Marathon medals for Brits
Britain's Paralympians will leave Sydney today boasting the best record of any squad since Seoul 1988, having amassed a total of 131 medals in the 11 days of the Sydney Games.
British Airways flight BA16 will touch down at Heathrow at 4.55 on Tuesday morning carrying the pride of Britain's disabled athletes and the 41 gold, 43 silver and 47 bronze medals they have reaped.
They include the three silvers and one bronze won by our marathon runners in their various classifications on Saturday, with Bob Matthews adding another silver from the T11 class to the silver and gold won in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.
Matthews' time in the gruelling event was 2hrs 47mins and 38secs, around nine minutes slower than the new world's best time recorded by Portugal's Carlos Ferreira, who Matthews beat in the 10,000 metres.
Bristol's Stephen Brunt took silver in the T12 classification behind Poland's Waledemar Kikolski in a time of 2hrs 34mins 10secs while Burnley's Mark Brown recorded a time of 2hrs 33mins 02secs when finishing a minute behind Spain's Jose Javier Conde in the T46 classification.
Nottingham's Paul Williams rounded off the British medal haul with his second bronze of the games when finishing in third behind France's Thierry Cibone with a throw of 10.72 metres in the F35 classification of the men's shot putt.
