Day eight was a mixed one for ParalympicsGB with a superb start on the water followed by some tough events across the day with the evening seeing the target of 50 gold medals firmly in sight.
A superb session in the Para-canoeing saw three golds and two bronzes in the Lagoa sunshine and started with Jeanette Chippington becoming the first ever champion with a win in the KL1 Class. Emma Wiggs claimed the KL2 title before Anna Dickins secured the 100th medal of the games for GB with the KL3 crown. The bronzes came for Nick Beighton in the KL2 final and Ian Marsden in the KL1 final.
Equestrian success saw Sophie Christiansen and Natasha Baker defending their titles with Anne Durham claiming silver behind Christiansen in the 1A Championship. The team are assured gold in the overall standings which will be confirmed on day nine. A silver in wheelchair tennis after Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett lost out to the French duo Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 6-2 4-6 6-1.
The GB quartet of Kadeena Cox, Georgie Hermitage, Sophie Hahn and Maria Lyle collected silver in the T35-38 4x100m while also on the track, Richard Whitehead took joint silver in the T42 200m. Over in the pool, no golds on day eight for GB but a bronze for Charlotte Henshaw in the SB6 100m breaststroke.
GB's wheelchair basketball saw the women lose out 89-78 to the United States and will face Germany or the Netherlands for the bronze medal while in wheelchair rugby, a tense overtime period saw GB lose 50-49 to Canada.
Elsewhere, United States wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden won her fifth career Paralympic gold when she claimed the 1500m title while New Zealand sprinter Liam Malone stormed to the T44 400m in a world record time to claim his second gold of the games.
A superb session in the Para-canoeing saw three golds and two bronzes in the Lagoa sunshine and started with Jeanette Chippington becoming the first ever champion with a win in the KL1 Class. Emma Wiggs claimed the KL2 title before Anna Dickins secured the 100th medal of the games for GB with the KL3 crown. The bronzes came for Nick Beighton in the KL2 final and Ian Marsden in the KL1 final.
Equestrian success saw Sophie Christiansen and Natasha Baker defending their titles with Anne Durham claiming silver behind Christiansen in the 1A Championship. The team are assured gold in the overall standings which will be confirmed on day nine. A silver in wheelchair tennis after Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett lost out to the French duo Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer 6-2 4-6 6-1.
The GB quartet of Kadeena Cox, Georgie Hermitage, Sophie Hahn and Maria Lyle collected silver in the T35-38 4x100m while also on the track, Richard Whitehead took joint silver in the T42 200m. Over in the pool, no golds on day eight for GB but a bronze for Charlotte Henshaw in the SB6 100m breaststroke.
GB's wheelchair basketball saw the women lose out 89-78 to the United States and will face Germany or the Netherlands for the bronze medal while in wheelchair rugby, a tense overtime period saw GB lose 50-49 to Canada.
Elsewhere, United States wheelchair athlete Tatyana McFadden won her fifth career Paralympic gold when she claimed the 1500m title while New Zealand sprinter Liam Malone stormed to the T44 400m in a world record time to claim his second gold of the games.
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