Key occasions
Dame Sarah Storey continued her historic pursuit of gold upon gold, claiming her 18th Paralympic victory over 9 Video games as she received the ladies’s C5 time trial, however hit out at organisers for making a course that was simply half the size of the lads’s.
Storey received the time trial by 4.69 seconds from Heidi Gaugain of France, having been seven seconds behind on the preliminary checkpoint at 5.8km. However that was the one verify on the complete course, which ran simply 14.2km in complete, half the size of the race to be accomplished by male athletes later within the day. After the race, she stated:
That is the shortest Paralympic time trial we’ve ever had and I feel it’s an actual disgrace since you don’t get to showcase parasport in the best way that you just wish to. I’m very completely satisfied. I’m over the moon. However I do know that there’s all the time methods to enhance issues.
Learn Paul MacInnes’s full report from Clichy-sous-bois.
Preamble
Good afternoon, and welcome to day seven of protection of motion from Paris. As ever, a busy schedule, and loads of gold, silver and bronze to go round.
It has already been an eventful day as Dame Sarah Storey picked up her 18th Paralympic gold after profitable the ladies’s C5 particular person time trial.
And extra medals shall be awarded at this time in wheelchair tennis, athletics, powerlifting.
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