Tokyo Paralympics: Andrew Small, Phoebe Paterson Pine and Sir Lee Pearson secure three more gold medals for Great Britain
ParalympicsGB took top spot in wheelchair sprint, equestrianism and archery and two more bronze medals and there are hopes for further success on day six of the Games in Japan.
Monday 30 August 2021 14:38, UK
Great Britain has won three more gold medals on day six of the Tokyo Paralympics, following success in archery, the T33 100m and equestrian's individual freestyle test.
Wheelchair racer Andrew Small took home gold for ParalympicsGB in the men's T33 100m final after blitzing his rivals with a time of 17.73 seconds.
His powerful start proved to be crucial as defending champion Ahmed Almutairi of Kuwait threatened to snatch victory, only to cross the line a tenth of a second behind.
Small said: "I definitely felt more comfortable in my ability this time around, and that is all down to the experiences I have had over the last few years. The start was good and that really put me in a good position.
"I'd like to thank my coach [Rick Hoskins], my support team, and my family most of all for all they have gone through over the last two seasons.
"We've put a lot of hard work into this. It has been worth all the many training sessions in the garage over zoom. It's wonderful to have all that work over the last five years pay off."
A video of Small's family celebrating his win was posted on ParalympicsGB's Twitter account in the early hours of Monday morning.
Fellow Briton Harri Jenkins also made it to the podium after securing a bronze medal in a season's best time of 18.55secs.
Fellow GB athlete James Freeman finished fourth of the five racers in 19.69secs.
Archery also proved to be a success for Great Britain, with Phoebe Paterson Pine winning gold by eliminating defending champion Jess Stretton.
Games debutant Paterson Pine began a memorable day with a tense 141-140 success over her world number one compatriot in the second round of the women's individual compound.
The 23-year-old, who has spina bifida, later took Stretton's crown with a 134-133 win over Chile's Mariana Zuniga Varela in the decisive contest.
She said: "I still almost feel I'm living in a dream and it won't settle until I'm with family or looking at the aftermath on my phone."
Later in the day, Britain's third most successful Paralympian Sir Lee Pearson earned the 14th gold of his career with victory in equestrian's grade II individual freestyle test.
Pearson completed a hat-trick of podium-topping performances in Japan by scoring 82.447 with his home-bred horse Breezer.
The 47-year-old once again edged Austrian rival Pepo Puch into silver, while GB rider Georgia Wilson collected the second bronze of her debut Games with 76.754 on Sakura.
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Louise Sugden secured a bronze medal in the women's 86kg powerlifting division, as did Jonnie Peacock, who was going for a third sprint title in the T64 100-metre.
Swimmer Ellie Robinson failed to defend her S6 50-metre butterfly title, finishing fifth.
ParalympicsGB are currently second in the medal table having won 68 medals in total - 26 gold, 20 silver and 22 bronze.