Paralympics: Jody Cundy, Sophie Hahn and Georgina Hermitage win gold for Team GB on day two

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Matt McGeehan10 September 2016

Jody Cundy claimed Great Britain's seventh gold of the Rio Paralympics - four years after the expletive-laden rant which changed perceptions of Paralympians.

Cundy won the C4/C5 one-kilometres time-trial in one minute 04.492 seconds to claim his sixth Paralympic gold.

The 37-year-old from Wisbech had hoped that landmark would come in front of a home crowd at London 2012, but officials ruled against him.

After hurling invective and water bottles in the direction of the officials, Cundy refocused on Rio - and he delivered.

The eighth and ninth gold medal rrived soon after as Georgina Hermitage set a new world record to take gold in the women's T37 100m sprint, despite a slow start, while Sophie Hahn finished first in Women's 100m T38.

Kadeena Cox finished third in the same event.

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