The British athlete soared around the Paris velodrome on Friday, despite suffering his fall last week while preparing for the Games. "I was heartbroken... I had a big cut on my head, but they did some tests and gave me the all-clear," he told The Guardian.

"I was really well looked after. The next day is always the hardest. You're very sore and stiff. Saturday was very hard to understand: am I going to race? However, on Sunday I was on the track," he added.

Van Gass's gold medal was one of two that Great Britain won last Friday at the velodrome. They continue to prove themselves a powerhouse on a daily basis.

Van Gass' story is one for the record books, and he doesn't shy away from anything. A grenade in Afghanistan caused him to lose an arm, but after that fateful day he set himself ambitious goals, one of which was to become a Para cyclist for the Great Britain team.

He's no stranger to the podium, and won three medals in Tokyo, and now he can repeat his victory in one of his signature events, the pursuit. Meanwhile, silver medallist Graham had to settle for second place again, as he did in Tokyo. "Survival of the fittest," he said.

In the women's B 1,000m time trial, Lizzi Jordan and pilot Danni Khan secured Britain's second gold of the afternoon. Australia's Jess Gallagher and Caitlin Ward took silver, while fellow Australians Sophie Unwin and Jenny Holl took bronze in the same race.

It was also a remarkable achievement for Lizzi Jordan, who overcame E.Coli that left her in a coma for two months. She started from scratch, unable to walk, and now she is a Paralympic gold medallist. "Sport has given me a sense of purpose in life, it has given me direction, a sense of achievement and it has saved me," she told The Guardian.

"When I acquired a disability, the word 'disabled' seemed really negative. I just think I have a different ability now... To break down barriers and show that you can achieve things without sight. And actually I've achieved more without sight than I have with it - so it's quite crazy, really," said the Para cyclist.

Blaine Hunt, sporting an extravagant curly moustache, made his Paralympic debut. He won silver in the C4-5 1,000-metre time trial behind Australia's Korey Boddington. Matthew Robertson's bronze in the men's C2 3,000-metre individual pursuit was Britain's 100th Paralympic cycling medal.