Storey is lost for words as Paralympic GB complete a historic Games

Veteran breaks record as GB’s Paralympians top the cycling medal table in Tokyo, reports James Shrubsall

- James Shrubsall

Great Britain topped the cycling medal table and Dame Sarah Storey became Britain’s greatest Paralympian of all time as the Tokyo Games drew to a close on Sunday. Storey had won gold medals in the individual pursuit, the road time trial, and the C4-5 road race to take her total to 17 golds and become Britain’s greatest.

“I don’t know if it’s sunk in,” Storey told BBC Radio 5 Live after her record-breaking medal in the road race. “It’s something everyone has been talking about since Rio when it became a mathematical possibility with me doing three more events in Tokyo.

“It’s one of those situations where I don’t know whether it will sink in when I get home, or whether it will be in a few months or even never at all,” she added.