Great Britain pick up five Paralympic gold medals early on day four

But this time it was not four years wasted.

The 26-year-old from Ballymena, who has cerebral palsy, claimed his fourth Paralympic gold medal after one win in Beijing and two four years ago in London.

“If only win 10 gold medals I will be more than happy”.

Of the incredible double medal scoop she said she was crying “tears of joy”. Part of me thinks that’s what London 2012 did, how that shocked Paralympic sport through the roof.

Song, 20, suffers from impairment to her legs as a result of polio.

World champion Cox won gold in a world record of 35.716 seconds. I’m just in shock, I’m Paralympic, world and European champion and perhaps I’ll have my first beer in two years now.

And Britain’s tally moved to 14 medals as Stef Reid claimed silver in the T44 long jump and powerlifter Zoe Newson bronze in the -45kg category.

“I didn’t expect that”.

According to the Paralympic.org website, Cong broke the Paralympic record with his first attempt at 175kg but Qarada topped Cong’s first attempt with a 177kg lift on his second attempt.

Four of those gold medals came in athletics, with Jonnie Peacock repeating his success from London 2012 as he won arguably the blue riband event on the track after asking the partisan crowd for quiet.

“Para-triathlon is a great addition to the Paralympics and it brings tears to my eyes that I’ll be able to tell my kids that I won this gold medal”.

Morocco’s Mohamed Lahna took bronze.

The 31-year-old Briton’s best was 5.64m.

Hungary’s Nandor Tunkel won the bronze medal with 155 kg.

Cyclist Li Zhangyu defeated Canada’s Ross Wilson in the final to win gold in the men’s C1 3000m individual pursuit.

Liu took silver in 1:48.29 with Ukraine’s Serhii Palamarchuk claiming bronze in 1:49.76.

Just as he promised in his hour of fury, the British star claimed the C4-5 Kilo time trial, smashing the Paralympic record to win by almost two seconds.

Army Sergeant Elizabeth Marks – injured while on duty in Iraq in 2010 – began a gold rush for the United States in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB7, posting a world record time of 1:28.13.