Nice Britain’s Poppy Maskill claimed her third gold medal of the Paralympics in Paris by profitable the ladies’s S14 100m backstroke.
Maskill, 19, continued her fantastic Video games by including to the 2 golds and two silvers received earlier within the Video games.
She trailed Valeriia Shabalina on the midway mark, however fought again to win in a time of 1 minute 5.74 seconds, whereas fellow Briton Olivia Newman-Baronius took bronze.
Maskill’s victory took ParalympicsGB to 41 gold medals in Paris, equalling the tally achieved by the crew in Tokyo three years in the past.
“I used to be just a little bit irritated as a result of it was not a private greatest however it was nonetheless a gold so I am unable to be too irritated,” stated Maskell.
“I am clearly proud of my medals as they’re an awesome achievement however I am barely disillusioned in my time as a result of I do know I will be higher.”
Maskell’s 5 medals means she has received probably the most of any ParalympicsGB athlete.
“I’d have thought it could be Alice [Tai] or another person. It feels nice,” she stated.
This gold comes after Maskill claimed first place within the 100m S14 butterfly and the combined 4x100m S14 freestyle relay.
Maskill additionally received silver in each the 200m freestyle S14 and the 200m particular person medley S14.
Earlier, Mark Tompsett, 17, received bronze within the males’s S14 100m backstroke whereas Maisie Summers-Newton added a bronze within the ladies’s S6 400m freestyle to the 2 gold medals she had beforehand received in Paris.
