Britain's Cyclists Take Five More Golds

The gold rush continued for Britain's cyclists today with five more victories at the Beijing Paralympics, taking their gold medal haul above even that of their Olympic counterparts last month.

Darren Kenny, Mark Bristow, Jody Cundy, Simon Richardson and Aileen McGlynn were all victorious at the Laoshan Velodrome to take Britain's cycling medal total to nine golds and one silver.

Kenny, from Dorset, won his second gold of the Games - defending a title won in Athens for a second time - with victory in the men's CP3 1km time-trial ahead of compatriot Rik Waddon. Kenny clocked his second world record, finishing in a time of 1min 8.668sec, while Waddon won silver in 1min 11.161sec.

Bristow, 46, from Nazeing in Essex, triumphed in the men's LC1 1km time-trial in a world record of 1min 8.873sec.

Jody Cundy then produced a phenomenal world record ride of 1min 5.466sec in the men's LC2 1km time-trial. The 29-year-old, who was born without the fibula in his right leg, competed in three Paralympics as a swimmer and won three titles in the pool before switching to the velodrome two years ago. The Swansea rider saw Czech rival Jiri Jezek clock a Paralympic record of 1.11.182 before immediately scorching round the track to lower his own world best.

An eighth was soon to follow as Richardson added the LC3 individual pursuit title to his 1km time-trial victory on Sunday. The 41-year-old from Porthcawl in south Wales was trailing Masaki Fujita one third into the three-kilometre race but built momentum as his Japanese opponent floundered to win in 3:49.214.

McGlynn then made it five out of five at the velodrome for Britain, taking gold in the women's B&VI 1-3 individual pursuit alongside tandem pilot rider Ellen Hunter. The duo, who won gold in the 1km time-trial on Sunday, finished in 3:39.809, nearly two seconds clear of silver medalists Lindy Hou and Toireasa Gallagher from Australia.

Britain also won two athletics silver medals, with Ben Rushgrove and Libby Clegg finishing second in their respective 100 meters finals.

Meanwhile the British are assessing the possibility of challenging the International Paralympic Committee's decision to demand a re-run of the women's T54 5,000 meters final in which Blackpool's Shelly Woods finished second.

The 22-year-old wheelchair racer has been forced to hand back her silver medal after three protests following a six-athlete pile up on the penultimate lap of last night's final. But the British Paralympic Association along with their Canadian counterparts - Canada's Diane Roy had been awarded the gold medal - are reviewing documentation to assess whether they can appeal.

The two countries currently have no right to appeal under IPC guidelines and the race has been rescheduled for Friday morning, but a final outcome will be known by the end of today. Woods, the 2007 London Marathon champion, swerved to avoid the crash, which sent competitors sprawling across four lanes of the track, before going on to set a personal best of 11min 54.29sec, 0.26secs behind Roy, who set a Paralympic record.

It is not known if all the athletes involved in the melee will be fit to contest the rerun final.