TOKYO: Australian cyclist Paige Greco became the first Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold medallist after winning the women’s track cycling C1-3 3,000m individual pursuit event today, Xinhua reported.
Greco covered the 3,000m distance in 3:50.815s in the final at the Izu Velodrome, refreshing the previous C3 class world record of 3:52.283s she created just hours ago during qualifying.
China’s Wang Xiaomei claimed the silver in 3:54.975s, while German cyclist Denise Schindler bagged the bronze in 3:55.120s.