After the amazing opening ceremony, the action began in Rio with ParalympicsGB securing their first gold of the games in the velodrome as Megan Giglia stormed to take the C1-3 Individual Pursuit. The success continued with Dame Sarah Storey taking gold in the Women's C5 3,000m individual pursuit to become the most successful female GB Paralympian with 12 gold medals. Crystal Lane took silver in the event.
Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby won gold in the Men's B 4,000m individual pursuit final before a great evening in the pool saw Bethany Firth set a new world record as she won the Women's S14 100m backstroke with Jessica-Jane Applegate taking bronze.
A superb swim from Oliver Hynd saw him take gold in the Men's S8 400m freestyle, Johnathan Fox narrowly missed out on retaining his title in the Men's S7 100m backstroke as he took silver and Harriet Lee also took silver in the Women's SB9 100m breaststroke. A superb opening day haul of 11 medals also saw bronzes for Stephanie Millward in the Women's S8 400m freestyle and Andrew Mullen in the Men's S5 200m freestyle final.
On the track, Jonnie Peacock stormed to a Paralympic record in the T44 100m as he began the defence of his title while Georgina Hermitage equalled her own world record as she blitzed her T37 100m heat. 19-year old Sophie Hahn dazzled in the T38 100m as she smashed the Paralympic record with fellow Brit Kareena Cox also advancing.
GB's men started their campaign in Wheelchair Basketball superbly with a 93-31 win over Algeria while the women lost out 43-36 to world champions Canada.
Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby won gold in the Men's B 4,000m individual pursuit final before a great evening in the pool saw Bethany Firth set a new world record as she won the Women's S14 100m backstroke with Jessica-Jane Applegate taking bronze.
A superb swim from Oliver Hynd saw him take gold in the Men's S8 400m freestyle, Johnathan Fox narrowly missed out on retaining his title in the Men's S7 100m backstroke as he took silver and Harriet Lee also took silver in the Women's SB9 100m breaststroke. A superb opening day haul of 11 medals also saw bronzes for Stephanie Millward in the Women's S8 400m freestyle and Andrew Mullen in the Men's S5 200m freestyle final.
On the track, Jonnie Peacock stormed to a Paralympic record in the T44 100m as he began the defence of his title while Georgina Hermitage equalled her own world record as she blitzed her T37 100m heat. 19-year old Sophie Hahn dazzled in the T38 100m as she smashed the Paralympic record with fellow Brit Kareena Cox also advancing.
GB's men started their campaign in Wheelchair Basketball superbly with a 93-31 win over Algeria while the women lost out 43-36 to world champions Canada.
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