Graham, Wiggs and Henshaw win trio of golds for GB

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

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

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

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

In Para-equestrian, Sophie Wells won the bronze medal successful the Grade V idiosyncratic freestyle event.

Great Britain present person a full of 106 medals astatine the Paralympics, including those 45 golds. Only China, with 85 golds and 195 full medals, person more.

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

Graham led the contention with Peyroton-Dartet and chap French cyclist Alexandre Leaute throughout, and the trio broke wide connected the 3rd of 5 laps, with Leaute fading precocious successful the contention to instrumentality bronze.

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

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

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

Daphne Schrager finished sixth and Fran Brown seventh successful the women's contention 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 the women’s VL2 200m Va'a Single last by much than a 2nd to triumph the lawsuit for a 2nd consecutive Games.

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

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

In the inaugural variation of the event, Henshaw finished astir a 2nd wide of chap Briton Gordon, who won silver.

In the men’s KL2 Single final, Phillipson finished successful 2nd to instrumentality the metallic medal, 3 years aft finishing seventh successful the aforesaid lawsuit successful Tokyo.

Powell volition triumph astatine slightest a metallic medal successful the men’s -90kg J1 contention successful Para-judo aft reaching the final.

It took astir 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 the men’s +90kg J2 competition, Christopher Skelley could triumph a bronze medal aboriginal connected Saturday erstwhile helium faces Indonesia’s Tony Ricardo Mantolas.

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

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

Defending satellite 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 the idiosyncratic Grade V trial connected Wednesday.

Faye Rogers volition diagnostic successful Saturday night’s SM10 women’s 200m idiosyncratic medley final. She finished 2nd successful her vigor connected Saturday morning, conscionable implicit a 2nd and a fractional down Hungary’s Bianka Pap.

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

Stephen Clegg volition beryllium backmost successful enactment successful the S12 men’s 100m butterfly final. Clegg, who is the satellite grounds holder successful the event, was fastest successful the heats.

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

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