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Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website |
Hannah Cockroft secured her seventh Paralympic gold medal with a dominant win in the T34 800m, the first of three British titles on day 11 in Tokyo.
Cockroft set a new Paralympic record as British team-mate Kare Adenegan took silver, almost 11 seconds behind.
In another British one-two, Charlotte Henshaw won KL2 200m Para-canoe gold, with Emma Wiggs clinching silver.
Another gold soon followed in Para-canoe, with Laura Sugar becoming KL3 champion.
Stuart Wood, making his Paralympic debut in Tokyo, won bronze in a tight finish in the VL3 200m final.
Elsewhere, Zak Skinner missed out on a medal in the T13 long jump by an agonising two centimetres, knocked out of bronze position on the final jump by American Isaac Jean-Paul.
Dan Bethell is guaranteed at least a…
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