Paralympics 2012 are in full swing and Great Britain is already enjoying a massive early medal haul which the first medal, a silver won by Mark Colbourne
in the men's
Individual C1-2-3 1km time trial, behind surprise winner Li Zhang Yu of
China.
GB's first gold was won by Sarah Storey in the Track Cycling with her storming to a massive win over Anna Harkowska by securing an overtake with more than half of the race to go after earlier breaking a WR in the heats which became her 72nd career WR. Fellow Brit Crystal Lane finished fourth narrowly missing out on a medal.
Hannah Russell secured the second silver of the day after a thrilling contest in the women's S12 400m freestyle, she won her heat in WR time and narrowly missed out on gold to Russian Oxana Savchenko by just 0.71 secs.
Nyree Kindred a bagged a silver medal in consecutive games after finishing second to Dong Lu in the women's S6 100m backstroke.
Jonathan Fox broke the world record in the men's S7 100m backstroke heat with a time of 1:09.86 to continue the success in the pool which he added to later on by storming to gold in the final.
In Judo, Ben Quilter missed out on gold but secured bronze after defeating Japan's Takaaki Hirai but had been a pre- games favourite for gold but hey bronze is better than nothing.
Zoe Newson won a brilliant bronze medal on her Paralympic Games debut in the women's -40kg power lifting by lifting 2.23 times her own bodyweight.
GB ended the day on seven medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze.
Day 2 saw the promise of yet more medals and the promise was fulfilled with gold on the track for Hannah Cockcroft with a new Paralymic record of 18.06 in the women's 100m T34 having broken the record she set in the heat of 18.34.
Just like in the Olympics, the velodrome seems to be the home of GB success as today saw a gold, three silvers and a bronze won. Mark Colbourne secured gold in the Men's individual C1 pursuit adding to his elver from yesterday. Jon-Allan Butterworth claimed silver in the Men's individual 1km time trial C4-5. However, defending Olympic champion Jody Cundy had a wheel spin from the starting block and asked for a restart which was refused and as sich was classified as DNF.
The Men's C3 individual pursuit saw a 2-3 for Great Britain as Shaun McKeown finishes second to American Joseph Berenyi with teammate Darren Kenny in third. Aileen McGlynn (piloted by Helen Scott) took silver in the women's individual B 1km time trial with. Lorna Turnham (piloted by Fiona Duncan) in fourth.
Eton Dorney like the Velodrome saw massive succes in the Olympics and the Paralympic hopes started well as Tom Aggar, ( defending Paralympic champion) in the men's single sculls, reaches the final and Nick Beighton and Samanthan Scowen finish second in their heat of the mixed double sculls, and head into the repechage to compete for a place in the final.
Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith, James Roe and cox Lily van den Broecke reach the final of the mixed cox four, after winning their heat.
More success in the pool as James Crisp takes silver in the final of the Men's 100m backstroke S9 while Chloe Davies, the youngest member of ParalympicsGB at the age of 13, sails through to the final of the Women's 100m backstroke S14, by winning her heat.
Jessica-Jane Applegate and Natalie Massey also qualify after finishing third and seventh respectively.A silver for Heather Frederiksen in the women's 400m freestyle S8 with a time of 5:00.50. Bronze and silver in the Men's 400m freestyle S8 for Sam Hynd and older brother Ollie Hynd.
Stephanie Millward wins silver in the final of the women's 100m backstroke S9 after finishing second and brings GB's medal total to 20.
GB's first gold was won by Sarah Storey in the Track Cycling with her storming to a massive win over Anna Harkowska by securing an overtake with more than half of the race to go after earlier breaking a WR in the heats which became her 72nd career WR. Fellow Brit Crystal Lane finished fourth narrowly missing out on a medal.
Hannah Russell secured the second silver of the day after a thrilling contest in the women's S12 400m freestyle, she won her heat in WR time and narrowly missed out on gold to Russian Oxana Savchenko by just 0.71 secs.
Nyree Kindred a bagged a silver medal in consecutive games after finishing second to Dong Lu in the women's S6 100m backstroke.
Jonathan Fox broke the world record in the men's S7 100m backstroke heat with a time of 1:09.86 to continue the success in the pool which he added to later on by storming to gold in the final.
In Judo, Ben Quilter missed out on gold but secured bronze after defeating Japan's Takaaki Hirai but had been a pre- games favourite for gold but hey bronze is better than nothing.
Zoe Newson won a brilliant bronze medal on her Paralympic Games debut in the women's -40kg power lifting by lifting 2.23 times her own bodyweight.
GB ended the day on seven medals - 2 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze.
Day 2 saw the promise of yet more medals and the promise was fulfilled with gold on the track for Hannah Cockcroft with a new Paralymic record of 18.06 in the women's 100m T34 having broken the record she set in the heat of 18.34.
Just like in the Olympics, the velodrome seems to be the home of GB success as today saw a gold, three silvers and a bronze won. Mark Colbourne secured gold in the Men's individual C1 pursuit adding to his elver from yesterday. Jon-Allan Butterworth claimed silver in the Men's individual 1km time trial C4-5. However, defending Olympic champion Jody Cundy had a wheel spin from the starting block and asked for a restart which was refused and as sich was classified as DNF.
The Men's C3 individual pursuit saw a 2-3 for Great Britain as Shaun McKeown finishes second to American Joseph Berenyi with teammate Darren Kenny in third. Aileen McGlynn (piloted by Helen Scott) took silver in the women's individual B 1km time trial with. Lorna Turnham (piloted by Fiona Duncan) in fourth.
Eton Dorney like the Velodrome saw massive succes in the Olympics and the Paralympic hopes started well as Tom Aggar, ( defending Paralympic champion) in the men's single sculls, reaches the final and Nick Beighton and Samanthan Scowen finish second in their heat of the mixed double sculls, and head into the repechage to compete for a place in the final.
Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith, James Roe and cox Lily van den Broecke reach the final of the mixed cox four, after winning their heat.
More success in the pool as James Crisp takes silver in the final of the Men's 100m backstroke S9 while Chloe Davies, the youngest member of ParalympicsGB at the age of 13, sails through to the final of the Women's 100m backstroke S14, by winning her heat.
Jessica-Jane Applegate and Natalie Massey also qualify after finishing third and seventh respectively.A silver for Heather Frederiksen in the women's 400m freestyle S8 with a time of 5:00.50. Bronze and silver in the Men's 400m freestyle S8 for Sam Hynd and older brother Ollie Hynd.
Stephanie Millward wins silver in the final of the women's 100m backstroke S9 after finishing second and brings GB's medal total to 20.
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