Hannah Cockroft wins her seventh Paralympic title

Hannah Cockroft powered through the women's 800m T34 finals at the Olympic stadium this morning of September 4, smashing a Paralympic record of 1:48.99 minute to win gold whilst teammate Kare Adnegan clinched silver to complete a 1-2 victory for Great Britain.

Hannah Cockroft of Team Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal and breaking the Paralympic record after competing in the Women's 800m - T34 Final on day 11 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on September 4, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)
Hannah Cockroft of Team Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal and breaking the Paralympic record after competing in the Women's 800m - T34 Final on day 11 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on September 4, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Getty Images)

This is Cockroft's second gold medal in Tokyo following her victory in the women's 100m on August 29 where the athlete also set the track ablaze to break her own world record and defend her Rio title. With these two Tokyo 2020 medals now hung on her neck, Cockroft has now amassed a total of seven gold medals in her Paralympic career - which includes two gold medals in her Paralympic debut at her home Games London 2012 (100m, 200m T34) and Rio 2016 (100m, 400m, 800m).

RPC's Dmitri Safronov broke the world record and claimed gold in the men's 200m T35 after clocking in at 23.00, eclipsing Ukraine's Ihor Tsvietov's record set in 2019, who incidentally came second place in this morning's race to Safronov. Safronov's teammate Artem Kalashian claimed bronze after running in a new Paralympic record time of 23.75.

USA's Nick Mayhugh made a blistering run at 21.91 to set a new world record and claim gold in men's 200m T37. This is the 25-year-old's third gold medal at Tokyo - and his fourth overall: 100m (gold), 200m (gold), 400m (silver) and 4x100m (gold) - all done in his Paralympic debut.

Following Mayhugh at the 200m was Andrei Vdovin with a time of 22.24 and Brazil's Ricardo Gomes de Mendoca at 22.62.

Nick Mayhugh of Team USA celebrates winning the men’s 200m T37 gold medal at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on September 4. (Photo: Getty Images)

Canoe sprint

Germany's Edina Mueller led the charge right from the starting blocks in the women's kayak single 200m KLI at the Sea Forest Waterway. The German athlete clocked in at a PB of 53.958 to seize gold, beating Ukraine's Maryna Mazhula, who claimed silver and Chilean Katherinne Wollermann, who came in third place. This is the first gold medal for Mueller after winning silver at Rio 2016 in the same event.

Another Australian grabbed gold this morning as Curtis Mcgrath blitzed the field in the men's Va'a single 200m VL3 race at Sea Forest Waterway. Mcgrath led the pack right from the starting blocks and maintained momentum to cross the finish line with a time of 41.134, a personal best. He also won gold in the Kayak single 200m KL2 yesterday September 3.

Wheelchair tennis

Dylan Alcott of Team Australia reacts during the Quad Singles Gold Medal Match against Sam Schroder of Team Netherlands at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Photo: Getty Images)

Australia's Dylan Alcott successfully defended his Rio 2016 wheelchair tennis quad gold medal beating Dutch Sam Schroder in straight sets 7-6 6-1 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic to keep his hopes of completing a Golden Slam alive.

With a gold medal in the bag at Tokyo 2020, the 30-year-old is now on track to complete the Golden Slam - winning all four Grand Slams and Paralympic gold. No wheelchair tennis player has ever completed the Golden Slam but now two players, including Diede de Groot, who won gold in the women's singles on September 3, have the chance to do just that.

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