Paige Greco

Australian para-cyclists Paige Greco and Emily Petricola have become the first two gold medalists of the Tokyo Paralympic Games in an incredible first day at the Izu Velodrome. It was an incredible morning on the track for Australia's cyclists with both riders also coming away with new world records in...

Australia has made the perfect start to the Tokyo Paralympics, winning the first two gold medals of the Games. Track cyclist Paige Greco broke her own world record in the C3 3000m individual pursuit at the Izu Velodrome and a few minutes later, teammate Emily Petricola lapped American rival Shawn Morelli to take out the C4 3000m pursuit.

Australian cyclist Paige Greco earned the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on the track at the velodrome. It was the first of 24 gold medals up for grabs on Wednesday as the Paralympics got underway in the middle of a pandemic that has seen new cases in Tokyo soar since the Olympics opened just over a month ago.

Australian cyclist Paige Greco won the first gold of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on Wednesday with the Games, delayed by a year due to the pandemic, finally underway as new coronavirus cases surge in Japan's capital.