Tully Kearney claims her second gold medal of the Paris Paralympics while Maisie Summers-Newton, Jaco van Gass and Lizzi Jordan also secure victories on an outstanding second day of action for Great Britain.
Tully Kearney claimed her second gold of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games while Jaco van Gass triumphed at the velodrome despite being hit by a car just days earlier, as Great Britain won four golds on an outstanding day two.
Blaine Hunt started Friday's medal rush with silver in the men’s C4-5 1,000m time trial, while Matthew Robertson won men's C2 3,000m individual pursuit bronze. Whiston then completed another successful day in the pool for GB, the 27-year-old finishing second to 16-year-old Spaniard Anastasiya Dmytriv Dmytriv in her final.
The British Army veteran was the favourite going into the final having set a world record in the heats in 3:15.488 to finish ahead of team-mate Graham, who took silver in Tokyo. Robertson claimed bronze after beating Japan’s Shota Kawamoto in the men’s C2 3,000m individual pursuit.ParalympicsGB legend David Weir ensured he will have the chance to win his 11th medal at the Games on Saturday after safely qualifying for the men's T54 5,000m final.
Ferreira, who smashed the world record in a time of 10.29 seconds in 2022, won a third consecutive Paralympic title after successes at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 in a time of 10.68secs.
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