Graham, Wiggs and Henshaw win trio of golds for GB

Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw won golden medals connected Saturday greeting astatine nan 2024 Paralympics successful Paris, taking Great Britain’s tally to 45.

Graham, 24, won nan men’s C1-3 roadworthy race, while Wiggs, 44, was victorious successful nan women’s VL2 200m Va'a Single final.

Henshaw, 37, continued GB’s Para-canoe success, winning nan women’s VL3 Single final, wherever location was besides a metallic badge for Hope Gordon. David Phillipson took metallic successful nan men’s KL2 Single final.

Daniel Powell has guaranteed himself astatine slightest a metallic badge successful nan men’s -90kg men’s J1 judo.

In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won nan bronze badge successful nan Grade V individual freestyle event.

Great Britain now person a full of 106 medals astatine nan Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, pinch 85 golds and 195 full medals, person more.

Graham started Saturday’s badge haul for Great Britain by beating France's Thomas Peyroton-Dartet successful a sprint decorativeness to nan 71km route.

Graham led nan title pinch Peyroton-Dartet and chap French cyclist Alexandre Leaute throughout, and nan trio collapsed clear connected nan 3rd of 5 laps, pinch Leaute fading precocious successful nan title to return bronze.

As they approached nan finish, Graham had been somewhat down Peyroton-Dartet, but made a precocious push to triumph his 2nd badge successful Paris by little than a second.

Graham besides won metallic successful nan men's C3 3,000m individual pursuit connected nan way past week.

Britons Benjamin Watson, Jaco van Gass and Matthew Robertson were fifth, sixth and seventh respectively.

Daphne Schrager vanished sixth and Fran Brown seventh successful nan women's title won by Japan's Keiko Sugiura.

Four of Great Britain’s six medals connected Saturday greeting came astatine Vaires-sur-Marne.

First it was Wiggs to triumph golden for ParalympicsGB. She won nan women’s VL2 200m Va'a Single last by much than a 2nd to triumph nan arena for a 2nd consecutive Games.

Jeanette Chippington, 54, besides featured successful nan final, finishing fourth.

Henshaw past doubled Britain’s Para-canoe golden tally successful what was a golden and metallic double successful nan women’s VL3 200m Va'a Single final.

In nan inaugural version of nan event, Henshaw vanished almost a 2nd clear of chap Briton Gordon, who won silver.

In nan men’s KL2 Single final, Phillipson vanished successful 2nd to return nan metallic medal, 3 years aft finishing seventh successful nan aforesaid arena successful Tokyo.

Powell will triumph astatine slightest a metallic badge successful nan men’s -90kg J1 title successful Para-judo aft reaching nan final.

It took almost 8 minutes, of which 4 were successful aureate score, for Powell to triumph his semi-final against France’s Cyril Jonard 1-0.

Powell’s gold-medal lucifer is against Brazil’s Arthur Cavalcante da Silva.

In nan men’s +90kg J2 competition, Christopher Skelley could triumph a bronze badge later connected Saturday erstwhile he faces Indonesia’s Tony Ricardo Mantolas.

Four-time Paralympic champion Wells, 34, added to her Paralympic badge tally pinch a bronze connected Saturday morning, her 10th Paralympic medal.

Wells scored 75.445% connected her equine LJT Egebjerggards Samoa successful nan Grade V event.

Defending world champion Michele George of Belgium won gold, scoring 81.470%. Germany’s Regine Mispelkamp took metallic astatine Chateau de Versailles successful Paris.

Wells besides won bronze successful nan individual Grade V trial connected Wednesday.

Faye Rogers will characteristic successful Saturday night’s SM10 women’s 200m individual medley final. She vanished 2nd successful her power connected Saturday morning, conscionable complete a 2nd and a half down Hungary’s Bianka Pap.

In nan women’s S8 100m butterfly, Brock Whiston and Alice Tai vanished 2nd successful their heats to advancement into Saturday’s final.

Stephen Clegg will beryllium backmost successful action successful nan S12 men’s 100m butterfly final. Clegg, who is nan world grounds holder successful nan event, was fastest successful nan heats.

Isaac Towers missed retired connected a badge successful nan men’s T38 800m last aft finishing successful sixth place.

In nan men’s T13 agelong jump final, Zak Skinner narrowly missed retired nan podium pinch a fourth-place finish. His champion jump of 6.83m came successful nan first round, but was 37cm extracurricular nan medals.