by British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft maintained her 100 per cent Paralympic record by winning the ninth gold medal of her career with a commanding victory in the women’s T34 800m.
The 32-year-old raced home in 1 minute and 55.44 seconds, 11 seconds slower than her personal world best set last year.
His compatriot Kare Adenegan completed a British double, finishing 7.68 seconds behind, while Fabienne Andre was fourth in two minutes 6.8 seconds. American Eva Houston won bronze.
Cockroft led from the penultimate day of competition and once again placed herself above her rivals to maintain the dominance she has enjoyed since her debut at London 2012.
This victory at the Stade de France was his second of the Games after last Sunday’s superb performance in the T34 100m final.
“The atmosphere was amazing, I could feel the noise following me everywhere, it’s like I’m back in London, I love it,” she said.
“That’s how much many people love parasport. This is what we want to see.
“It doesn’t stop there, we have world and European championships year after year, it’s not a four-year gap for us.”
Cockroft will marry ParalympicsGB teammate Nathan Maguire in her home town of Halifax next month.
“It’s three weeks and five days away, so now the hard work begins,” she said.
“I just want to sleep right now, but I hope I go home and have an amazing marriage and have a great life.”
In the last event on the grounds of Great Britain, Aled Davies had to settle for silver in the F63 shot put.
The 33-year-old Welshman, a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, produced a best effort of 15.10 meters.
Kuwaiti Faisal Sorour won gold ahead of world record holder Davies with his season’s best throw of 15.31m.
“I try to see the positives, but I’m not really a money person,” said Davies, who won the F42 title in Rio and Tokyo, having also won gold in the discus at London 2012.
“Losing is a big part of it. I was lucky to dominate that for so long.
“I don’t mind losing, I really don’t, but I don’t like to underperform. I wasn’t the best man.
British sprinter Didi Okoh then marked her Paralympic debut with bronze in the women’s 100m T63 in a personal best time of 14.59 seconds.
Italian runner Martina Caironi won gold in 14.16 seconds, while Indonesian silver medalist Karisma Evi Tiarani crossed in 14.26 seconds.
Monica Graziana Contrafatto shared bronze with Okoh following an appeal after fellow Italian Ambra Sabatini, who was leading the race, fell and collided with her.
“Anything can happen in a race, a 100m is always full of surprises and this was one of them,” Okoh said.
“I’m really proud of myself for pushing myself to the finish line because my only goal was a personal best, I wanted to have a really good race and just put on a show, I hope I did that .”
