In a victory for middle aged women everywhere, 46-year-old Dame Sarah Storey chased down and outsprinted a teenager, 19-year-old French star Heïdi Gaugain, to win the women’s C4-5 road race by half a wheel in a high-stakes last two kilometres coming into Clichy-sous-Bois.
It was Storey’s second gold of the Paralympics, after taking the time trial on Wednesday, meaning that her outrageous medal haul, 19 golds in nine games (her first was Barcelona in 1992), now includes golds in four consecutive road races in London, Rio, Tokyo and now Paris.
