JOSIE Pearson won Britain's 32nd Paralympic gold medal in the F51/52/53 discus and set three world records in the process.
Bristol-born Pearson, who broke her neck in a car accident at the age of 17, was forced to quit wheelchair racing after being told the risk of further injury was too great and only took up throwing 18 months ago.
The 26-year-old from Herefordshire launched the disc out to 6.38, 6.54 and then 6.58 metres with her first three throws of the competition, extending the F51 record on each occasion. She said: "In training I was consistently throwing over the world record, so I knew it was a definite possibility I could do it. To get that first throw and break the world record was a relief. I was able to relax and my next two throws were even better."
Meanwhile, Scots Paralympic swimmer Andrew Mullen finished a creditable fourth in the S5 50m butterfly as the 15-year-old concluded his Paralympic debut.
The Glasgow-born teenager who learned to swim at Tollcross Leisure Centre in his home city had set a personal best yesterday morning, dipping under the 40sec mark.
Although he could not repeat the feat, Mullen finished in a highly creditable 40.04.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article