Loughborough at the Paralympic Games – Day Nine

arc de triomphe in paris

There was a flurry of Loughborough medals on day nine of the Paralympic Games.

Cycling

Loughborough Lightning Cycling rider Jenny Holl piloted visually impaired Sophie Unwin to an incredible fourth 2024 Paralympics medal in the Women’s B road race.

Read more on Holl’s brilliant ride here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2024/september/lakatos-and-holl-take-lboro-past-fifteen/

Para Powerlifting

Matthew Harding enjoyed a positive experience in his first Paralympic Games after finishing 5th in the Men's -80kg final.

Harding successfully recorded 200kg as gold medallist Roohallah Rostami took the title in a world record lift of 242kg.

Athletics

Loughborough University-based Brent Lakatos dominated the Men’s 800m T53 to add another medal to his personal Paris collection.

Read more on Brent’s podium-topping performance here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2024/september/lakatos-and-holl-take-lboro-past-fifteen/

In the field, University-based Hollie Arnold won a superb bronze in the Women’s javelin F46. Read more on Arnold’s medal here: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2024/september/lboro-bronze-and-silver-on-memorable-evening

Loughborough athletes also played a major role as Great Britain’s 4x100m Universal Relay team won silver. Read more on the above link.

Loughborough alumnus Jonathan Broom-Edwards finished 5th in the Men’s high jump T64 final. The Tokyo 2020 gold medallist recorded a best jump of 1.89m which sadly fell outside the podium places.

Wheelchair basketball

The Netherlands and Loughborough-linked Bo Kramer are guaranteed at least a silver medal in wheelchair basketball after beating Canada 72-61 in a thriller.

In an incredibly tight encounter, the Dutch finally pulled away during the third quarter to set up a mouth-watering gold medal shoot-out versus the USA on Sunday (8 September, 12:45 PM).