- British athlete takes medal tally to 29 in Clichy-sous-bois
- Storey hits out an organisers over short course for women
Dame Sarah Storey continued her historic pursuit of gold upon gold on Wednesday morning, claiming her 18th Paralympic victory over nine Games as she won the women’s C5 time trial, but hit out at organisers for creating a course that was just half the length of the men’s.
Storey won the time trial by 4.69 seconds from Heidi Gaugain of France, having been seven seconds behind at the initial checkpoint at 5.8km. But that was the only check on the entire course, which ran just 14.2km in total, half the length of the race to be completed by male athletes later in the day.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/04/dame-sarah-storey-wins-remarkable-18th-paralympic-gold-in-c5-time-trial-cycling
Author : Paul MacInnes in Clichy-sous-bois
Publish date : 2024-09-04 07:28:29
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