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G S B Tot
1 CHN 51 21 28 100
2 USA 36 38 36 110
3 RUS 23 21 28 72
4 GBR 19 13 15 47
5 GER 16 10 15 41
6 AUS 14 15 17 46
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Second gold for Storey

Former swimmer victorious again

  • Storey: Two-time champion

    Storey: Two-time champion

Sarah Storey has won her second gold - and Britain's 30th - as she rode to victory in the LC1/LC2/CP4 individual time-trial.

The 30-year-old from Manchester held off strong competition to finish in first place at the Ming Tomb Reservoir with a time of 37 minutes 16.65 seconds.

Rachel Morris and David Stone have also won gold in outdoor cycling events.

Britian made it two out of two on the roads as Morris won the women's individual time trial HC A/HC B/HC in 20 minutes 57.09 seconds.

She said: "I did my best and I am completely satisfied with this result. It is a dream come true."

Darren Kenny failed to add to his three gold medals as he won silver in the men's CP3 time-trial behind Spain's Javier Ochoa and Simon Richardson was also beaten to silver in his race.

In the Birds Nest, Britain have yet to secure a gold as hopeful Shelly Woods won bronze in the T54 5000m.

The 22-year-old finished third in the re-run of the race after being stripped of the silver medal she won in the first.

Officials ordered the medals to be returned and the race to be re-run after six athletes were involved in a penultimate-lap crash.

Ecstatic

Woods said: "Im ecstatic with bronze.

"It's my favourite event that I race and probably my strongest and to win a bronze medal in a 5,000m Paralympic final is a dream come true."

Meanwhile, swimmer Sam Hynd won gold in the S8 400 metre final.

He said: "I was a little disappointed with the time - I would like to have gone faster and was expecting a 4:25-24.

"But I can't complain at all - Paralympic gold medal, it's fantastic, such a

buzz."

There are more possibilities for medals in the swimming as 9 other athletes have qualified for finals in the Watercube.

Heather Frederiksen qualified for the women's S8 400m in second, behind America's Jessica Long.

Matt Whorwood reached the SB6 100m breaststroke final with a first-place time of 1:30.52, with team-mate Gareth Duke qualifying 1:02 seconds behind.

In the women's SB6 100m breaststroke heat, Elizabeth Johnson and Charlotte Henshaw of Great Britain qualified in first and third respectively.

Louise Watkin was fifith fastest in qualification for the women's S9 400m final and Nyree Lewis reached the S4 100m breaststroke final.

And Dave Ellis and Dervis Konuralp reached the men's S13 200m individual medley final.

Britian are now catching up to first place China in the medal table with 30 golds to China's 34.

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