Day Seven proved to be yet another glorious day for ParalympicsGB with nine golds which resulted in 43 overall. After levelling London's haul the previous day, it was apt that the title that surpassed the 34 was claimed by Dame Sarah Storey as she eased to win the C5 cycling time trial. Further time trial golds came in the hand cycling H-13 for Karen Darke and Men's B tandem for Steve Bate and pilot Adam Duggleby.
A stunning evening session saw a procession of golds as part of an hour which saw 10 medals claimed Hannah Cockroft stormed to gold in the T34 400m with fellow Brit Kare Adenegan collecting bronze. Kadeena Cox added to her gold in cycling with a wonderful world record in the T38 400m while in equestrian, Sophie Wells took gold in the Grade IV dressage individual championship.
Another great evening in the pool began with Claire Cashmore taking silver in the SB8 100m breaststroke followed by a GB 1-2 in the S7 400m freestyle for Michael Jones and Jonathan Fox.
Susannah Rodgers took bronze in the Women's S7 400m freestyle before another GB 1-2 as Aaron Moores pipping team-mate Scott Quin to win the SB14 100m breaststroke. Bethany Firth took silver in the Women's SB14 100m breaststroke with the final medal in the run seeing Hannah Russell smash her own world record in the Women's S12 100m backstroke.
Andy Lapthorne took silver in the wheelchair tennis quad single as he lost 6-3 6-4 to Dylan Alcott of Australia while Lee Pearson also took silver in the Grade IV dressage individual championship. Lora Turnham and pilot Corrine Hall took bronze in the Women's B tandem time trial with a superb bronze for Maria Lyle in the T35 100m before David Stone claimed bronze in the Tricycle T1-2 time trial.
In their quarter-final match, the GB men's wheelchair basketball team delivered one of their greatest ever performances at a Paralympics to beat world champions Australia 74-51 while David Weir eased into the T54 800m final and wins for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid set up an all-GB final in the tennis singles which will come after they combine in Thursday's doubles final.
Elsewhere, Italian former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi continued his dominance of Paralympic hand-cycling as he took the H5 road time trial title, Iran's Siamand Rahman set three new world records in 30 minutes in the men's +107kg powerflifting, winning gold with a lift of 310kg.
A stunning evening session saw a procession of golds as part of an hour which saw 10 medals claimed Hannah Cockroft stormed to gold in the T34 400m with fellow Brit Kare Adenegan collecting bronze. Kadeena Cox added to her gold in cycling with a wonderful world record in the T38 400m while in equestrian, Sophie Wells took gold in the Grade IV dressage individual championship.
Another great evening in the pool began with Claire Cashmore taking silver in the SB8 100m breaststroke followed by a GB 1-2 in the S7 400m freestyle for Michael Jones and Jonathan Fox.
Susannah Rodgers took bronze in the Women's S7 400m freestyle before another GB 1-2 as Aaron Moores pipping team-mate Scott Quin to win the SB14 100m breaststroke. Bethany Firth took silver in the Women's SB14 100m breaststroke with the final medal in the run seeing Hannah Russell smash her own world record in the Women's S12 100m backstroke.
Andy Lapthorne took silver in the wheelchair tennis quad single as he lost 6-3 6-4 to Dylan Alcott of Australia while Lee Pearson also took silver in the Grade IV dressage individual championship. Lora Turnham and pilot Corrine Hall took bronze in the Women's B tandem time trial with a superb bronze for Maria Lyle in the T35 100m before David Stone claimed bronze in the Tricycle T1-2 time trial.
In their quarter-final match, the GB men's wheelchair basketball team delivered one of their greatest ever performances at a Paralympics to beat world champions Australia 74-51 while David Weir eased into the T54 800m final and wins for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid set up an all-GB final in the tennis singles which will come after they combine in Thursday's doubles final.
Elsewhere, Italian former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi continued his dominance of Paralympic hand-cycling as he took the H5 road time trial title, Iran's Siamand Rahman set three new world records in 30 minutes in the men's +107kg powerflifting, winning gold with a lift of 310kg.
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