finally we caught up with britain s most successful winter pa ralympian today. visually impaired skier menna fitzpatrick won silver and bronze at the beijing games, taking her total number of medals won to six. menna and her guide gary smith have been talking to chetan pathak. and menna started by telling him how she recovered from a serious injury at the end of the 2019 2020 season: at the start of the pandemic, as she said, i broke my leg and had to do facetime with fizzy assessments and trade uffizi or myself which is not ideal at all and it is come back and not done a huge amount of racing the next season and yet, to come into this with quite a few behind us and confidence is definitely high and we are destroying the ski as well as we could do and we had some amazing results. ., . . could do and we had some amazing results. ., ., ., , , results. two amazing results. in terms of that, results. two amazing results. in terms of that, your results. two amazing results. in terms o
for the third games in a row. on the track, there was more success for ben watson, who won his second gold in tokyo with a brilliant victory over team mate fin graham in the men s c1 3 road race. and dame sarah storey won her 17th gold to become britain s most successful pa ralympian. victory in the ca 5 roadrace saw her ride into the history books. but an incredible story that is. and thatis but an incredible story that is. and that is all your support for now. have a good night. hello there. work finally go see some changes to the weather next week will be warm from the near continent particularly the southern areas was up in the short we still have the bringing a lot of pine and settled weather but a lot of clout. we start with a lot of clout through this morning. through the afternoon much like wednesday and thursday we start to see some good smells of
here s a taste of what s coming up for you on tonight s show. from wembley and the euros to budapest and the world cup. england have dusted themselves down and are back on the qualifying trail for qatar 2022. howzat? anything england s bowlers can do, india s can do better after a sensational opening day to the 4th test. and 43 not out. dame sarah storey adds another gold to become britain s most successful pa ralympian. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m lizzie greenwood hughes. now remember this? as if we could forget. 53 days ago this was the scene at wembley, despair, disappointment and desolation. england had just lost
there were 4 gold medals for great britain on day 9 of the paralympics in tokyo with history made and records broken. paralympics gb stay second in the medals table. well javelin thrower dan pembroke set a new paralympic and european record on a brilliant games debut. he threw 69.52 metres in the f13 final. bethany firth won gold in the pool in the s 14100 metres, for the third games in a row. 0n the track, there was more success for ben watson, who won his second gold in tokyo with a brilliant victory over team mate fin graham in the men s c1 3 road race. and dame sarah storey won her 17th gold to become britain s most successful pa ralympian. victory in the c4 5 roadrace saw her ride into the history books. what an incredible story that is. and that is all your support for now. have a very good night.
on the podium which is unusualfor her, she has been a medal winning machine since 1992 and today she kind of let her guard down when that medal was put around her neck. she still has one more medal to come on thursday when she will be hoping to get another gold medal which will make her the most decorated of all time and paralympics. she has one more gold medals than any paralympian has one before. here is katherine grainger. genuinely she is one of a kind. this is her eighth paralympic games and she is talking about paris, her ninth. she still has the amazing physical ability to set new standards and push the barriers every single time the games come around, but importantly she still has the same passion and drive.