GB win two more world golds on final day

GB win two more world golds on final day

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On the final day of the Rio de Janeiro Para-cycling Track World Championships, Great Britain added two more gold medals.

The bronze medal contest between Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl and Australia’s Jess Gallagher and Jacquie Mengler-Mohr was won by Elizabeth Jordan and pilot Dannielle Khan.

In the men’s B sprint final, James Ball and pilot Steffan Lloyd defeated Australian rivals Kane Perris and Luke Zaccaria to claim their second gold.

Graham previously won a silver medal in the men’s C3 10km scratch race, bringing his total medal total to five in Brazil.

Archie Atkinson, who finished in the men’s C4 elimination race a close second to Frenchman Gatien Le Rousseau, also won a silver medal in Rio.

With those accomplishments, the British team, who won the paralympics track title last year in Paris, came in second place behind Australia.

World Para-cycling Track Championships medals won by GB.

Gold (nine):

Elizabeth Jordan and Dannielle Khan (women’s B 1km time trial, women’s B sprint), James Ball and Steffan Lloyd (men’s B 1km time trial, men’s B sprint), Jody Cundy and Stephen Bate and Christopher Latham (men’s tandem individual pursuit), Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl (women’s B individual pursuit), and Sophie Unwin and Sophie Unwin (women’s B individual pursuit) are among the participants.

Silver (eight) :

Fin Graham (men’s C3 elimination, men’s C3 10km scratch), Archie Atkinson (men’s C4 1km time trial, men’s C4 elimination), Kadeena Cox (women’s C4 sprint, women’s C4 1km time trial), Blaine Hunt (men’s C5 1km time trial), Fin Graham, Jody Cundy (mixed C1-5 750m team sprint),

Bronze (six):

related subjects

  • Sport for people with disabilities
  • Cycling

Source: BBC

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