ParalympicsGB cyclists get off the mark despite heartbreak for Kadeena Cox

ParalympicsGB cyclists get off the mark despite heartbreak for Kadeena Cox

Cox falls at first bend in C4-5 500m time trial finalDaphne Schrager wins silver in C1-3 3,000m

Inside a sweltering Paris velodrome, the heat raised to the max in the hope of world records (and they duly came tumbling), ParalympicsGB’s medal count started with silvers for Daphne Schrager and the pairing of Stephen Bate and Christopher Latham on the tandem. But there was a broken heart for gold-medal favourite Kadeena Cox, who fell at the first bend in her final.

Cox, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after a stroke in May 2014, was racing in the 500m time trial – two laps of the track against the clock – in the C4-5 category and had been second fastest in the morning’s qualifying races.

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