Britain's Kadeena Cox has won her second gold medal of the Rio Paralympics after finishing first in the T38 400 meters.
Cox, who became the first Briton to win two medals in different sports at the same Paralympics since 1988 when she won bronze in the T38 100 meters, has now won gold medals in two sports at the same games. She set a world record in the C4-5 time trial on Saturday to take track cycling gold.
Cox also set a world record in the 400m, finishing in a time of 1 minute 0.71 seconds, to surpass the pre-existing record set by Russian Margarita Goncharov at the European Championships in June. With Russians absent from these Paralympics, Cox took the gold in style.
As she continues to move between athletics and cycling, Cox is also entered into Saturday’s cycling road race despite the fact that she has never ridden in one before. She is a sprint athlete and it is thought that her entry in the event is more to meet criteria than anything else.