Three Paralympics Golds for GB As expected Britain's Paralympic Cyclists cemented their status as the World's best by claiming an emphatic three Gold medals on Day One of the Paralympics in Laoshan Velodrome, Beijing Men's Kilo TT - LC3/4 Britain's Simon Richardson took the first Gold of the games for the cyclists with a stunning ride in the LC3/4 Men's Kilometre TT.The rider from Portcawl, Wales dominated the event, winning by a massive three seconds from the Japanese rider Masaki Fujita, in a World Record time of 1m 14.936s Afterwards Simon commented to the BBC "I'm totally shocked, this is a completely unexpected gold medal. This race was really a warm up for the 3km, so I went into it thinking 'Whatever we get'." Having trained with Richardson at Newport Velodrome in the week's leading up to the Beijing Paralympics, Velodrome.org.uk can appreciate the efforts the Welshman was putting into his training and the Paralympic Gold medal and World Record are well deserved! Results 1. Simon Richardson (Great Britain) - 1m 14.936s (WR - LC3) 2. Masaki Fujita (Japan) - 1m 17.314s (LC3) 3. Greg Ball (Australia) - 1m 17.681s (WR - LC4) Women's Kilo TT - Tandem The second Gold of the day came courtesy of Britain's Aileen McGlynn and Ellen Hunter in the Women's Tandem Kilometre TT after the World Champions stormed around the Laoshan Velodrome in a new World Record time of 1m 09.066s to beat their arch rivals from Australia, Flic Johnson and Katie Parker by just over a second.Results 1. Aileen McGlynn/Ellen Hunter (Great Britain) - 1m 09.066s (WR) 2. Felicity Johnson/Katie Parker (Australia) - 1m 10.465s 3. Lindy Hou/Toireasa Gallagher (Australia) - 1m 12.463s Men's Individual Pursuit - CP3/4 Already a Paralympic Champion from Athens, Britain's Darren Kenny set about getting himself another Paralympic Gold medal, this time in the Men's CP3/4 Individual Pursuit, and that he did, making the rest of the field look like also ransIn qualification Kenny rode off against his main rival, Javier Ochoa of Spain, catching the Spaniard on the way to a new World Record time of 3m 36.875s. Unfortunately for the Spanish rider he was disqualified for riding too close to Kenny after he was caught by the Brit In the final Kenny faced Korean Yong-Sik Jin who qualified in a time of 3m 58.817s, eighteen seconds slower than Kenny, so it was no surprise to see Kenny catch his opponent inside the first kilometre to take Britain's third Paralympic Gold medal of the day! Results 1. Darren Kenny (Great Britain) - Qualification - 3m 36.875s (WR),Final Caught 2. Yong-Sik Jin (Korea) 3. Jean Quevillon (France) Men's Pursuit - CP4 Despite Masahi Ishii of Japan qualifying fastest in the CP4 Pursuit, Aussie Chris Scott beat him in the final by the narrowest of margins, 0.013s!Spanish Rider Cesar Neira took the bronze medal ahead of Czech rider Jiri Bouska Results 1. Chris Scott (Australia) - 3m 40.144s 2. Masashi Ishii (Japan) - 3m 40.157s 3. Cesar Neira (Spain) - 3m 45.753s Men's Pursuit - Tandem Aussie riders Kieran Modra and Tyson Lawrence took the Gold medal in the Men's Tandem Pursuit after a spectacular ride of 4m 18.961s in qualification and then catching the Spanish team of Christian Venga and David Llaurado in the finalResults 1. Kieran Modra/Tyson Lawrence (Australia) - 4m 18.166s 2. Christian Venga/David Llaurado (Spain) - Caught 3. Bryce Lindores/Steven George (Australia) - 4m 26.626s 
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