Great Britain's performance at the Paralympic Games surpassed expectations, achieving 49 gold medals and 124 overall, signifying a successful and competitive event despite rising global competition.
Penny Briscoe highlighted the intense competition stating, 'Every Paralympic Games we see competition from around the world getting tougher... the standards set at this Games were exceptional and medals and personal bests have never been more hard fought.'
Reflecting on the near misses, Briscoe mentioned, 'Rob Oliver in para-canoeing finished sixth, but he was 1/1400th of a second away from second. It is incredibly fine margins.'
Looking forward to LA, Briscoe emphasized, 'We need to make sure we don't take our eye off the ball as we look to LA, where standards, I'm sure, will continue to creep up.'
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