Paralympics: Great Britain wins 12 golds in record-breaking day
Great Britain has won 12 golds in a record-breaking fourth day at the Paralympics in Paris.
ParalympicsGB picked up wins in swimming, rowing, cycling, relay and shot put, with more golds than in any other day this century, eclipsing the previous record of nine.
They won three gold medals in the rowing on Sunday morning, with Ben Pritchard celebrating GB's first gold of the day in the PR1 men's single sculls final.
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Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson secured a second gold for GB in the PR2 mixed double sculls, with Rowles becoming the first rower to claim three Paralympic titles in a row.
Sunday's third gold came from the PR3 mixed coxed four - made up of Francesca Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Josh O'Brien, Ed Fuller and Erin Kennedy.
The magical moment means the four have won 25 titles in a row since 2010, extending their 14-year unbeaten streak.
Sabrina Fortune won gold in the F20 shot put, breaking the world record with a throw of 15.12m.
In the velodrome, GB picked up another three golds - one in the team sprint, the women's B individual pursuit and the men's B time-trial.
Maisie Summers-Newton won her second gold in Paris before Brock Whiston stormed to a maiden Paralympic title on another triumphant evening for Great Britain’s swimmers.
Summers-Newton, who retained the SM6 200 metres individual medley title on Friday, became a double champion for the second successive Games by successfully defending the SB6 100 breaststroke crown.
Whiston then battled back to win the SM8 200m individual medley in two minutes 40.37 seconds, having trailed compatriot Alice Tai by more than 10 seconds at the halfway point.
Tai secured bronze behind Russian Viksoriia Ishchiulova to add to the 100m backstroke gold she claimed on Saturday.
Summers-Newton, who touched the wall in a Paralympic-record time of one minute 31.30 seconds, said: “My self-belief is quite low sometimes but I’m so happy to get another gold medal and so chuffed, so pleased. It’s what dreams are made of.
“When I was watching Ellie (Simmonds) in London 2012, never ever would I have thought I would come away with one Paralympic medal, let alone four.”
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Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft cruised to the eighth Paralympic title of her glittering career by producing a dominant display in the women’s T34 100m final.
Cockroft was a class above her rivals and delivered Great Britain’s first athletics gold of the Paris Games in a time of 16.8 seconds.
Compatriot Kare Adenegan claimed silver at Stade de France, finishing in 17.99 secs.
China’s Hanyu Lan took bronze in 18.45 secs, while Britain’s Fabienne Andre was fifth in 18.86 secs.
Cockroft, who made her debut at London 2012, is unbeaten at the Paralympics and confidently declared herself the person to beat before travelling to France.
The 16-time world champion once again delivered in devastating fashion to move within three golds of Britain’s greatest wheelchair racer Tanni Grey-Thompson.