Great Britain Surpasses 100 Medals with Hewett-Reid Victory

Great Britain reached 100 medals at the Paris 2024 Paralympics as wheelchair tennis stars Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid achieved a career ‘Golden Slam’ in the men’s doubles, helping the team exceed their Tokyo gold count. On Friday, GB secured six golds among 16 medals surpassing their target of 100-140 medals set by UK Sport with two days still to compete.

Hewett and Reid defeated Japan’s Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki 6-2, 6-1 at Roland Garros, finally claiming the elusive gold that had evaded them in Rio and Tokyo. Hewett, aiming for a singles Golden Slam on Saturday and Reid celebrated their long-awaited victory reflecting on their past near-misses and their journey to this moment.

Sarah Storey won her 19th Paralympic gold in the women’s C4-5 road race while Sophie Unwin claimed her fourth medal of the Games in the B women’s road race with pilot Jenny Holl. Poppy Maskill secured her third gold in the pool winning the women’s S14 100m backstroke. Dimitri Coutya earned gold in men’s epee B fencing and Ben Sandilands took the men’s T20 1500m gold.

Great Britain with 41 golds in Tokyo, now targets matching or surpassing that total as the Games near their end. The team also won silver medals in Para-table tennis, wheelchair fencing and other events with additional bronze medals in swimming and cycling. Storey’s record-breaking gold and the success of Maskill, who now has five medals highlight GB’s exceptional performance in Paris.

Coutya’s gold brought GB to 42, surpassing their Tokyo tally and Sandilands set a world record in the 1500m adding to the nation’s impressive haul.