Pascoe wins second gold of Rio Paralympics

In sharp contrast, Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati, who won gold and bronze medals, respectively, at the Rio Paralympics, have received a muted response-only the sports ministry, the Tamil Nadu and UP governments have offered them cash rewards.

Foy, who only entered the sport of Para-Cycling just over three years ago, was joined by sighted pilot Thompson who brings extensive Paralympic Games experience after winning the trifecta of medals at London 2012.

Great Britain is second with 56 medals (23 golds, 14 silvers, 19 bronzes), and Ukraine is third with a total of 49 medals (18 golds, 13 silvers and 18 bronzes).

The four of James Fox, Pam Relph, Dan Brown and Grace Clough shouted and punched the air as the Paralympics squad looked to repeat the success on the water than their Olympic colleagues had achieved.

Nigerian weightlifter Lucy Ejike has shattered the Paralympic and world record three successive times by winning gold with a lift of 142kg at the Rio Games on Sunday.

Kehinde twice broke the men’s -65kg World Record (WR) to win gold while Nwosu on Monday, September 12 beat the defending champion to win women’s -73kg Powerlifting event. Two silver medals also came in powerlifting courtesy of Esther Onyema and Latifat Tijani, while Nnamdi Innocent collected bronze in the 72kg men’s category. “We did not expect to receive the silver medal”.

Earlier in the day, Ndidi Nwosu also won gold in the women’s powerlifting.