RAF veteran Luke Pollard wins Paralympic triathlon gold as guide to Dave Ellis in Paris

Former RAF athlete Luke Pollard has won a gold medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris.

Pollard was guide for visually-impaired runner Dave Ellis in the PTVI classification of the men's triathlon.

They finished with a time of 58:41 to claim the gold, while France's Thibaut Rigaudeau took silver.

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At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Pollard and Ellis saw their medal chase stopped in their tracks due to a broken bike chain.

However, they have bounced back to bring home the gold medal at the next Games – at the time, GB's 24th gold of this Games.

Speaking after the win, Ellis said: "It's absolutely unreal. Obviously, Tokyo was the opposite but it's been a tough couple of years so I'm so happy I had an awesome race today.

"You only get a couple of chances in your career to do a Paralympics which makes it a lot more nervous and you just want to do it on the day. But it also makes it so special when you pull it off.

"There's a little bit of shock in the system. I don't know when it will sink in. It will take a while. I was still thinking back to Tokyo yesterday thinking 'What was that like?', but this will be a much happier feeling."