Kadeena Cox wins cycling gold to power Great Britain up Paralympics medal table

Great Britain won eight medals, including three golds on day three of the Paralympic Games.

There was special success for Kadeena Cox, who claimed a stunning victory in the C4/C5 500 metres time-trial, 24 hours after claiming T38 100 metres bronze in athletics.

It meant the 25-year-old from Leeds became the first Briton since Isabel Barr (later Newstead) in 1988 to claim medals in two sports at one Paralympics. The successes also come two years after her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis.

Britain clinched four athletics medals within six minutes as Hannah Cockroft won her third Paralympic title. The Halifax Hurricane, as she was named after London 2012, took victory in the T34 100m ahead of Kare Adenegan, the 15-year-old from Coventry. Moments later Toby Gold was unable to live up to his name, finishing with silver in the T33 100m, with Andrew Small taking bronze.

Andy Lewis will enjoy a first beer for two years after winning PT2 triathlon gold at Copacabana beach. The 33-year-old, a lower leg amputee following a motorbike accident when he was 16, added the Paralympic title to the world and European crowns he already won.

Alice Tai took bronze in the S10 100m backstroke for Britain's only medal in the swimming pool on Saturday. Ellie Robinson, gold medallist on Friday, was fourth in the S6 50m freestyle and Ellie Simmonds was sixth, but will aim to add to her four Paralympic titles in longer-distance events before her third Games is up.

Great Britain are currently second on the medal table with 35 - 15 golds - behind China.