Yahoo Sports Watch Paralympics Icon Sarah Storey Sprint At Finish To Win Her 19th Gold Medal
British cycling star Sarah Storey claimed her 19th gold medal at a Paralympic Games by winning the women’s C4-5 road race on Friday.
The 46-year-old Storey finished just ahead of French teenager Heidi Gaugain in a sprint to the line as both completed the 71-kilometer course in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois in 1 hour, 54 minutes, 24 seconds.
WHAT A PERFORMANCE!
In a thrilling race to the finish, 46-year-old Dame Sarah Storey wins the women's C4-5 road race and earns her 19th career Paralympic gold medal.
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“Today I knew we had a great breakaway, we built up a good lead,” Storey said. “Then Heidi Gaugain attacked with a lap and a half to go. Fortunately I speak a bit of French so I understood what she was told. So I was ready to attack with her.”
“I’m just delighted that my wheel was in front at the finish,” Storey added.
Colombia’s Paula Andrea Ossa Veloza was 20 seconds behind for bronze, with Samantha Bosco of the United States fourth, 2:39 behind the winner.
Storey had already won the C5 individual time trial for her 18th Paralympic gold on Wednesday.
She also won both the time trial and road race at the Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and London Games, while she won a women’s LC1/LC2/CP4 time trial in Beijing in 2008.
She has five more Paralympic gold medals from the track, and yet more from swimming since she won her first gold in the pool in Barcelona in 1992.
The Paris Games are her ninth Paralympics.
