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| Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
| Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website |
Sarah Storey put in another world record-breaking performance on her way to claiming her 15th Paralympic title - Britain's first gold of Tokyo 2020.
She beat team-mate Crystal Lane-Wright in the final to retain her C5 3,000m individual pursuit crown, after beating her own world best in qualifying.
Storey started the final in determined fashion and caught her rival after 1,750m of the race
The 43-year-old is just one behind Mike Kenny's British record of 16 golds.
She next goes on Tuesday in the C5 road time trial - another event where she is defending champion.
Storey, who was born without a fully functioning left hand, started her career as a swimmer at Barcelona in 1992 and competed at four Games, winning 15 Paralympic medals, including five golds, before switching to cycling in 2005.
Since then she has been almost unbeatable both on the track and the road and her qualifying time of three minutes 27.057 seconds was almost four seconds faster than the world record she set in Rio.
For Lane-Wright, it is the second silver medal at consecutive Games in the event.
More to follow.
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