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Injuring her hand in the warm up. i just didnt really think about it. and then i came off and i was like, "my hand really hurts!" yeah, im not sure what it looks like under here but were going to leave this on for now. and there was another gold for another of the class of 2012, aled davies retaining his shot put title which he dedicated to his baby daughter phoebe. in the canoeing, meanwhile, there was success for the sport switchers. laura sugar used to sprint on the track, but now shes doing ...

On the track, but now shes doing it on the water, and quickly. for sugar, the sweetest of victories. and there was another for charlotte henshaw, the former swimmer edging out team—mate emma wiggs. swapping the pool for a paddle, she later told me, turned out to be a pretty good move. i feel very, very fortunate to have found another sport that i love. i might have been completely rubbish and i might not even have been on the team to tokyo so it was a complete leap of faith and one im now glad...

Sugar won their events in the para—canoeing. our sports correspondent, andy swiss, reports. domination at its most dazzling. hannah cockroft has never lost a race at the paralympics and in the 800 metres, her supremacy was starker than ever. she was almost in a different postcode as she crossed the line more than ten seconds clear... commentator: its a new paralympic record! and all that, remarkably, after injuring her hand in the warm up. i just didnt really think about it. and then i came of...