Jaco van Gass falls short of second gold despite record-breaking performance
Great Britain’s para cyclist Jaco Van Gass has finished just outside of the medals in the C1 to C3 1000 metre time trial at the Paralympics in Paris.
The former Parachute Regiment soldier was seeking a second gold in 24 hours, but it wasn’t meant to be at the velodrome as he came in fourth.
However, van Gass broke his own C3 world record in qualifying and then again in the final.
On Friday Van Gass stormed to cycling gold in Paris, but later revealed that his Paralympic dreams could have been ruined when he was hit by a car just days before the Games.
The Afghanistan veteran suffered a cut to his head and severe bruising to his knee following a collision with a Renault while on a recce of the road race course in the French capital.
He felt "heartbroken" in hospital but recovered sufficiently to stylishly retain his C3 3000m individual pursuit title on the track by winning Friday’s battle of the Britons against Scottish rider Fin Graham.
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