Maskill's third gold equals GB's Tokyo tally

Great Britain's Poppy Maskill claimed her 3rd golden badge of nan Paralympics successful Paris by winning nan women's S10 100m backstroke.

Maskill, 19, continued her awesome Games by adding to nan 2 golds and 2 silvers won earlier successful nan Games.

She trailed Valeriia Shabalina astatine nan halfway mark, but fought backmost to triumph successful a clip of 1 infinitesimal 5.74 seconds.

Maskill's triumph took ParalympicsGB to 41 golden medals successful Paris, equalling nan tally achieved by nan squad successful Tokyo 3 years ago.

Earlier, Mark Tompsett, 17, won bronze successful nan men's S14 100m backstroke while Maisie Summers-Newton added a bronze successful nan women's S6 400m freestyle to nan 2 golden medals she had antecedently won successful Paris.