Paralympics 2024: Ben Pritchard wins gold in single skulls
Great Britain’s Ben Pritchard won Paralympic gold in the PR1 men’s singles skulls with a sensational comeback victory in Paris.
The Welshman trailed Italy’s Giacomo Perini during the first 1500m of the 2,000m event.
But Pritchard started his charge with 500m to go and eased to victory in the home straight, finishing with a time of nine minutes 03.84 seconds.
Ukraine’s Roman Polianskyi pipped Perini at the finish to take silver, finishing more than 10 seconds behind Pritchard.
Pritchard’s victory was Britain’s first in the division since Tom Aggar’s gold at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
