PARALYMPIC SQUAD AIMING HIGH

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The British Paralympic cycling squad left the velodrome in Beijing after four days of competition with a spectacular haul of medals. With three more days of road events coming up, starting with time trials on Friday, expectations are high for more successes from the in-form team.

Performance manager Helen Mortimer mentioned a target of between six and eight cycling gold medals at the pre-Beijing press conference, but Team GB riders topped the podium in 12 out of the 13 track events entered.

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