Nice Britain climb the medal desk with two golds as Marcus Perrineau-Daley and Sammi Kinghorn take dwelling silvers
Ben Sandilands secured Britain’s fifth Para-athletics gold in Paris this morning (September 6) as he set a brand new world document within the males’s 1500m T20.
The 21-year-old was sitting in third place behind American Mikey Brannigan and Italy’s Ndiaga Dieng as the ultimate lap started however powered previous his opponents to win with a time of three:45.40 – taking 0.10 seconds off Brannigan’s earlier world document.
Dieng ran a PB of three:49.46 to complete second while Brannigan was third with 3:49.91.
Making his Paralympic debut, Sandilands takes the title from fellow Scot Owen Miller, who received the Tokyo 2020 gold however missed these Video games on account of damage. Sandilands additionally obliterated his personal private greatest of three:47.02, persevering with his golden streak after profitable world gold in Paris final yr.
Ben Sandilands (Getty)
“It’s an unimaginable feeling; it has been superb,” mentioned Sandilands. “A whole lot of onerous work has gone into this. I wish to say an enormous because of my household and pals, and my coach who’ve helped me get right here.
“I knew I might be quick on the finish of the race. I knew I had it. Timing needed to be excellent from the 200m mark. I needed to go for it and never maintain again. I sit up for celebrating with all my household and pals round me.”
Final evening (September 5), Dan Pembroke efficiently defended his F13 javelin title in spectacular trend, breaking the world document twice.
The British athlete first surpassed the earlier international better of 71.01m, set by Uzbekistan’s Aleksandr Svechnikov in 2017, with a throw of 71.15m. The 33-year-old then shattered his personal mark with a exceptional 74.49m throw to retain his title after his 69.52m victory in Tokyo.
Pembroke’s newest throw ranks because the third greatest by any British javelin thrower this yr, simply behind Berkshire’s Benjamin East, who reached 75.85m.
Dan Pembroke (Getty)
“I’ve by no means skilled something like that earlier than in my life,” mentioned Pembroke. “It was such a sense. How are you going to put a world document into phrases? It’s a dream come true.
“I’m in the identical form I used to be in after I was 20. I by no means thought that was attainable. 74 metres, wow! When the 71.15m landed, I used to be completely elated. Then the Iranian is available in and throws 69m throw, and I assumed at that second, this job shouldn’t be finished but. I must settle down and accumulate myself.
“I’ve been visualising this for a very long time, somebody coming again to me and it turning into a scrap. It’s precisely what I did and I targeted on an even bigger throw.
“I’m like one and a half metres off what I used to be throwing as an able-bodied athlete in my 20s, so there isn’t a lot of a niche. John Trower, my coach, advised me that the 74m was nonetheless messy! He’s a tough man to please, but it surely proves I’m not giving up anytime quickly. LA is the following one.”
Pembroke’s success was adopted by Sammi Kinghorn’s spectacular fourth medal of the Video games, taking silver within the ladies’s 400m T53. The 28-year-old completed in 53.45, simply behind Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner.
Sammi Kinghorn (Getty)
Kinghorn’s stellar efficiency in Paris features a gold within the 100m and three silvers within the 400m, 800m, and 1500m. She now units her sights on including one other medal within the upcoming blended 4x100m common relay.
In one other success, Marcus Perrineau-Daley captured silver within the males’s 100m T52 clocking 17.27 – a powerful achievement for the athlete who solely started competing in 2020.
Nice Britain sit sixth on the medal desk with a complete of 12 medals.
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