Deaflympics Update 4
Anthony Sinclair and Catherine Graham made a superb piece of British sporting history on Saturday when they won gold in the tennis mixed doubles final at the 21st Summer Deaflympics in Taipei.
In doing so they beat Italian top seeds Gianpaolo Damiani and Barbara Oddone 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, ending the Italian duo's unbeaten run in the event that stretches back 20 years. The five-time champions won their first mixed doubles title in in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1989. Victory for Sinclair and Graham also secured Britain's first Deaflympics mixed doubles gold medal for more than 50 years! Well done guys.
Serena Blackburn also took bronze in the Women's marathon, with Candy Hawkins narrowly missing out on a podium in the Women's 5k race.
Elsewhere, Rajeev Bagga narrowly missed out on gold in the Badminton singles final. Rumour has it his Russian opponent was given £100,000 for winning gold. Rajeev got silver, £0 and narrowly missed out on his sixth consecutive gold. You're still a legend, Rajeev. No-one can take that away from you.
An importantÌýnote on the weather in Taipei: "It's continuing to be hot - some winds but these are always warm. The air conditioning is so cold that we have to go outside to get warm again."
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