Britain's Storey shines, records tumble on day one of Tokyo ParalympicsBritain's Sarah Storey celebrates her 15th Paralympic gold medalTOKYO - British cyclist Sarah Storey added to her glorious golden history as wheelchair rugby powerhouses Australia suffered a shock defeat on day one of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday. She smashed her own world record by nearly eight seconds in the heats and lowered it by another second and a half to 3min 50.815sec in the final. Storey moved a step closer to becoming Britain's greatest Paralympian, shattering her own world record in the heats before powering to victory in the C5 3,000 metres individual pursuit final for her 15th Paralympic gold. Storey is just one medal behind the British record held by Mike Kenny, who won 16 swimming golds from 1976 to 1988. "I'm pretty devastated, to be honest -- I had never lost a game at the Paralympics ever," said Australia's Chris Bond.

Source: Bangkok Post August 25, 2021 12:22 UTC