Medals galore for British athletes
Scotland’s Gordon Reid won the all-british bronze medal singles tennis match in Tokyo against doubles partner Alfie Hewett.
The duo were devastated on Friday after suffering a second successive final defeat to French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.
Rio champion Reid had beaten Hewett in the singles final five years ago and history was repeated as the Scotsman edged a tight encounter 6-4 3-6 7-5 in two hours and 22 minutes.
Wheelchair tennis pair Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley won silver after being outclassed by Holland’s Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot in the women’s doubles final. Despite the defeat, second place on the podium was an upgrade for the GB duo, who claimed bronze at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Elsewhere, Daniel Bethell won Great Britain’s first Paralympic Badminton medal but had to settle for silver in the SL3 Final against India’s Pramod Bhagat.
Compatriot Krysten Coombs suffered a 2-0 last-four loss to second-seed Krishna Nagar in the SH6 class, and will play Brazilian Vitor Goncalves Tavares for bronze.
World No. 1 Amy Truesdale fell short in her quest for Great Britain’s maiden Taekwondo gold.
A comprehensive semi-final defeat to Uzbekistan’s Guljonoy
Naimova ended the 32-year-old’s dreams of topping the podium in the K44 +58 kg category.
But the Chester-born top seed
– a two-time world champion – recovered to win bronze by beating Iranian Rayeheh Shahab 41-31.
Kadeena Cox failed to repeat her exploits from Rio as a quest to once again win titles in two sports ended with a fourth-placed finish in the T38 400 metres final.
Cox, who last week defended her C4-5 cycling time trial crown, was 1.16 seconds off the pace, crossing the line in a season’s best 1:01.16.
The 30-year-old will leave Japan with two golds, having also won the Mixed C1-5 sprint, alongside Jaco Van Gass and Jody Cundy.