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demonstration of local culture and history dominated the early section of the Ceremony ©Getty ImagesRickie Lee-Coulter

struggled to open the Baton before she passed it to Prince Charles ©Getty ImagesAustralian star Sally Pearson

The horse that partnered Great Britain's Lee Pearson to three gold medals at the Athens 2004 Paralympic

2005 continental competition, they won another team gold, plus individual and freestyle silver.Lee Pearson

myself as a dressage rider on the map, I and others think he put Para-dressage on the map also,” said Pearson

Britain’s multiple world and Olympic champion Mo Farah signed off as a track athlete on a winning note in what was perhaps the closest race in his illustrious career at the first of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League finals at the Letzigrund in Zurich.

this month, duly earned her fifth Diamond Trophy with a throw of 65.54m.She finished ahead of Kelsey-Lee

with 47.80 and won a first Diamond Trophy in 48.07.Australia’s 30-year-old London 2012 champion Sally Pearson

Great Britain’s equestrian medallists from the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were welcomed to Clarence House in London for a reception hosted by the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla.

individual championship test grade IV.The one other Paralympic gold medal went the way of the newly-knighted Lee

Pearson in the individual freestyle test grade Ib.There were also silvers for the Olympic dressage team

- made up of Dujardin, Spencer Wilton, Fiona Bigwood and Carl Hester - as well as Pearson in the individual

ParalympicsGB’s Chef de Mission Penny Briscoe and British Paralympic Association (BPA) chief executive Tim Hollingsworth have both been made Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.

gold medallists being recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.Among them is equestrian rider Lee

Pearson, who has been knighted after claiming his 11th Paralympic title at Rio 2016 with victory in

Eleven-time Paralympic medallist Lee Pearson has been knighted ©Getty ImagesBPA chairman Tim Reddish,

Andy Murray and Mo Farah are among the Olympic gold medallists from Britain who feature in the New Year’s Honours list – both receiving knighthoods.

have also been made Dames in the honours, which have been made public tonight.Other recipients include Lee

Pearson, with the Paralympic dressage gold medallist being a Sir.More than 100 athletes feature in the

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has announced that all human and equine doping samples taken during the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have returned negative.

became triple gold medallists when successfully defending their London 2012 dressage titles, while Lee

Pearson won his 11th Paralympic title.Belgium’s London 2012 champion Michèle George also successfully

Celebratory events marking the achievements of British Olympians and Paralympians at Rio 2016 will be held in Manchester and London on October 17 and 18 respectively, it has been announced.

Cox - who won gold on the track and in the Velodrome - T44 sprinter Jonnie Peacock, equestrian legend Lee

Pearson and table tennis player Will Bayley also shone for the nation.

dressage gold medals of Rio 2016 on another day of British success at the Rio Equestrian Centre on which Lee

Pearson won an 11th Paralympic title.

riding Coco Chanel, took a Brazilian bronze.But the most popular British victory of the day came for Pearson

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ImagesAustria's Pepo Puch won the Individual Championship Test Grade IB dressage title to deny Britain's Lee

Pearson an 11th Paralympic gold medal at the Olympic Equestrian Centre ©Getty ImagesAustralia’s Dylan

Some things in sport are relatively easy to predict.

 Britain's Lee Pearson, ten times a Paralympic champion in equestrianism, pictured with his latest

look no further than the Paralympics.Yesterday, for example, Britain’s Opening Ceremony flag-bearer Lee

Pearson, seeking an 11th Paralympic equestrian title in his fifth Paralympic Games, settled for silver

But even more unexpectedly, Pearson is said to be allergic to horses, and has to take antihystamines.

Austria's Pepo Puch won the Individual Championship Test Grade IB dressage title to deny Britain's Lee

Pearson an 11th Paralympic gold medal at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Rio.

London 2012 gold medal-winning javelin thrower Shirlene Coelho has been chosen as hosts Brazil’s flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, which is due to take place at the Maracanã Stadium tomorrow.

Equestrian rider Lee Pearson has been selected as Great Britain's flagbearer ©ParalympicsGBA wheelchair

select their flagbearer today include Great Britain, the United States and New Zealand.Equestrian rider Lee

Pearson will fulfil the duty for Britain having been nominated in a vote by his fellow athletes from

The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has announced the appointment of Sarah Armstrong as interim Para-equestrian dressage performance manager to lead the team in Rio de Janeiro next year. 

double gold and Sophie Christiansen took home two individual titles as well as the team crown alongside Lee

Pearson, Sophie Wells and Deborah Criddle.Related storiesFebruary 2015: British Equestrian Federation

The Netherlands topped the medal table for the first time at a major international Para-equestrian championships after triumphing at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Para-Equestrian Dressage European Championships in Deauville, France. 

77.750 per cent on Fine Feeling S to take his second title of the championships ahead of Britain’s Lee

Pearson and The Netherlands’ Nicole Den Dulk.In the Grade III competition, Germany’s superstar rider