Biggest wins for a century for Great Britain at Paralympics
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Great Britain are on a roll, celebrating their most successful day at any Paralympic Games in a century on Sunday.
ParalympicsGB won 12 gold medals - setting a new record for the most champions in a single day.
The team's previous record for golds on a single day at a Games was nine - achieved at both Rio 2016 and Beijing 2008.
The amazing wins put Great Britain second in medal table with 23 golds overall in Paris, and only China ahead of them with 33.
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The day began with three rowing golds, won by Lauren Rowles and Gregg Stevenson in the mixed double sculls, and Ben Pritchard in the men's single sculls and the mixed coxed four.
Hannah Cockroft won her fourth successive women's T34 100m title, ahead of team-mate Kare Adenegan, to take GB's first Para-athletics gold, before Sabrina Fortune produced a world record to win the women's F20 shot put title at the Stade de France.
Four golds were won in the pool by Maisie Summers-Newton, Brock Whiston and Grace Harvey. Britain's quartet also won mixed S14 4x100m relay gold.
The final day of Para-track cycling action in the velodrome brought three GB golds, from James Ball and pilot Steffan Lloyd in the men's B 1,000m time trial title.
Sophie Unwin and pilot Jenny Holl triumphed in the women's B 3,000m individual pursuit, while there was success for Jody Cundy, Jaco van Gass and Kadeena Cox in the mixed team sprint.
Among GB's 18 medals, there was also silver for Sammi Kinghorn in the Para-athletics women's T53 800m, and rowers Annie Caddick and Sam Murray in the mixed PR3 double sculls silver.
What a day!
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