Tokyo Paralympics: Sarah Storey is now Britain's most successful Paralympian - with 17 golds
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Sarah Storey has won her 17th Paralympic gold to become Great Britain's most successful Paralympian of all time.
The 43-year-old defended the women's C4-5 road race title she has held since London 2012.
This put her one gold medal ahead of previous record holder Mike Kenny.
She punched the air in celebration as she crossed the line in two hours, 21 minutes and 51 seconds.
After the race she said: "I'm a bit overwhelmed, I feel like it's happening to someone else.
"I can't really explain or compute anything about the race, but crossing the line first felt so good."
Storey's gold was her third of this Paralympics, after winning the individual pursuit on the track before claiming time-trial gold.
This is her eighth Games but she hasn't always been seen on a bike. She made her debut in Barcelona in 1992 as a swimmer.
Storey now has 28 Paralympic medals in total and has not won anything except gold since making her cycling Paralympic debut at Beijing 2008.
She started her career as a swimmer and made her debut in Barcelona in 1992
She switched to cycling in 2005
If she wasn't a Paralympian, Sarah says she'd be a PE teacher!
She's also a mum - her children are Louisa (8) and Charlie (3)
So how is she feeling about it all? She said: "I just feel immensely proud and also immensely grateful to have so much support and to have such a great team around me and also a great team back at home.
"They're the ones who are able to make this possible, by putting me on the start line in a position to go for it, so I'm a little bit lost for words in many ways."
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