Sammi Kinghorn will undoubtedly compete in the Paralympics of her life. Perhaps even beyond her wildest dreams.

The Scot delivered an outstanding performance at the Stade de France on Wednesday evening, winning her first Paralympic gold medal in the final of the women’s 100m T53 race in Paris.

Paralympic champion.

“I just can’t believe I did it,” she beamed after the race. “It really blows me away.”

“I really wanted to give Catherine (Debrunner) a really good race.

“I beat her once this year, but she beat me every time. But I knew our times were only a tenth of a second apart, so I just wanted to make sure my start was really good.”

As a side note to this legendary victory, it should be mentioned that it was also a Paralympic record time.

Kinghorn thus beat world record holder Debrunner, who had entered the race as the favorite, even though the two are close rivals in this discipline.

The Melrose-born athlete was the first non-Chinese winner of this event in 20 years, following Tanni Grey-Thompson’s victory in Athens in 2004.

It was an amazing few days for her, as she had already won silver twice before this incredible victory.

Her first victory was over 800 m T53. Her second, according to Kinghorn herself, was unexpectedly over 1500 m, a discipline in which she had little experience at elite level.

She could even go further, as there is at least one more 400m event to come in Paris, which has turned out to be quite an incredible achievement.

“I just can’t believe I did that,” Kinghorn said.

“I didn’t want to celebrate too soon. I just wanted to make sure my name was at the top of the screen. So it took me a moment to compose myself and think, ‘Oh my God, I actually just did that.'”

Reid is far from finished on the pitch

At Roland Garros Gordon Reid In the singles, he initially experienced disappointment when he lost in the quarterfinals in two sets to the Argentinian Gustavo Fernandez.

Nevertheless, he was able to respond later in the doubles alongside his partner Alfie Hewett.

The pair beat home favorites Federic Cattaneo and Stephane Houdet 6-4, 6-3 to reach their third Paralympic final and secure at least a silver medal.

However, they are desperate for gold after failing to keep up in the previous two finals.

“We have left no stone unturned and have now given ourselves the best chance to go one step further,” Reid told BBC Scotland.

“We know it’s sport. We know anything can happen, but we’re ready to give everything we have.”

Reid, 32, also confirmed that regardless of the outcome, it is not his intention for this to be his last Paralympics.

“I’ll definitely be playing in LA in four years, so it just depends on whether Alfie kicks me out or not,” he said.

“I have no plans to stop. I think wheelchair tennis might allow you to stay in the sport a little longer.”

Paracycling: Silver, but just missed the pool

There was further good news in the women’s B paracycling individual time trial on the road, where Jenny Holl won a silver medal as Sophie Unwin’s pilot, while the pair were able to further expand their gold and bronze medals.

But let it simmer Stephen Clegg missed the chance to add two more gold medals to his S12 100m backstroke win from earlier this week.

The 28-year-old from Edinburgh finished fourth in the S12 final over 100 m freestyle and in the mixed 4 x 100 m freestyle relay – 49 points in the final.

Also in Paris’ La Defense Arena, Aberdeen’s Tony Shaw reached the S9 women’s 100m freestyle final but finished eighth.