Storey extends record as GB win 31st gold in Paris

Dame Sarah Storey extended her grounds arsenic Great Britain's most-decorated Paralympian arsenic she won her 18th profession golden badge connected time 7 astatine Paris 2024.

Storey, 46, won nan women's C5 roadworthy cycling clip proceedings by much than much 4 seconds to unafraid ParalympicsGB's 31st golden badge of nan Games.

It came 32 years aft her first Paralympics badge successful 1992.

Fran Brown won metallic successful nan women's C1-C3 clip trial.

GB person now won 63 medals successful Paris, putting them 2nd successful nan badge table. Only China person much medals than Great Britain, winning 118 medals, including 55 golds.

Storey kicked things disconnected for ParalympicsGB connected Wednesday greeting by extending her grounds arsenic Great Britain's astir dressed up Paralympian.

An astonishing 32 years connected from her Paralympic debut astatine Barcelona successful 1992, Storey won by 4.69 seconds from France's Heidi Gaugain, 27 years Storey's junior.

Gaugain, 19, was calved successful November 2004 - by past Storey had already won 16 Paralympic meals, each of which came successful Para-Swimming.

She subsequently switched to Para-Cycling and Wednesday's triumph intends she now has 29 Paralympic medals successful all.

Her 18th Paralympic golden puts her among a group of six Paralympic athletes who person won that many.

Storey's triumph came connected what she described arsenic an "appalling" people which was conscionable 14.1km long.

It was her first title nether 22km successful nan arena astatine nan Paralympics, which she has now won for 5 consecutive Games.

"It's a short race. This is nan shortest Paralympic clip proceedings we person ever had, and I deliberation it's a existent shame because we don't get to showcase Para-sport successful nan measurement we want to," Storey said.

"I've had to put that speech and attraction connected what I could control, because I couldn't power nan title distance. But I dream they ne'er do this to nan women again, because it has been appalling."

Storey is backmost successful action connected Friday successful nan roadworthy race, looking to prime up her 19th golden medal.

Elsewhere successful roadworthy cycling, Brown secured a metallic badge successful Women's C1-3 individual clip trial.

She is backmost successful roadworthy title action connected Saturday, arsenic is chap Brit Daphne Scharger, who vanished successful 5th spot connected Wednesday.

Great Britain person nan chance to adhd to their badge tally connected nan way connected Wednesday afternoon.

Blaine Hunt and Archie Atkinson are some successful men's individual clip proceedings finals.

Jaco van Gass, Fin Graham and Ben Watson are each successful nan men's C3 individual clip final, while nan trio of Lizzy Jordan, Lora Fachie and Sophie Unwin each characteristic successful nan women's B individual clip trial.

There was different engaged greeting successful nan excavation for GB.

Of nan 63 medals won by Great Britain astatine nan 2024 Paralympics truthful far, 20 person travel successful nan pool, a number which is apt to summation further connected Wednesday night, pinch each of 10 ParalympicsGB's swimmers successful Wednesday's heats reaching their finals.

In nan men's S12 100m freestyle, Stephen Clegg was nan fastest crossed nan 2 heats. His last starts astatine 16:30 BST.

The trio of Rhys Darbey, William Ellard and Cameron Vearncombe are each successful nan men's SM14 200m individual medley last aft finishing among nan apical six successful qualifying. That last starts astatine 16:42 BST.

Olivia Newman-Baronius was fastest successful qualifying for nan women's SM14 200m individual final, starting astatine 16:50, while Poppy Maskill and Alice Tai person besides made it.

Toni Shaw completed a cleanable greeting of qualifying arsenic she reached nan last of nan women's S9 100m freestyle final.

Clegg, Matt Redfern, Becky Redfern and Scarlett Humphrey will characteristic successful nan mixed 4x100m freestyle relay last astatine 18:58 BST.

Great Britain's badge dream successful nan T38 men's agelong jump was Karim Chan.

Chan was 2nd astatine nan halfway people pinch a jump of 6.32m, down only China's Zhong Huanghao, who leaped 6.50m successful nan 2nd round.

Khetag Khinchagov of nan Neutral Paralympic Athletes took nan lead pinch a jump of 6.52m earlier Chan was besides overtaken successful nan last information by Colombia's Jose Gregorio Lemos Rivas, who posted a jump of 6.40m.

Chan came adjacent to moving backmost into nan badge positions pinch his last jump, but connected his Paralympic debut, his last jump of 6.39m saw him miss retired connected a badge by conscionable 1 centimetre.

Khinchagov had already done capable to triumph nan golden medal, pinch metallic going to Zhong and bronze to Lemos Rivas.

Great Britain could prime up golden successful nan quad doubles wheelchair tennis, pinch Andy Lapthorne and Gregory Slade facing nan Netherlands' Sam Schroder and Niels Vink.

Lapthorne and Slade booked their spot successful nan last connected Sunday pinch a straight-sets triumph complete Brazil's Leandro Pena and Ymanitu Silva.

Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett are successful action successful nan men's singles quarter-finals and later connected Wednesday will squad up successful nan men's doubles semi-finals against nan French duo of Frederic Cattaneo and Stephane Houdet.