Rio 2016 Olympics: Onye wins gold for Nigeria in women’s shot put

Nigeria’s Olympic team brought back a single bronze medal from Rio-won by the men’s football team captained by Chelsea midfielder Mikel John Obi-in a disappointing tournament that was a marginal improvement on the London 2012 Olympics, where Nigeria won no medals.

A Paralympic cyclist has become the first British serviceman or woman injured in Iraq or Afghanistan to win a gold medal – almost a decade after losing his arm.

Ailbhe contested her first event at the Paralympics when falling short in the Heats of the S8 400m freestyle on Thursday, but the Dublin woman was full of positivity afterwards and will be eager to improve in the 100m freestyle. She’s always been one of the most impressive C4 sprinters, but now you see Kadeena coming into that class and she’s just taken over a second off that.

She was reclassified in both cycling and athletics earlier this year. “And now the 400 is an event we’ve never had for my classification, so I’m just elated that I was able to start off my Games with this performance and now I’m looking forward to a week from now in the 100 metres”.

World record-holder Emma Foy rode last and set the second fastest time, meaning Thornhill and Scott, with the third fastest time, would contest the bronze medal final.

Storey, who on Thursday won her 12th Paralympic title, missed out on a medal as China’s Zhou Jufang and Ruan Jianping went quicker before Cox’s storming success. She made her debut in Sydney 2000 where she won silver behind Omar in the -44kg category.

Goalball is played by visually impaired athletes, who compete in two teams of three players with a ball containing bells. “You can come back from setbacks and do fantastic things”. It will be her first road race.

“When I came across that finish line, I held the tape in the air and wondered whether it was all real. But I came for the gold, and I’ve got the gold – I’m happy”.

Olympic and Paralympic regulation ban teams from missing specific games, amid suggests in Israel that Algeria missed the first game against the U.S. to avoid censure.