The Golds keep coming

Day 7 and ParalympicsGB winning form continued on day seven with Games debutant, Oliver Hynd, and Paralympics veteran, Sarah Storey, adding two gold medals to the teams tally.

Oliver claimed gold in the SM8 200m individual medley, winning Britain’s sixth swimming gold medal of the Games and his third following a silver medal in the S8 400m freestyle and bronze in the 100m S8 backstroke earlier in the week. The win in the medley gives Oliver a full set of Paralympic medals.

His performance in the pool topped off another great day for the swimming team, with Louise Watkins winning silver in the S9 50m freestyle, Charlotte Henshaw and Liz Johnson claiming silver and bronze respectively in the SB6 100m breaststroke, while Rob Welbourn and Hannah Russell both took bronze in the S10 400m freestyle and S12 100m backstroke respectively.

With such outstanding performances in the pool, those inspired to take the plunge and make swimming part of their life can take advantage of a wide range of swimming offers available through the Amateur Swimming Association’s big splash programme.

Meanwhile, out at Brands Hatch,Sarah Storey added to the two gold medals she’s already won at these Games with an impressive win in the C5 women’s road cycling time trial. The win gives Sarah her 10^th Paralympic title and with the road race still to come, a win in the race would see her equal Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Dave Roberts record of 11 Paralympic titles.

The strong performances by Sarah and the rest of the cycling team on day seven of the Games – with Mark Colbourne and Karen Drake taking silver in the C1 time trial and H1-2 time trial respectively and David Stone claiming bronze in the mixed T1-2 time trial – will help reinforce that cycling is a sport for everyone. British Cycling’s schemes and opportunities to get involved, in both riding and coaching, are open to everyone regardless of their age, ability or interest.  To find out more, visit British Cycling.