RIO 2016: Stephanie anchors Great Britain to Paralympic relay gold

Great Britain remains second in the overall medal table behind China’s haul of 90 gold medals.

More medals are guaranteed on Friday’s ninth day, when the target of more medals than at London 2012, when 120 were claimed, could be surpassed.

Blake could add another on Saturday over two laps of the athletics track.

On Friday morning Paul Blake won his third Paralympic medal and first gold in the T36 400m, clocking 54.49 seconds.

She also claimed T38 100m bronze and T35-38 4x100m silver.

There could be more equestrian medals on Friday in the freestyle tests, when Lee Pearson bids for the so-far elusive 11th Paralympic title of his illustrious career, having been overlooked for the team event.

Baker joked she felt sorry for Britain’s rivals after a haul of 11 medals across the equestrian competition.

“It’s been an wonderful competition”.

Christiansen, who had already picked up Team Championship and Individual Championship Test Grade Ia gold, finished top of the leaderboard in the individual freestyle test, riding Athene Lindebjerg, one place ahead of teammate Dunham on LJT Lucas Normark.

Christiansen now has eight Paralympic titles.

With two days still to go in Rio, Gordon Reid beat compatriot Alfie Hewett in the men’s wheelchair tennis singles final. “It’s been three years that I’ve been trying to break the 30 and to be able to do that at a Paralympics Games tonight I’m really happy, and to be able to break the world record as well, I’m really stoked”, Elliott said.

“I’m honoured to be talked about in the same breath as him. It brings back a little bit of what we didn’t get on Pinocchio in London and this is for him as well”.

John Walker then won individual compound gold, to ensure Britain had won a gold medal in archery, as well as athletics, boccia, cycling, canoe, equestrian, rowing, swimming, triathlon, table tennis and wheelchair tennis. We’ve got a fantastic team.

It capped a terrible week for the star of London 2012, who failed to get a medal of any colour in the defence of his track titles – though he still has the marathon tomorrow (Sat).

The 42-year-old from Welwyn Garden City was inspired to get into archery by watching American Matt Stutzman competing at London 2012.

While serving as an executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, she again became a Paralympian in June last year after a seven-year hiatus, aiming to boost the enthusiasm of Japanese Paralympic athletes.

Millward, who had earlier missed out on a medal in the women’s S8 50m freestyle where she finished fifth, swam the last leg as she, Alice Tai, Claire Cashmore and Steph Slater set a new world record time of 4:45.23 as they finished ahead of Australia and the United States.