Maskill's third gold equals GB's Tokyo tally

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

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

She trailed Valeriia Shabalina astatine the 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 the tally achieved by the squad successful Tokyo 3 years ago.

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

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