GB win three golds in rowing in Paris

Great Britain celebrated 3 golds and a metallic successful Para-rowing aft nan triathlon was postponed connected Sunday greeting astatine nan Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

Lauren Rowles went into nan history books arsenic nan first British rower to triumph 3 Paralympic golds successful nan PR2 mixed double sculls.

Rowles celebrated nan stunning triumph alongside Gregg Stevenson, a erstwhile Royal Engineer commando, astatine nan Vaires-sur-Marne Stadium.

Benjamim Pritchard led nan complaint pinch triumph successful nan men’s PR1 azygous sculls followed by golden for nan PR3 mixed double sculls and metallic for nan PR3 mixed coxed four.

There will beryllium much badge chances later successful nan excavation and athletics aft GB athletes sewage done nan qualifiers.

Alice Tai will beryllium going for her 2nd golden successful nan women’s SM8 200m individual medley, on pinch Brock Whiston. Bruce Dee, Callie-Ann Warrington and Faye Rogers will besides beryllium hoping to triumph a badge aft securing last places astatine La Defense Arena.

And astatine nan Stade de France, each eyes will beryllium connected Hannah Cockcroft, who will beryllium hoping to make it 4 Paralympic golds successful a statement successful nan women’s T34 100m. She will beryllium joined by team-mates Kare Adenegan and Fabienne Andre.

Jonnie Peacock’s run for a 3rd Paralympic golden badge will besides get underway successful nan men's T64 100m.

But location was disappointment for GB’s 11 Para-triathletes erstwhile each nan Para-triathlon races were postponed by 24-hours owed to nan mediocre h2o value successful nan River Seine.

And finally, nan greeting began pinch nan happy news that US Para-archer Tracy Otto has go engaged to her partner Jason Tabansky.

ParalympicsGB had a near-perfect greeting pinch 3 golds and a metallic from 4 consecutive races astatine nan Vaires-sur-Marne Stadium.

Rowles, 26, looked elated aft claiming that historical 3rd Paralympic golden successful nan PR2 mixed doubles pinch erstwhile Royal Engineer commando Stevenson aft a thrilling final.

It was stunning victory. The Brits had been much than a vessel magnitude down China’s Shang Liu and Jijian Jian but moved up nan gears successful nan past 300m to hit them connected nan line.

The brace had been nan overwhelming favourites going into nan last having group a caller world grounds successful nan qualifying heats.

Rowles besides won nan title astatine Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 pinch erstwhile partner Laurence Whitely.

On their constrictive victory, Rowles said: “It’s nan Paralympic Games, you either show up aliases you show retired and I said that successful nan first title that it was going to travel down to nan line.

“The level of title is precocious and I said to Gregg, erstwhile I opportunity spell you spell and he did that coming and we conscionable went for it. [We] stayed successful our lane, did our ain point and came done arsenic champions.”

Benjamin Pritchard had led nan badge complaint pinch golden successful nan men’s PR1 azygous sculls up of Italy’s Giacomo Perini, aft besides mounting a Paralympic grounds successful qualifying.

Great Britain’s PR3 mixed coxed 4 unit continued nan aureate run. Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Josh O’Brien and Ed Fuller, coxed by Erin Kennedy, retained nan title they won successful Tokyo.

And to decorativeness disconnected nan morning, GB’s Annabel Caddick and Samuel Murray secured metallic successful nan PR3 mixed double sculls aft holding disconnected nan threat of German duo Jan Helmich and Hermine Krumbein. Australia’s Nikki Ayers and Jed Altschwager claimed nan gold.

Maisie Summers-Newton will beryllium hoping to complete a double-double by defending her 100m SB6 breaststroke Paralympic title later connected Sunday (16:37).

The 22-year-old has already successfully retained her 200m SM6 individual medley golden successful Paris.

Alice Tai, who won nan women’s S8 100m backstroke, will beryllium going for a 2nd title aft qualifying successful awesome style successful nan SM7 200m individual medley. She will beryllium joined by team-mate Brock Whiston successful nan last (17:06).

Bruce Dee will besides beryllium hoping to get connected nan podium successful nan men’s SB6 men’s 100m breaststroke (16:30). And team-mate Callie-Ann Warrington besides qualified for nan women’s S10 100m freestyle last (16:51).

Hannah Cockcroft will beryllium hoping to make it 4 Paralympic golds successful a statement successful nan women’s T34 100m astatine nan Stade de France.

She overpowered nan section successful her power that included compatriot Fabienne Andre, who came done successful 2nd successful 19.03, conscionable nether 2 seconds down Cockroft’s clip of 17.12.

Jonnie Peacock’s run for a 3rd Paralympic golden badge will besides get underway successful nan men's T64 100m.

Also pinch a podium spot successful their sights are Samantha Kinghorn successful nan women's T53 800m last and Sabrina Fortune successful nan F20 women's changeable put.

The Para-triathlon events astatine nan Paris 2024 Paralympics person been postponed by 24 hours because of mediocre h2o value successful nan River Seine.

GB had 11 triathletes competing successful nan races, which had been owed to return spot connected Sunday, but dense rainfall successful Paris has caused h2o value successful nan Seine to drop, World Triathlon said successful a statement.

And finally, US Para-archer Tracy Otto announced her engagement to her partner Jason Tabansky connected Sunday.

The 28-year-old athlete, who was near paralysed from nan thorax down aft she was attacked by an ex-partner, wrote connected Instagram: “I whitethorn not person won a badge coming but I americium going location pinch thing shiny”

Otto took up Para-archery aft nan onslaught successful 2019 and has had a meteoric emergence successful nan sport. She won golden successful nan W1 individual astatine nan 2023 Parapan American Games.