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Paris 2024 Paralympics: Great Britain win 20 medals including five golds on day 10

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Great Britain won 20 medals including five golds on a packed penultimate day at Paris 2024.

Para-athlete Hannah Cockroft stormed to her ninth Paralympic title in a British one-two in the T34 800m.

Para-canoers Emma Wiggs and Charlotte Henshaw also won golds, while cyclist Finlay Graham triumphed in the men’s C1-3 road race.

There was also a gold in the pool for Stephen Clegg after a tightly-contested men’s S12 100m butterfly final.

Elsewhere, Alfie Hewett and Great Britain’s men’s wheelchair basketball team won silvers after agonising final defeats.

Great Britain ended day 10 with a total of 120 medals at the Paralympics, including 47 golds. Only China, with 94 golds and 216 total medals, have more.

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