Paralympics 2024: Charlotte Henshaw and Laura Sugar retain Para-canoe titles in Paris
Henshaw, 37, who underwent elbow surgery a year ago, had powered to a Paralympic record in her win in the VL3 final on Saturday.
And she was strong from the start in Sunday’s race, quickly building an advantage over Katalin Varga of Hungary and cross the line in another Games best of 49.07 seconds.
Varga momentarily stopped paddling mid-race allowing Wiggs to overtake her and finish in 51.56 to add silver to her VL2 title.
“I raced last summer with a really unhappy elbow and it was that toss up between ‘do I do it now and hope that I’ll be back in form for the Games?’ or ‘do we risk it and risk not being here at all?'” Henshaw told Channel 4.
“I’m so grateful that people advised me to do it when we could and when we did.
“I was a one-eventer in swimming so I only ever got the opportunity to race for one medal and when it came to this Games, I thought ‘isn’t it going to be nice to get two bites of the cherry?’
“The two golds was the ultimate icing on the cake and to achieve that is just unbelievable, I’m just immensely grateful.”
