Paralympic Games 2024: More medals for Great Britain in Paris on day seven

ParalympicsGB had another successful day in Paris as they secured medals in cycling, athletics and fencing on day seven of the Games.

Great Britain was off to a strong start as Dame Sarah Storey claimed her 18th Paralympic gold, winning her fourth straight women's C5 time trial.

Also adding to Great Britain's Paralympic gold medal collection was record breaker Samantha Kinghorn, who won the athletics women's 100m T53, and Dimitri Coutya, in the men's foil B wheelchair fencing.

ParalympicsGB also had big successes in cycling.

Fran Brown secured a silver in the women's C1-3 road cycling time trial, and there was double success in the women's individual cycling time-trial, with Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl taking the silver, and Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall taking bronze.

In the equestrian, Sophie Wells won bronze to secure her ninth Paralympics medal. Tim Jeffery won his first Paralympic medal by taking bronze in the shooting.

In swimming, Great Britain swept up three silver medals. Welsh teenager Rhys Darbey won his second medal in Paris after securing silver in the men's 200m swimming medley.

To further add to their Paris medal collection, Poppy Maskill won silver in the women's 200m swimming medley and Alice Tai won silver in the women's 400m freestyle S8.

In powerlifting, the two-time Paralympic medallist Zoe Newson claimed silver in the women's 45kg category.

Here's a breakdown of the UK's performance on day seven of the Paralympics:

Cycling

ParalympicsGB was off to strong start with Dame Sarah Storey claiming the gold in the women's individual C5 event.

The win brings the 46-year-olds Paralympic gold tally to 18, cementing her position as Great Britain's most successful Paralympic athlete.

She maintains her 100% Games record on the bike, which spans 13 races and began at Beijing in 2008.

Despite her success, she criticised the time trial course, labelling it as "appalling".

Deploring the decision to have the women's route half the distance of the men's, she said: "I think it’s a real shame because you don’t get to showcase Para sport in the way that you want to."

ParalympicsGB also picked up silver in the women's C1-3 road time trial, with Fran Brown finishing behind Germany's Maike Hausberger.

Brown's success in Paris comes during her Paralympic track debut. The Para cyclist was a latecomer to the sport, however since first racing in 2016, she's secured a number of world titles - and now has a Paralympics medal to add to her collection.

Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl won silver in the women's B individual time-trial with a time of 39:40.18. In the same event, Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall won bronze - with the pair securing their win on Fachie's 36th birthday.

Athletics

Scottish athlete Samantha Kinghorn secured her first ever Paralympic gold after winning the women's 100m T53 athletics - shedding her unwanted tag of 'silver Sammi'.

Kinghorn beat Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner and set a new Paralympic record of 15.64 seconds.

The Paralympian had already won two silvers in the Paris Games, and now has a total of five Paralympic medals.

The 28-year-old became the first non-Chinese athlete to win the title since Tanni Grey-Thompson 20 years ago in Athens.

Fencing

In wheelchair fencing, Dimitri Coutya won gold in the men's foil B, beating two time defending Paralympic champion China's Feng Yanke.

The world number one adds to his collection of Paralympic medals, after winning bronze in Tokyo.

The Paralympian was cheered on by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, who were spectators at the Grand Palais.

Prince Edward – a patron of the British Paralympic Association – and Sophie sat alongside British Ambassador to France Menna Rawlings and ParalympicsGB chief executive David Clarke to cheer on the British team.

Equestrian

Sophie Wells secured her ninth Paralympic medal with the bronze in the Grade five individual dressage.

The 34-year-old, riding LJT Egebjerggards Samoa, claimed the final podium place in the grade five individual event with a score of 72.257.

Shooting

British shooter Tim Jeffery won his first Paralympic medal by taking bronze at Chateauroux.

The 28-year-old – competing at his third successive Games – scored 227.8 in the R9 mixed 50m rifle prone SH2.

Shooting was the only sport out of 19 entered in which ParalympicsGB failed to win a medal at Tokyo 2020.

Swimming

There was more success for Great Britain in the swimming on Wednesday afternoon.

The 16-year-old Rhys Darbey won silver in the men's 200m medley S14 - his second medal in the Paris Games.

Speaking about winning the silver medal, he said: “I’m over the moon. I knew we had a good chance on the relay but to get one on the individual means a lot.

"I’ve put a lot of work in, I was in a bad place two years ago so to get out of that and come and get a medal means a lot.”

In her debut Games, Poppy Maskill claimed her fourth medal in Paris 2024, after winning the silver in the 200m women's medley S14.

After an already successful Paralympics, Alice Tai won the silver in the women's 400m freestyle S8. Earlier in the Games, she also won gold in the women's 100m backstroke S8 and the bronze in the women's 200m medley SM8.

Powerlifting

Zoe Newson claimed silver in the women's 45kg powerlifting category.

The 32-year-old said: "I don't really know how I’m feeling. Good, happy, emotional, a bit of everything."

Newson previously won bronze medals in London and Rio, and placed fourth in Tokyo, but in Paris she took it one step further to secure the silver.

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