Golden day for GB Paralympians
Thriller Thursday sees records smashed and medal target
beaten
Great Britain has beaten its target of 103 medals in the
Paralympic Games - and there are still three days of competition to
go!
After yesterday's successes, in a day that has become known as
Thriller Thursday, the tally stands at 108 medals. That's five more
than the target set before the Games, and six more than the team
won in Beijing in 2008.
The highlight of the day came when 19-year-old Jonnie Peacock
beat Oscar Pistorius in the biggest race of the Paralympics - the
men's T44 100 metre final.
Peacock stormed away from the other competitors to win in a
Paralympic record time of 10.90 seconds.
Earlier, cyclist Sarah Storey won her fourth gold medal of these
Games, bringing her lifetime total to 11. That makes her Britain's
most successful female Paralympian ever!
Other gold medals in the athletics included David "the Weirwolf"
Weir's victory in the T54 800 metres and Hannah Cockroft's T34 200
metre win.
In sailing, Helena Lucas won the 2.4 metre one-person keelboat
sailing event in Weymouth, while Josef Craig took gold in the pool
in the S7 400 metre freestyle final. The 15-year-old swimmer said
he had been inspired by a good luck tweet he received from the girl
band Little Mix before the race!
Great Britain have three days left to try to win the battle
against Russia to reach second place on the medals table. GB have
the edge so far with a total of 108 medals to Russia's 85 but the
countries are neck-and-neck when it comes to golds, with 31 each.
China is in the lead with 183 medals.
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Golden day for GB Paralympians
Glasgow's bid for 2018 Youth Olympics
As GB athletes add medal after medal to their whopping
Paralympic total in the London Games, Glasgow is finalising plans
for its bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympics.
With a £230 million budget, Scotland's biggest city will compete
against five other cities - Poznan in Poland, Rotterdam in the
Netherlands, Guadalajara in Mexico, Medellin in Colombia, and the
Argentinian capital Buenos Aires.
The winning candidate will be announced in July next year.
Most of the venues included in the bid are already being
prepared for Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games.
But there are also plans for a new diving pool and a BMX track.
And a new Games Village would be built at Sighthill, one of the
poorest parts of Glasgow.
Organisers want Glasgow to follow on from the success of the
2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore, where the sale of 230,000 tickets
and merchandising made £6 million for the city.
It also drew 38,000 international visitors and worldwide media
attention. It was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of
247 million people.
"This is a unique opportunity for the UK to continue its Olympic
journey and continue to inspire a generation of young people in the
wake of London 2012," said Gordon Matheson, the leader of Glasgow
City Council.
"Winning the bid would not only enhance our reputation on the
world stage but also continue to sustain and create jobs in our
tourism, creative, event and service industries which are so vital
to the city's economy."
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