Sign up to the MySalford newsletter to keep up with what's happening in and around the city Almost 30 years since her first Paralympics medal - in a completely different sport - a Greater Manchester cyclist is on the cusp of making history.
Dame Sarah Storey, from Eccles, Salford, claimed the first gold medal for ParalympicsGB in the Tokyo 2020 games earlier today (August 25).
In doing so, the 43-year-old moves level with Darren Kenny on 10 medals as the joint-most decorated British cyclist in Paralympic history. READ MORE: Residents left confused after another sighting of creature 'with no head' Having first succeeded as a swimmer in the Barcelona 1992 games, Dame Storey has now won 15 Paralympic gold medals - one short of swimmer
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