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by Barney Cullum History was made here in Rio this weekend as Kadeena Cox became the first British Paralympian to win medals across two different sports at the same Games for almost 30 years. Sprint-cycling two laps of the ‘Velodromo’ in a world record time that left Dame Sarah Storey – Britain’s most successful female Paralympian – trailing behind, she ... Read More »

Councillor Roy Arora, Mayor of Kingston, and Mayoress Manisha Arora warmly welcomed Kingston resident Daniel Wolff at a special reception held to celebrate his gold and bronze medals for athletics at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles last month.  On celebrating Daniel’s achievements, Councillor Roy Arora said:  “We are very proud of Daniel. He’s not only represented the borough ... Read More »

Dame Sarah Storey and the tandem pair of Lora Turnham and Corrine Hall won gold medals for Britain at the Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Greenville, South Carolina. Storey completed a double with her win in the C5 road race after her success in Friday’s time trial. Turnham and Hall were victorious in a sprint finish to add to their ... Read More »

Teenage sprinter Maria Lyle claimed her second gold medal at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea. The Scot, 14, who won T35 100m gold on Wednesday, had an equally comfortable win in the 200m event in 31.05 seconds. “I’m really pleased, even though the time wasn’t as fast as I would have liked,” she told BBC Sport. There were also golds ... Read More »

England’s Ollie Hynd completed a clean sweep of titles with a superb victory in the SM8 200m individual medley. The 19-year-old, who has a form of muscular dystrophy, was already the Paralympic, World and European champion in the event. And he was in a class of his own in Glasgow, finishing in two minutes 22.76 seconds – 0.10 seconds outside ... Read More »

Josef Craig swam to victory last night in style. Having shaved 9 seconds of his personal best in the qualifiers yesterday and setting a new world record, he had enough in the tank to smash his new world record and take gold in the final last night. At only 15 years old, we will surely see more great things from ... Read More »

Britain has won two medals on the final day of the London 2012 Paralympic Sailing Regatta at Weymouth and Portland today (Thursday 6 September). Helena Lucas – the only woman in her class – has won the 2.4mR gold and Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell have won SKUD bronze. Read More »

Oliver Hynd completed his set of medals on his Paralympic debut with gold in the SM8 200m Individual Medley on day seven of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The 17 year old had already lifted 400m Freestyle silver and 100m Backstroke bronze but rose to the top spot of the podium with a dominant performance in his main event. Read More »

Sarah Storey won her third gold medal at London 2012, and the 10th of her two-sport Paralympic career, with victory in the C5 Time Trial on the first morning of Road Cycling at Brands Hatch. Read More »

In an all-British final between Danielle Brown and Mel Clarke the fantastic crowd got behind them and revelled in knowing that two medals were coming our way. Danielle Brown retained her Paralympic Archery title beating teammate Mel Clarke in this nail-biting all-British women’s Compound (Open) final that went down to the very last arrow at Royal Artillery Barracks yesterday. Read More »

Heather Frederiksen turned in an emphatic performance to retain her Paralympic S8 100m Backstroke title on day six of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The world record holder had qualified fastest for the final by more than four seconds as she looked to add to her S8 400m Freestyle silver from earlier in the Games. Read More »

One man, 48 hours, two gold medals. The stats speak for themselves and the man is David Weir. Weir raised the roof in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night when he raced to victory in the T54 5000m and proudly announced “that was the one I wanted”. Read More »