GB wins seven gold medals on day two
Sprinter Jonnie Peacock 23, won his T44 100m title, Great Britain’s seventh gold medal of an extraordinary second day of the Rio Paralympics 2016.
Cyclist Sophie Thornhill, with pilot Helen Scott and Jody Cundy won gold medals in the Velodrome. They set the Games records in Women’s B 1000m time trial and Cundy who won the C4-5 1km.
Georgie Hermitage set a world record of 13.3 seconds to win the T37 title, before Sophie Hahn won her T38 final in 12.62, Clegg broke the world record en route to winning the T11 100m, after being reinstated following an earlier disqualification and Ellie Robinson , 15, won gold in the pool, set a Paralympic record to win the women’s 50, butterfly S6 in 35.58 seconds.
Steph Salter won silver in the women’s 100m butterfly S8.
Stef Reid and Ali Jawad won silvers in the long jump and powerlifting respectively. Club thrower Gemma Prescott, Powerlifter Zoe Newson, and swimmers Susannah Rodgers and Lewis White secured bronzes.
| No | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 26 | 23 | 17 | 66 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 15 | 8 | 11 | 34 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | USA | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Brazil | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 |
| 7 | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | Australia | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 | Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |