paralympics: Andy Lapthorne ‘still battling’ after wheelchair tennis defeat
Andy Lapthorne is battling a lot more than his wheelchair tennis rivals right now.
He hasn’t won yet, but he’s on match point having taken the crucial first step, speaking out about serious mental health issues.
The quad king retained his Wimbledon doubles title in July, the 14th grand slam of his career, and still has a shot at a fourth Paralympic medal despite this singles defeat in Tokyo.
“I’m still battling with myself,” said Lapthorne. “When you make mistakes on big points, it brings back some demons. It’s very difficult to put yourself out in these big arenas, on live TV, and be able to execute.
“I came back from the mental health stuff that nearly knocked me out of the game, it’s been very difficult in those moments to play good tennis. I just didn’t execute on the big points and that’s probably been the story of my past 18 months.”
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