PARALYMPIAN David Weir secured Team GB's final gold of London 2012 and his fourth win of the Games in the T54 marathon.
PARALYMPIAN David Weir secured Team GB's final gold of London 2012 and his fourth win of the Games in the T54 marathon.
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VICTORIA WELDON
The wheelchair-using 33-year-old's triumph, which followed success in the 5000m, 1500m and 800m, meant he matched Sarah Story as Britain's most successful athlete at the Games.
Despite his exertions on the track, the Londoner summoned up the strength over the final 500m to make a decisive break his rivals could not match.
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