Briton Jordanne Whiley
had dared to come to Rio with
real conviction that she could
be the one to break the Dutch
domination, but her hopes and
dreams were dashed by a wrist
injury early in the competition.
She did at least claim the bronze
medal in women's doubles with
Lucy Shuker, the pair defeating
Kamiji and Miho Nijo.
The quad athlete Alcott had
set his heart on winning gold in
a second sport after his success
in basketball at Beijing 2008
and subsequent silver medal in
London. But he never expected
gold in two wheelchair tennis
events: quad singles
and doubles.
The 25-year-old from
Melbourne lived up to his No. 1
ranking and defeated Britain's
Andy Lapthorne 63 64 in the gold
medal match, a day after taking
quad doubles gold with his good
friend Heath Davidson, who was
returning to the sport after a
ten-year hiatus. The Aussie pair
ended the reign of three-time
defending Paralympic champions
Nick Taylor and David Wagner of
USA, who settled for silver.
Bronze honours in the quad
division went to Wagner, who
overcame South Africa's Lucas
Sithole in the play-off, and Brits
Jamie Burdekin and Lapthorne,
who won that marathon men's
doubles bronze medal match
over Itay Erenlib and Shraga
Weinberg of Israel.
