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Sarah Storey set the ball rolling for ParalympicsGB by claiming the team’s
first gold medal of the Games in the velodrome on Wednesday.
Having set a new world record en route to the
final of the C5 3000m individual pursuit, defeating her previous best by more
than four seconds, Storey took less than two minutes to catch fellow Briton
Crystal Lane-Wright in the decider.
In winning her country’s first Tokyo gold,
Storey took her total haul to 15 Paralympic golds – one short of swimmer Mike
Kenny’s British record – and a remarkable 26 medals overall.
The 43-year-old will have a chance to surpass
Kenny next week when she attempts to defend her C5 time trial and C4-5 road
race crowns.
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Storey’s moment of glory was swiftly followed
by a silver medal for visually impaired rider Steve Bate in the men’s B 4000m
individual pursuit, beaten by Dutchman Tristan Bangma in the final.
At the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Plymouth’s Reece
Dunn clinched silver in the S14 100m butterfly, while Aberdeen teenager Toni
Shaw claimed bronze in the 400m freestyle S9.
Follow us for more updates as the game keeps unfolding
because,
ParalympicsGB’s
wheelchair rugby team face Canada in their first pool phase game, while the
women’s wheelchair basketball team also play the North American nation.
