Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey wins 17th gold to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian

Sarah Storey won her 17th Paralympic gold to become Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time.

The 43-year-old defended the women’s C4-5 road race title she has held since London 2012 to put her one gold ahead of previous record holder Mike Kenny.

Britain’s Crystal Lane-Wright finished seven seconds behind to take silver.

It was a GB one-two in the men’s C1-3 race too, Ben Watson winning his second gold with Fin Graham claiming silver in atrocious conditions in Tokyo.

“I’m a bit overwhelmed, I feel like it’s happening to someone else,” Storey told Channel 4.

“I can’t really explain or compute anything about the race, but crossing the line first felt so good.”

Storey’s gold was her third of this Paralympics, which is her eighth Games since making her debut in Barcelona in 1992 as a swimmer.

She won the individual pursuit on the track before claiming time-trial gold to equal Kenny’s record.

Storey now has 28 Paralympic medals in total and has not won anything except gold since making her cycling Paralympic debut at Beijing 2008.

Agencies