seventh paralympics. he and another medal, this time silver in the time trial. the same colour for 48 year old aileen mcginn. as britain s medal tally moved into double figures she proved that age is just double figures she proved that age isjust a number. stuart double figures she proved that age is just a number. stuart pollitt, bbc news. so a brilliant start to day two for paralympics gb, but it got even better. lets go live to tokyo now and speak to our reporter rachel lathem for more. rachel, a great start in the pool today but since that another gold in the equastrian for lee pearson once again. what can we expect on day three? yes, lee pearson picked up his 12th paralympic gold medal for great britain here in tokyo tonight. they call him the godfather of the equestrian in the power dressage. he is 47 years old and has been on the gb team now for over 20 years. he made his paralympic debut back in
not having her family around paralympian. she put that down to not having herfamily around her, but she has had every paralympics games since she started in 1992. they are not here to support her, but she has still gone and done the job, and she has continued to do on the track and dominate, she won her 15th gold medalfor the paralympics gb today. 15th gold medal for the paralympics gb toda . ~ , , ., gb today. we ve ust been hearing from her family gb today. we ve just been hearing from her family today. gb today. we ve just been hearing from her family today. but - gb today. we ve just been hearing from her family today. but not - gb today. we ve just been hearing| from her family today. but notjust cycling today, what else can we look forward to? particularly in the stunning? swimming. at forward to? particularly in the stunning? swimming. at the auuatic stunning? swimming. at the aquatic centre, stunning? swimming. at the aquatic centre, seven stunning? swimmi
and i was screaming my head off! as soon as she came quite close to crystal, i was like, i know she s going to win. that faith is well placed end of sarah storey wins her other two events, she will be officially written s most successful pa ralympian. britain s most successful paralympian. she is probably already the greatest. another incredible achievment from sarah storey. well, let s go live now to tokyo and speak to our paralympics reporter rachel lathem. it really was the perfect start to the games for gb. another gold for sarah storey but also a 1 2 with crystal lane wright taking the silver. crystal lane-wright taking the silver. , . , , ., silver. yes, and crystal lane-wright s - silver. yes, and crystal- lane-wright s performance was lane wright s performance was impressive in itself, a personal best time, she said that s what was most important to her, even more than the medal itself really. she was talent spotted leading up to
into a slipstream, but could not escape the ferocious pace of the dutch, but they take silver as a subplot to the main story. if sarah storey wins her other two events in tokyo, she will be the most success will pay limping in britain. she probably is already our greatest one. we can cross to rachel lathem who s in tokyo for us now. storey could become britain s greatest ever paralympian, can you put her achievements into context for us? storey glory sums it up quite nicely, but as we have heard, she won the gold medal this morning. that puts her one step closer to getting the other title of being the most successful pile and pin athletes of all time. she got quite emotional. no successful paralympian. she put that down to
the games for the brits. 0ur paralympics reporter rachel lathem rounds up day 1 from tokyo. to round up today s action, seven athletes that paralympics gb qualified from the heat into the finals this evening and three of them one medals. let s start with toni shaw, making her paralympics debut in 400 metres freestyle and took the bronze medal. also making his paralympic debut is reece dunn who went in the 100 metres butterfly, did one better and took da silva. all eyes were then on tully kearney he led the race of the whole way and it was not until the final five metres that she was pipped by the chinese and took the da silva medal as well. took the silver medal. now to cricket and england