PARALYMPICS: Bronze medal for Manning

There was another medal for our local band of Paralympians in Rio today (September 17).

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Sep 2016, 18:40 BST

Updated 5th Oct 2016, 14:34 BST

Lee Manning (26) from Bretton, a former Jack Hunt School pupil, was in the Team GB men’s wheelchair basketball team which beat Turkey 82-76 in a thrlling bronze medal match.

Turkey were six points clear in overtime but Terry Bywater’s long-range three-pointer with a minute left gave Britain a lead they did not relinquish.

It is Britain’s third bronze medal, following their third-place finishes at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Other local medal winners in Rio were Jody Cundy (two cycling golds), James Fox (one rowing gold) and Lauren Steadman (triathlon silver).

Turkey