she s the best in the business. the 41 year old charging in the canoe sprint to take a second paralympic gold. for wiggs, the elation of victory was followed by emotion on the podium. just getting to these games was a struggle after a serious wrist injury. to be honest, it was probably the first time in my life that i really felt disabled. that was 20 years after becoming disabled. it was probably a bit of a rock bottom moment, and now we sit here today. ..with this! it was also thumbs up in the athletics for dunfermline s will miller, as he ripped up the form book with a brilliant run to take the 1500 metres title. in the highjump, meanwhile, jonathan broom edwards produced the leap of his life. after silver in rio, it was gold in tokyo. the world champion finally the paralympic champion. well, the british team have reached a milestone today. the 100 medal mark.
with a brilliant run to take the 1500 metres title. in the highjump, meanwhile, jonathan broom edwards produced the leap of his life. after silver in rio, it was gold in tokyo. the world champion finally the paralympic champion. well, the british team have reached a milestone today. the 100 medal mark. they were set a target at these games of between 100 and 140 medals. and still they keep coming. there was another one for the remarkable richard whitehead, but not the gold he s used to. the 200 metres saw a changing of the guard from the 45 year old to a 19 year old. south africa s ntando mahlangu didn t walk until he was ten. now he had beaten one of the all time greats. his wasn t the only extraordinary talent on show, yan shuo of china beating will bayley as britain lost out in the table tennis final. and then there was the wheelchair tennis. if there was a prize for shot of the year, well, alfie hewett might have just won it. it wasn t enough for hewett and gordon reid to win
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hewitt and gordon reid battle back before losing a deciding tie break to the french pair. agony and ecstasy in equal measure. andy swiss, bbc news, tokyo. yes, what a nail biter that final was and the british team has reached the 100 medal mark and they currently have 108 medals at these games. they were set a target beforehand of between 100 and 140 medals and there are still two more days to go. thank you. japan is the first country in olympic history to host the paralympic games twice, but what is it like to be a person with a disability living injapan today? it is one of the few countries that require companies by law to hire a certain percentage of disabled employees. but, as our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes discovers, prejudice against people with disabilities is still widespread.