09/09/2016

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:00:17. > :00:17.Cyclist Dame Sarah Storey becomes Britain's most successful

:00:18. > :00:21.And Great Britain kick off day two with another

:00:22. > :00:34.Hi, I'm Martin and this is your Paralympic Newsround, live from Rio.

:00:35. > :00:37.Welcome to Brazil, the sporting action has already begun here on day

:00:38. > :00:41.And the gold rush has also begun for Great Britain,

:00:42. > :00:43.we've just bagged another gold medal in the cycling,

:00:44. > :00:46.with Sophie Thornhill and pilot Helen Scott in the women's B

:00:47. > :00:51.after a cracking opening day for Paralympics GB on Thursday.

:00:52. > :00:53.The British team picked up 11 medals in total -

:00:54. > :01:08.The biggest moment came from Cyclist Dame Sarah

:01:09. > :01:15.Storey in that stadium behind me, the velodrome.

:01:16. > :01:17.She made history by winning her 12th Paralympic gold

:01:18. > :01:37.The Sarah Storey story starts in 1977 in Manchester.

:01:38. > :01:39.She was born without a working left hand,

:01:40. > :01:47.Sarah actually started out as a swimmer,

:01:48. > :01:49.appearing at her first Paralympics in 1992,

:01:50. > :01:55.She won two golds, three silvers and a bronze.

:01:56. > :02:01.Sarah continued as a swimmer in the next three Paralympics,

:02:02. > :02:08.But in 2005, she was forced out of the pool because of ear

:02:09. > :02:12.infections - that's when she discovered a passion for cycling.

:02:13. > :02:15.The 2008 Beijing Games were her first on a bike,

:02:16. > :02:21.At the London Games in 2012, she doubled that,

:02:22. > :02:29.A year later, Sarah and her husband Barney, also a cyclist,

:02:30. > :02:34.welcomed their first child, Louisa.

:02:35. > :02:36.Louisa's in Rio and watched her mum win gold number 12,

:02:37. > :02:42.which is more than any other British female.

:02:43. > :02:44.Let's not forget her eight silver and three bronze medals,

:02:45. > :03:01.One of the brightest stars is 15-year-old

:03:02. > :03:06.swimmer Ellie Robinson from Northampton in England.

:03:07. > :03:09.She qualified fastest for the final of the S6 50m

:03:10. > :03:11.butterfly and the school was cheering her on during the race

:03:12. > :03:17.Ellie's school friends have got in touch to wish her luck before

:03:18. > :03:28.We really think you are going to go all the way and we are so proud of

:03:29. > :03:31.you. She has done so well. You should have heard the cheers. The

:03:32. > :03:37.whole school is behind you. Go, get back medal. It is incredible to

:03:38. > :03:46.think that someone RH is there. It is crazy. Good luck. You will always

:03:47. > :03:48.be a champion to us. Good luck to Ellie -

:03:49. > :03:51.and there's plenty of gold medal chances for Britain in the athletics

:03:52. > :03:54.stadium tonight too. Jonnie Peacock smashed his

:03:55. > :03:56.own Paralympic record in qualifying for

:03:57. > :03:57.the T44 100m final. And he's the firm favourite to keep

:03:58. > :04:01.the title he won at London 2012. So it's shaping up to

:04:02. > :04:05.be another great day But it's now over to Naz

:04:06. > :04:10.for the rest of the day's stories. Next to the dramatic rescue

:04:11. > :04:16.of tourists who were stranded Some spent last night over three

:04:17. > :04:20.thousand metres up in the air above the mountain glaciers

:04:21. > :04:23.of Mont Blanc in France. 110 people were trapped

:04:24. > :04:24.after the wires carrying But now they've all have been

:04:25. > :04:42.brought down safely. It's after more than 50

:04:43. > :04:44.pupils were sent home from a school in Kent this week,

:04:45. > :04:46.because they weren't Some parents say their children

:04:47. > :04:51.were left upset, but the head teacher says sticking to the rules

:04:52. > :04:56.means better behaviour and grades. That's all from me, Ricky is back

:04:57. > :05:00.with Newsround tomorrow