3,000m individual pursuit, para equestrian rider lee pearson won his 12th paralympic title. after making his debut at sydney 2000, he claimed victory in the grade ii individual test with team mate georgia wilson third. and wheelchair fencer piers gilliver, a silver medallist in rio, went one better this time in the epee a final. well, families will have been celebrating gold medals across the country. and back home in northampton, maisie summers newton s was no exception. a bit unreal at the moment, but yeah, just absolutely amazing. it was just unbelievable. wasn t expecting it at all. just so exciting and we kind of know how she swims the race so only brush stroke like we knew she was going to come forward, but we weren t really expecting it to sort of be that sort of amazing really. of amazing really. great scenes
Wheelchair fencing one of three to award medals on first Tokyo competition day
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