Britain’s Emma Wiggs retained her VL2 (va’a) canoeing title to claim her third gold medal at the Paralympic Games.
The 44-year-old sprinter finished the 200-meter course in Vaires-sur-Marne in 58.88 seconds.
Jeanette Chippington, at 54 the oldest member of the British Paralympic team in Paris, came fourth in one minute and 2.41 seconds.
Wiggs and Chippington, who is competing in her eighth Games after making her swimming debut in Seoul in 1988, will compete in kayaking competitions on Sunday.
Wiggs has four Paralympic medals to his name, winning gold in the KL2 (kayak) in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo in 2021.
Britain’s Dave Phillipson won silver in the men’s KL2 race, clocking 42.43 seconds, just over a second behind Australia’s Curtis McGrath, who won his third consecutive title.
Phillipson, 35, was competing in his second Paralympic Games as a canoeist, having played three as a wheelchair tennis player.
Robert Oliver, 36, finished sixth in the KL3 final, while Algerian Brahim Guendouz won gold.
