isaan.live — A triad of gold medals won by Finlay Graham, Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw at the Paralympic Video games on Saturday early morning took ParalympicsGB’s gold medal tally to 45.
With 2 silvers and 2 bronze also won on Saturday, ParalympicsGB’s overall total tipped over the 100 note and rests at 111 goinged right into Saturday’s night sessions.
Graham started the medal transport for ParalympicsGB by beating home favourite Thomas Peyroton-Dartet in the men’s C1-3 roadway race which featured a sprint finish.
The 24-year-old had been slightly behind Peyroton-Dartet entering completion of the race but a late press saw him win his second medal in Paris by much less compared to a 2nd.
Over at Vaires-sur-Marne, Wiggs won the women’s VL2 200m Va’a Solitary last by greater than a 2nd to win the occasion momentarily successive Video games and Henshaw secured gold soon after in the women’s VL3 Solitary last.
ParalympicsGB controlled the podium with Hope Gordon taking the silver in the the inaugural version of the occasion.
The Para-canoe success continued right into the men’s race as David Phillipson took silver in the men’s KL2 Solitary last.
Four-time Para-equestrian champ Sophie Wells included to her medal tally with a bronze in the Quality V individual freestyle occasion, her 10th Paralympic medal.
Alfie Hewett secured his second medal of the Paris Video games, making silver in the men’s wheelchair individual last versus 18-year-old Tokito Oda from Japan.
Hewett combated his back from a put down but eventually could not suit Oda’s stamina in the last set tie-break.
With a total of 111 medals and 45 golds, Great Britain being in second place of the Paralympics medal table, behind China that have 90 gold medals and 203 medals overall.