DREAM Heroes’ biggest-ever haul of 200 medals at Rio
HEROIC British athletes have earned enduring Olympic glory in Rio – winning an amazing 200 gold, silver and bronze medals.
Today’s closing ceremony at the Paralympics will see the curtain fall on a sensational summer of recordbreaking achievements – and our best-ever away Games.
Team GB stars Mo Farah, Nicola Adams, Andy Murray, Sir Bradley Wiggins and the Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonny were among those who started the ball rolling by winning 67 medals during August.
Now their Paralympics counterparts have crowned that by taking their tally to 135 by last night.
Dame Sarah Storey got the day off to an incredible start when she won Great Britain’s 60th gold medal in the women’s C4/C5 road race.
The 38-year-old cyclist claimed her third title of the Rio Paralympics and the 14th of a scintillating career.
A bronze for the men’s wheelchair basketball team in a tense overtime session saw the joint efforts of the two teams hit the 200 mark.
Liz Nicholl, CEO of UK Sport, said: “Rio 2016 is further proof of the ef fectiveness of our highperformance system across Olympic and Paralympic sport.
“The outstanding results at the ever-more-competitive Paralympic Games show we have more strength in depth and breadth than ever before and our increased investment over this Rio cycle has been targeted in a way that has made a significant difference.
“Our athletes have prepared and performed quite exceptionally in Rio, to deliver arguably the greatest achievement in British sporting history. I hope the nation feels proud of and united by their team.”
Team GB’s Chef de Mission, Mark England, said: “What this team has delivered is an incredible achievement and the country should be extremely proud. The best ever away Games is a piece of history and I’m delighted that we’ve been able to reach that target so on early on at Rio 2016.”
British Paralympic Association chief executive Tim Hollingsworth