it s become one of british sport s most gloriously familiar sights. hannah cockroft has never lost at the paralympics and once again she did what she always does. a new world record! a sixth paralympic title for her, who prepared the heat of tokyo in a plastic greenhouse at her home in cheshire. we got up to 45 degrees one day, our hottest day here has been 44, so it worked pretty well. at times it felt stupid, it felt so silly to be doing it, but here we are and it has worked, so maybe that s the secret! others were on the road to redemption. after a mistake cost her gold in rio, lauren steadman nearly retired. she will be glad she didn t. triumph in the triathlon and the biggest smile in tokyo. but there was british delight everywhere. at the rowing lake, lawrence whiteley celebrated his 30th birthday by retaining his double sculls title with lauren rolls, and the mixed coxed four also took gold.
hurricane hannah cockroft storms to victory in her 100 metre sprint setting a new world record on a bumper day of golds for gb. it s seven unbeaten for rangers in the old firm derby as they once again get the better of rivals celtic. and who needs ronaldo! mason greenwood fires a far from impressive manchester united to victory against wolves. hello there, a pleasure to have you with us on sportsday. and it s been another day to be proud of british performance in tokyo. paralympics gb won seven golds on day five of the games another remarkable achievement, capped off by an historic wheelchair rugby win, redemption in the triathlon and the golden girl of the track doing what she does best. andy swiss reports.
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