After a superb opening day for ParalympicsGB, they continued their medal haul into Day Two with great success as they claimed seven gold medals. Jonnie Peacock retained his title in the T44 100 with a superb performance while the trio of Georgie Hermitage, Sophie Hahn and Libby Clegg stormed to wins in the T37,T38 and T11 100m with Georgie and Libby setting new world records.
Dominance in the velodrome continued as Sophie Thornhill, with pilot Helen Scott set a new record in taking the Women's B 1,000m time trial as did Jody Cundy in the C4-5 1km. In the pool, 15-year-old Ellie Robinson set a Paralympic record in the Women's 50m butterfly to take gold while Steph Slater won silver in the Women's 100m butterfly S8.
There were also Games records for Thornhill and Scott - in the Women's B 1,000m time trial - and Cundy, who won the C4-5 1km. Stef Reid and Ali Jawad won silvers in the long jump and powerlifting respectively, while club thrower Gemma Prescott, powerlifter Zoe Newson, and swimmers Susannah Rodgers and Lewis White secured bronzes.Dominance in the velodrome continued as Sophie Thornhill, with pilot Helen Scott set a new record in taking the Women's B 1,000m time trial as did Jody Cundy in the C4-5 1km. In the pool, 15-year-old Ellie Robinson set a Paralympic record in the Women's 50m butterfly to take gold while Steph Slater won silver in the Women's 100m butterfly S8.
Hannah Cockroft reached the T34 100m final without even racing after the heats were scrapped with fellow Brits Kare Adenegan and Carly Tait joining her while in rowing, GB's TA mixed double sculls and LTA mixed coxed four both won their heats to reach their finals on Sunday.
Lauren Rowles and Laurence Whiteley finished first in the double sculls in a new world best of three minutes 52.16 seconds at Lagao with the mixed coxed four - Daniel Brown, Grace Clough, Pamela Relph, James Fox and cox Oliver James - clocked three minutes 25.08 seconds.
Rachel Morris, a gold medallist in cycling at the 2008 Paralympics, is through to the final of the AS single sculls and in wheelchair basketball, GB's men claimed back-to-back wins with a 82-62 win over Iran while the women romped past Argentina 79-20.
Elsewhere, Irish sprinter Jason Smyth won a third straight gold medal in the T13 100m, Canada wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos, took gold in the Men's 100m T53. China continued to dominate the medals table as they took gold, silver and bronze in the Men's 50m butterfly S8 and American Tatyana McFadden, who is competing in seven events in Rio, started her campaign with silver in the 100m T54.
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