Paris 2024 Paralympics: GB win 12 golds on record-breaking super Sunday

Great Britain celebrated their most successful day at a Paralympic Games this century with 12 gold medals on a record-breaking super Sunday at Paris 2024.

Hannah Cockroft won her fourth successive women’s T34 100m title to clinch GB’s first Para-athletics gold, ahead of team-mate Kare Adenegan, before Sabrina Fortune produced a world record to win the women’s F20 shot put title at the Stade de France.

Four golds were won in the pool, where Maisie Summers-Newton took the women’s SB6 100m breaststroke title, Brock Whiston claimed women’s SM8 200m individual medley gold as Alice Tai took bronze, Grace Harvey triumphed in the women’s SB5 100m breaststroke, and Britain’s quartet won mixed S14 4x100m relay gold.

The final day of Para-track cycling action in the velodrome brought three GB golds, with James Ball and pilot Steffan Lloyd beating team-mates Neil Fachie and Matt Rotherham to the men’s B 1,000m time trial title.

Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl triumphed in the women’s B 3,000m individual pursuit, with bronze going to Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall, while there was open C1-5 750m team sprint success for Jody Cundy, Jaco van Gass and Kadeena Cox.

The day began with three rowing golds, won by Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson in the mixed double sculls, Ben Pritchard in the men’s single sculls and the mixed coxed four.

Among GB’s 18 medals, there was also silver for Sammi Kinghorn in the Para-athletics women’s T53 800m, and rowers Annie Caddick and Sam Murray in the mixed PR3 double sculls silver.

ParalympicsGB’s previous record for gold medals won on a single day at a Games was nine – achieved at both Rio 2016 and Beijing 2008.

The outstanding haul of 12 on day four took the team to 23 golds in Paris, with their overall medal total at 43 – second only to China (67 medals including 30 golds), who have topped the table at the past five Games.